Linda started her acting career in a play at Rosemont College in suburban Philadelphia before she was graduated in 1980. She joined the International Center of Photography in New York City, where she learned photography.
Linda made her film debut in an American movie, Vision Quest, which was directed by Harold Becker. The other co-stars of the movie were Matthew Modine and Michael Schoeffling. The movie became a huge hit and made a collection of $12,993,175 at the box office.
After the success of her first movie, Linda appeared in a comedy-action film, Gotcha!, directed by Jeff Kanew scripted by Dan Gordon and produced by Paul G. Hensler. The total budget for the movie was $12.5 million and made a box office collection of $10,806,919.
Linda also appeared in an American science fiction action comedy film, Men In Black, which was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and produced by Walter F. Parkes. The co-stars of the movie were Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Will Smith. The movie became a huge hit and collected $589.4 million at the box office while the budget of the movie was $90 million.
Similarly, Linda appeared in numerous hit movies including, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Moderns, The Neon Empire, Queens Logic, Chain of Desire, Beyond the Law, Acting on Impulse, and Once More with Feeling.
Linda is an American by nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. Presently, she is dating her boyfriend, John Byrum, an American film director and writer. The couple got married after dating sometimes. However, the husband and wife couldn't continue their married life for a long time and divorced in 1993. Currently, Linda is possibly single and has no any children.
Linda is a well-known figure in Hollywood film industry, who earns a tremendous amount of money from her professional acting career. She has appeared in numerous films, from which she must have collected a chunk of money. According to some source, her net worth is $2 million and her salary for her roles is under review.