Background
Coleman was born in Ross, California. She grew up in Bolinas, California, and attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley.
Coleman was born in Ross, California. She grew up in Bolinas, California, and attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley.
She has three siblings: two older sisters, Bethany and Tiffany, and one older brother, Jeffrey. She was a contract regular on soap opera The Young and the Restless as the blind heroine Hope Adams (1993-1997, 2000-2002, 2008, and briefly in 2010). Her character died of cancer in February 2008.
She also starred on Guiding Light as Annie Dutton (aka Teri DeMarco #2) (1998-1999.
2003). Coleman"s prime time roles include appearances on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Human Target, The Steven Banks Show, Jake and the Fatman, Silk Stalkings, Doors, Dark Justice, The Flash and The X-Files. She has appeared in such films as Relentless III, Indecent Proposal and 20 Dates.
She also appeared in two music videos with Huey Lewis and the News, "I Want a New Drug" and "Heart and Soul". She appeared in an episode of Charles in Charge as model Rebecca Stansbury.
In 2012 Coleman joined the cast of River Ridge in the role of Sharon Reeves, she also served as executive producer on the series.
Coleman was married for three years to actor Vincent Irizarry (married 1989 - divorced 1992), by whom she has a daughter, Siena Sophia Irizarry.