Fields was Molly Ringwald's understudy when she was 6 years old in "Through the Looking Glass". After touring the country in the national show, she joined the Broadway cast of Annie at age 11. Following her success on stage, she transitioned to on screen in television, commercials and modeling. Within one week of landing in Los Angeles, she booked the CBS pilot for CBS Summer Playhouse: Fort Figueroa (1988) and starred with Charles Haid.