She played Denise (aka "Nancy Reagan"), a teenage, homeless runaway in “The Kid,” the 1986 Christmas episode of
Growing Pains. She played Penny Waters, the daughter of fictional former football player Joe Waters on the Showtime comedy series
Brothers, which was her longest-lasting role. In 1990, a year after
Brothers left the air, Todd moved into her next sitcom role as spunky writer-and-aspiring-comedian Kate Griffin on
Going Places. Later roles include Lal,
Data's daughter on the
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "
The Offspring"; Blanche's niece, Lucy, on
The Golden Girls episode "Nice and Easy"; the mother in the Disney Channel original movie
The Ultimate Christmas Present; Hilda's and Zelda's cousin Marigold, Amanda's mother, on
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch; and as Lizzie's mother,
Jo McGuire, on
Lizzie McGuire. She appeared in seven episodes of
Murder, She Wrote, all but one as Rhoda Markowitz, assistant to
Keith Michell's sleuth, Dennis Stanton. Todd starred in the feature film
The Mooring, which she co-wrote with her husband and daughter. The film was released on DVD, digital download and Video on Demand on February 19, 2013. Todd is the co-founder of the film production company In House Media and also teaches acting classes and privately coaches. In 2016, Todd was seen starring in Universal's
An American Girl: Lea to the Rescue. She was cast in
The Last Champion, and executive produced and performed in the film. Her husband, Glenn Withrow, directed the project. He and Todd co-wrote the screenplay along with their daughter, Ivy Withrow, VP of Development for the company. In House Media Film Partners was born when Todd and Withrow were inspired to create a family production company after Withrow's experiences working with Francis Ford Coppola on five films, starting with
The Outsiders. ==Personal life==