Background
Petty, the oldest of three children, was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the daughter of a Pentecostal minister.
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Education
She graduated from North High School in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1981 and worked for several years in Omaha, Nebraska, as a graphic designer before pursuing acting.
Career
As an actress, she is best known for playing Tyler Endicott in the 1991 film Point Break, Kit Keller in A League of Their Own (1992), and the title role in Tank Girl in 1995. Petty also guest-starred in the second season, and became a recurring character in the third season of the Netflix Original Series Orange Is the New Black as Lolly Whitehill. Petty first came to notice for playing the surfer who taught Keanu Reeves how to surf in the 1991 action thriller Point Break.
Prior to that, she got her break starring with Richard Grieco in Fox"s Booker.
In 1992, Petty was featured in what became her best-known role, A League of Their Own, opposite Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna. Petty played the title role in the film adaptation of the British cult comic book Tank Girl in 1995.
Her other films include Free Willy, The Poker House and In the Army Now. She joined the cast of Brimstone as the owner of Stone"s hotel.
Petty is also known for providing the voice of the supervillain Livewire on the Warner Brothers series Superman: The Animated Series, and The New Batman Adventures.
Although she was originally cast as Lieutenant Lenina Huxley in Demolition Manitoba, disagreements over the character"s direction led producer Joel Silver to recast the role with Sandra Bullock. Petty played the role of "Daddy", an alpha female inmate in Prison Break: The Final Break.
On September 4, 2009, Petty pled no contest to a misdemeanor charge for drinking and driving.
She was sentenced to five years probation.
