No stranger to the underworld, Kristine Sutherland, a native of Kentucky, got her start in high school playing Pegora the witch for the Lexington Children's Theatre Company. After going on to attend the University of Kentucky, Kristine traveled to London to study at The Drama Studio.

After completing her studies, New York City beckoned and Kristine soon got her professional start Off-Broadway and in regional theatre. Since then she has appeared in a number of pilots for television, guest starred on many popular television shows, and appeared in countless commercials and voice-overs. many of you may remeber her as the next door neighbor, Mae Thompson, in the hit Disney film, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids".

In 1993, Kristine and husband John Pankow (cousin Ira on "Mad About you,") moved to Los Angeles. Currently, Kristine plays the ever motherly Joyce Summers on the WB's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."