Tape, was born and raised in the city of Angels(LA) on September 30, 1971. While she was still young, Elfman had aspirations of becoming a nun, but it soon became clear that she had more of an act for entertainment than she thought. And by the age of five, her parents put her in classical dance lessons. Elfman was an energetic young girl that was hard to control. This was especially obvious when her elementary math teacher sealed her mouth with electrical tape so that she could pay attention to the lessons instead of entertaining her classmates.

After she graduated from high school, Elfman tried her luck with higher education by attending Cal-State Northridge College. Once she realized that she had little motivation to continue with her studies, Elfman moved across town to Hollywood to try her luck in the entertainment business.

Elfman's first instinct was to become a ballerina dancer, and she considered joining Seattle's Pacific Nothwest. But it was a dance ensemble for the 1991 Academy Awards that launched Elfman's career as a dancer for film and television productions. It was a brief appearance in Murder She Wrote that initiated her interest in acting. Soon after, Elfman enrolled at the Beverly Hills Playhouse where she studied coach Milton Katselas.

Her first gigs - as with most first time actors - started with advertisement work. Elfman did some commercials for AT&T, Sprite, Clearasil, and Honda. These spots gave her the valuable experience to secure the services of an agent who secured her minor acting jobs in a few episodes in sitcoms such as Roseanne and NYPD Blue.

In middle of 1996, Elfman landed a part in her first feature film called Gross Pointe Blank, and by the fall of the same year, she was cast for a recurring role in ABC's Townies. Her debut in a supporting role was an instant smash. And before she knew it, she had both ABC and Twentieth Century Fox rushing in to sign her into new development deals.

Elfman pitched her Dharma & Greg sitcom to the powers that be at ABC. After their acceptance and the deal signing, Elfman searched for her Greg. After seeing many candidates, she chose Thomas Gibson. Their chemistry has made Dharma & Greg an instant hit.

From 1996 forward, Elfman appeared in Doctor Dolittle as the owl's voice (1998), Krippendorf's Tribe as Veronica Micelli (1998), Can't Hardly Wait as Angel (1998), Venus as Venus (1999), Edtv as Shari (1999), and Keeping the Faith (2000).

In 1995, Elfman married actor Bodhi Elfman. They share their home with their dog, Gwenivere. She and her husband both practice Scientology, and hope to make some time from their busy schedules to have children soon.