Suzanne was born and raised in Minnesota, and grew up wanting to be a professional football player ... until she turned 7 and realized she was a girl.   Undeterred, Suzanne swapped pigskin for pigtails and competed in multiple sports, later going on to win a television sports reporting award while earning a degree from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism.  

Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Suzanne was offered a coveted spot on the second season of ABC's now-infamous The Bachelor .   Defying all common sense and against the exceptional advice of friends and family, she accepted. Suzanne has not yet forgiven herself.

Suzanne first gained national recognition for her reporting skills as co-host of Poker Royale on the Game Show Network, where she interviewed professional poker players as they were slowly but inevitably knocked out of big-money games.   She then did the same with non-pros on MansionPoker.net Poker Dome Challenge on Fox Sports Net. Despite the plethora of poker games watched, Suzanne remains a shockingly bad poker player.

In a story Suzanne will be happy to tell you should you run into her, poker is what led to her first major acting job, as guest star on CBS' Courting Alex , starring Jenna Elfman.   She has since appeared in commercials and movies, and as Mrs. Cheveley in Oscar Wilde's legendary play An Ideal Husband , presented by the Culver City Public Theater.

Suzanne enjoys going to the gym, watching all sports, but especially the NFL and the Olympics, and text-messaging with her niece, Ryann.   She also has a fantastically large shoe collection which she hopes to someday have a reason to wear.