FREE: CSI Miami Actress Emily Procter Autograph 8x10

After the move to Los Angeles, her father provided the funds for acting school for two years. Before even graduating, she had already landed a number of small roles in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996) and Breast Men (1997), where she appeared along with David Schwimmer and Chris Cooper. During the 1995–96 season (season 3) of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, she portrayed Lana Lang. She briefly appeared in the 1997 TV movie The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! as Mavis. She was also in Body Shots as Whitney.

She had a recurring guest role as Associate White House Counsel Ainsley Hayes on NBC's The West Wing and she also portrayed a brief love interest of Joey (Matt LeBlanc) on Friends.

She is a good friend of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation actress Jorja Fox, who persuaded her to try for the role of Calleigh Duquesne in CSI: Miami, which has been running on American television since 2002.[4]

She participated in 2007's Live Earth by reading (along with several other actresses) an essay written by Michelle Gardner-Quinn while Gardner-Quinn was a student at the University of Vermont.