Background
Lewis was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Marlene, a nursing administrator, and Jim Lewis, an air traffic supervisor.
Lewis was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Marlene, a nursing administrator, and Jim Lewis, an air traffic supervisor.
Lewis graduated from Anderson High School in Cincinnati in 1978. She studied musical theater at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music.
She may be best known for her role as Beth in the National Broadcasting Company sitcom NewsRadio. On television, Lewis starred for 5 seasons on the National Broadcasting Company sitcom NewsRadio, followed by Three Sisters and the World Bank animated comedy Mission Hill. She made guest appearances on Seinfeld (in the episodes "The Secretary" and "The Race") and Murphy Brown.
In a recurring role on Home Improvement, she played Maureen Binford, producer of the show-within-a-show Tool Time.
She appeared on Caroline in the City, The Norm Show, Grace Under Fire, Phenom and The 5 Mistress Buchanans. Most recently, she made guest appearances on Surviving Suburbia, American Broadcasting Company"s Grey"s Anatomy, Disney Channel"s Sonny with a Chance as Mississippi
Bitterman, the social worker on The Middle, and Forex"s Dirt. Aside from Mission Hill, her voice acting career includes characters in Justice League Heroes, Rugrats Pre-School Daze, King of the Hill, Hercules: The Animated Series, An Extremely Goofy Movie, Finding Nemo, Phineas and Ferb, and Justice League: The New Frontier.
Most recently, she voiced Eve in the 2010 film Alpha and Omega and its sequel.
On stage, Lewis has appeared in City of Angels and My One and Only in Los Angeles, and has performed as a soloist with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Her Broadway credits include Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, Snoopy!!! The Musical, Damn Yankees, Chicago and The Crucible. She also appeared with Peter Gallagher and Patti LuPone in Pal Joey at the New York City Center.
She was part of the one-night celebrity-performed staging of Howard Ashman"s unproduced musical Dreamstuff.
Her debut solo album East of Midnight was released in May 2010. The eclectic rock album has songs penned by Lewis as well as three cover songs.
Lewis says this about the writing of the album: "The words and music of these songs unfolded before me like a foreboding window into a chapter of my life that would prove to be dauntingly destructive and spiritually bereft. Locked in my office in Malibu, California I wrote what would become a self-fulfilling prophecy – it would also prove to be the making of medical ".