Career
She is best known for her television performances. From 1988 to 1989, she was a recurring cast member in the Columbia Broadcasting System primetime soap opera Dallas as Tracey Lawton, and from 1996 to 1997 in The World Bank primetime soap opera Savannah. Toussaint also appeared in Cheers, Star Trek: The Next Generation (as Ishara Yar in the episode "Legacy", 1990), Melrose Place, Matlock, Babylon 5 (episode "Revelations", 1994) and Martial Law.
In July 2006, she appeared on The Young and the Restless playing Hope Wilson.
Toussaint is married to actor Jack Coleman. The couple have a daughter, Tess, born in 1999.
She is often mistaken for actress Linda Hamilton. Toussaint is the elder sister of writer David Toussaint.