Cauffiel was born in Detroit, Michigan; her mother was a police investigator and her father was Lowell Cauffiel, a true crime author and television documentary producer. She received a "Bachelor of Fine Arts degree" in Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan and once worked as an entertainment director on a cruise ship.

Cauffiel's first film role was a supporting part in the 1999 remake of the "The Out-of-Towners" and her debut TV role in Guiding Light. In 2000, she appeared in minor roles in both Road Trip and Urban Legends: Final Cut, and played one of the main characters in the 2001 horror film, Valentine. That year, Maxim magazine featured her in the publication and their online Girls of Maxim gallery. Cauffiel Read more...

Cauffiel is a trained singer, and has studied for over 14 years in the Western Classical, Musical Theatre, Jazz, Pop, Blues, and Eastern Devotional vocal mediums. She and renowned Bollywood percussionist and composer Sivamani, with whom she is currently writing an album, performed live in Dharamsala, India for the 14th Dalai Lama and approximately 20,000 other monks and visitors from around the Read more...