As an actress, Karen Lamm (née Perk) was featured in more than 150 national commercials, TV movies, miniseries, series and films. She had leads in several small films, including thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Unseen and Loose Shoes, guest-starred on Columbo and The Dukes of Hazard. Later she helped produce the miniseries The Menendez Brothers and UPN series The Watcher.