Penelope Ann Miller (January 13, 1964) is an American actress. Born "Penelope Andrea Miller" in Los Angeles, California, she is the middle daughter of TV star and producer Mark Miller and costume designer / publicist Beatrice Miller. She moved to New York City to study theater after graduating from high school.
Her film debut came in 1987 in Adventures in Babysitting, while in 1988 her role as Emily in Our Town garnered her a Tony award nomination. She has appeared in a number of TV and theatrical movies since then, notably Carlito's Way in 1993. She appeared alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop. Just prior to this she had a role in the Gary Sinise directed film Miles from Home.
In 2000, she married James Huggins and later that year had her first child Eloisa May.
She sometimes appears in credits as "Penelope Miller".
In 2002, she was in the film Dead in a Heartbeat.
Her 2005 movie Funny Money was the top movie at the Sarasota Film Festival.