She first came to prominence as a guest star on the television drama ER, portraying the recurring role of Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999. She is arguably best known for her work as Sara Sidle in the hit CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a role she has portrayed as both a regular (2000-2007, 2011-) and recurring (2008-2011) cast member. She subsequently enrolled as a drama student at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, under the tutelage of actor William Hickey. Fox appeared in “The Puppy Episode Part 2″, the April 30, 1997 episode of the sitcom Ellen, in which that show’s main character came out as gay. After coming back for the 1st, 2nd and 5th episode she returned for Grissom’s last episode “One To Go” in the last scene when Grissom turns up in the jungle, surprising Sara and the episode finishing with the two sharing a passionate kiss.
