Education
She moved to Sayreville, New Jersey where she attended middle school and graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in 1979.
She moved to Sayreville, New Jersey where she attended middle school and graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in 1979.
Clerks director Kevin Smith cast her for her ability to cry while doing a monologue for the audition. She later auditioned for Smith"s Mallrats and was offered the role of Kim in Chasing Amy, but was not comfortable with kissing another girl on film. After high school, she earned her beautician license to do make-up and hair professionally.
She worked at hair salons and later entered acting.
She performed in community theater in the New Jersey area. Since moving to Los Angeles in 1998, aside from her acting work, Ghigliotti is a respected make-up artist, doing both work in the television/film industry as well as side work as a wedding stylist.