Personal Life
Draper was born in Gary, Indiana, to Phyllis (née Culbertson), a Peace Corps administrator who is currently battling with Parkinson's disease, and William Henry Draper III, a venture capitalist and civic leader of the United Nations Development Programme. She is the sister of venture capitalist Tim Draper, granddaughter of banker and diplomat William Henry Draper, Jr., and aunt of actress Jesse Draper. She grew up in Palo Alto and Arlington, California, and received her B.A.A. from Yale University in 1977, and her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama in 1980.
Following a seven-year marriage with playwright Kevin Wade, Draper married musician Michael Wolff after meeting him when making a cameo on the CBS prime-time talk show Arsenio Hall in 1989, where Wolff served as the bandleader. Wolff's life with Tourette syndrome influenced The Tic Code; he provided the score. She and Wolff have two sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who starred in and composed the music for The Naked Brothers Band series and film.
Draper is a member of the Democratic Party, and voted for Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 election. She also voted for Democratic senator John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential election. Her grandfather, William Henry Draper, Jr. was a member of the Republican Party.
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