One To Watch
By Anna Kaufman


Age: 37

Hometown: Manhattan

Best Known For: Sweating it with Kiefer Sutherland on the Emmy-winning 24 as Audrey Raines, Jack Bauer's current squeeze.

See Her Now: As an assistant D.A. who gets up-close-and-personal view of the wrong side of the law when shes taken hostage in ABC's new fall drama The Nine and as Ben Stiller's ex-wife in this Christmas' big budget comedey Night at the Museum.

Double Duty: Though she's a regular on The Nine, Raver's ot dropping out of 24-FOX and ABC have worked out a deal so that Raver can do both, even if it makes her feel like she really does have a clock ticking away in the corner. How does she intend to handle it? Simple: "I'm going to clone myself."

Comedy Tonight: Filming Night at the Museum brought Raver back to her hometown, but also into difficult territory, keeping her cook when Stiller and Paul Rudd, who plays Raver's fiance in the the film, started riffing. Raver compares it to The Carol Burnett Show: "I was like, 'Oh my God, get me back to 24 because I can't stop laughing!'"

Child's Play: Between the ages of 6 and 9, Raver palled around after school with Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch as one of Sesame Street's, human cast members. "I was learning to count from The Count," Raver raves. "How many kids get to do that?" She hasn't lost her sense of make-believe. When her 4-year-old son Like interrupts mom's interview, Raver is careful to make room in her tight schedule for them to build a pillow house.