Fitzpatrick was born in Old Bridge, New Jersey, the daughter of Vita, a legal secretary, and Gerard Fitzpatrick, a communications executive, on the day of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. She married guitarist Michael Kotch in 2004, who was her former band mate from Eve's Plum and worked on her solo debut.

Fitzpatrick made her first musical outing as the lead singer of pop punk band Eve's Plum, who got a record deal with Epic Records in 1992. The band released 2 albums and 7 singles between 1993 and 1995 before being dropped by their label for failing to achieve any mainstream success. The band continued to play together until 1998. Immediately following, Fitzpatrick took interest in a dance/pop musical Read more...

Fitzpatrick made her first foray into acting in John Waters' 1988 feature film Hairspray as the bratty Amber Von Tussle. In 1991, she sang in a blues club in the comedy film The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear. She later appeared in Dracula 2000 (2000), as Lucy Westerman, and Rock Star (2001). In addition, in 2001 she appeared in the film Get Over It. She made a brief comedic cameo appearance Read more...