Born in Mountainside, New Jersey, Schram studied at the University of Maryland on a tennis scholarship and graduated with a degree in advertising design. Having known for a number of years that she wanted to act, she pursued roles in both film and television as well as Broadway theater. The role that initially brought her note was Evelyn Gardner in the Penny Marshall directed film, A League of Their Own. Schram's character was the focus of the now famous line, "There's no crying in baseball!"

Monk pits his wits against a grandmaster chess player with murder on his mind.

Natalie becomes a Lotto Girl for the California lottery, but when she becomes embroiled in a scandal Monk comes to her aid.

While investigating a murder, Monk is forced to consider giving up his dream of being reinstated to the police... and takes a job as a boxer’s cornerman.

Monk is put in an uncomfortable position when a friend of Natalie’s ex-husband asks him to help solve the apparent suicide of a friend.

Monk is smitten with an attractive Zemenian woman who works at a refugee center. When she’s accused of murder, he agrees to help her... despite the fact she confessed to the crime.

Monk’s hundredth case, involving a serial killer, is covered by a TV news magazine, but while watching it he realizes that a second unknown killer was responsible for one of the murders.

Monk undergoes hypnotic therapy and regresses to his childhood.

When three homeless men hire Monk on Christmas, Monk finds a clue that takes him to a monastery to find a miracle.

After his half brother escapes from prison, he asks the help of Monk to find the person who framed him for murder.

While investigating the theft of a bicycle, Monk is shot and Natalie soon finds her boss more demanding then ever.

While investigating a murder at a museum, Monk befriends a neighbor lady but begins to suspect her when he wonders why anyone would want to be his friend.

Thanks to Bob Costas, Monk has tickets to a big playoff game and invites Stottlemeyer along, but soon becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.

The bully that picked on Monk as a boy has grown up and needs the detective to follow his wife and determine if she's having an affair. Monk is more than happy to follow the woman and hopes to prove his old nemesis right.

It's murder meets magic when Monk takes on an elusive magician who has crafted the perfect murder.

[21] She won another Tony Award for Actress in a Musical for this role.[22][23] Signing autographs for fans after performing in Blithe Spirit, 2009. She had been cast in the lead role in the 2001 Kander and Ebb musical The Visit, but she withdrew from the show before it opened because of her husband's declining health.[24] Lansbury returned to Broadway after an absence of twenty-three years in Deuce, a play by Terrence McNally.