Marie began her impersonation career in the fall of 1995 when she first appeared as an actress in local murder mystery dinner theater productions.  Marie auditioned for the part of a Reba McEntire look-alike. Unsure as to whether there was any similarity between the "Queen of Country Music" and herself, Marie went searching for photos of the country music legend. To her amazement, the similarities were uncanny. The show ran for three months and received rave reviews.

Following the closing of the show, Marie decided to continue her venture into the arts, combining her love of music with the sheer fun of impersonating the most-beloved female country singer of all time, Reba McEntire. Marie studied hundreds of hours of music video clips and continued to perfect her singing voice until she was ready to take her show on the road.

Based on the east coast, Marie has won several local and national lookalike contests.  Country Weekly magazine's grand prize celebrity contest winner, Marie received an all expense trip for two to Nashville where she was featured twice in their magazine, autographed at Fan Fair 2000, was part of the TNN Awards show hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.  Her picture also appeared in Country Live magazine.

December 2001, Marie was selected to be one of eight contestants on The Weakest Link hosted by Anne Robinson where she was able to raise $10,000 for charity.  November 2002, Marie was once again selected to be a character contestant on Hollywood Squares.

Although Marie has her own concert style performance show on the east coast, she also is booked by various agents across the US for corporate functions, appearances, and casino work.  In 2001, she performed at The Santa Ana Star Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico.   Marie worked a six month engagement at The River Palms Casino  in Laughlin, Nevada through April, 2003 and in 2004 spent five weeks working at The Tropicana in Atlantic City, NJ.  Recently Marie was part of an all star act for the grand opening at the Windcreek Resort and Casino in Alabama.  She has also performed for a private corporate function at the famous Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, TN.  Look for Marie in an up coming movie scheduled for release this August with Mickey Rooney!

Marie has fooled not only die-hard Reba fans, but Reba's band, staff and peers as well; including Tim McGraw, Ronnie Dunn, Toby Keith, JoDee Messina, Terri Clark, Linda Davis, Pam Tillis and many more.  Reba's son, Shelby, said, "that woman looks just like my Mom", when he spotted Marie in the audience at a taping of the Reba sitcom, while Al Roker had security pull Marie from the audience of The Today Show telling Reba they should do a "Patti Duke, country style" show. 

For fans who can no longer see a Reba performance, this is clearly the next best thing!  Marie's tribute show covers various material from Reba's early career through her most recent work, and has performed for thousands of fans all over the country. Audiences continue to be amazed at the sound-alike and look-alike qualities she possesses. And as long as there are Reba fans, Marie will continue to entertain crowds with her warm, friendly, and "perky" personality unique to both Reba and Marie.