Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.
Wedding Crashers
Hostage
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Bedtime Stories
Hellraiser: Inferno
Rails & Ties
The TV Set
Best Men
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Phoenix
The Package
Breaking Dawn
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
Secret Santa
Grandview, U.S.A.
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
The Stranger Beside Me
Combustion
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
Red Roses and Petrol
