A native of
Chicago, Hofmann attended
East Troy High School in
East Troy, Wisconsin, and
Columbia College Chicago. She performed with the comedy troupe
The Second City before breaking into television in 1986. Among her various television credits are Meredith Cavanaugh on
JAG, Kate McCarron on the
NBC sitcom Dear John, Lt. Megan Russert in the
crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street, and Cecile Malone on the
Showtime comedy
Beggars and Choosers. She played Annie in the 1990 movie
Tripwire and Marie in the 1994 movie
Renaissance Man. Hofmann appeared twice in season 7 of TV series
Criminal Minds as
David Rossi's first ex-wife Carolyn Baker. Hofmann appeared in a 2010 episode of
NCIS (a spinoff of
JAG) as the villainous Evelyn Wallace. In 2015, Hofmann landed a recurring role as
Clarissa Stein, wife of
Martin Stein (played by
Victor Garber) in three episodes of
The Flash, later reprising the role in two episodes of
Legends of Tomorrow in 2016. She returned to the role in 2017 for the
Arrowverse crossover event
Crisis on Earth-X, appearing in part one (season 3, episode 8 of
Supergirl) and part four (season 3, episode 8 of
Legends). ==Personal life==