Former Lincoln Chafee press secretary Debbie Rich has stepped up her acting resume.

The one-time politico appears in the recently released remake of the 1939 film The Women, where she pops up alongside Silver Screen greats Meg Ryan, Annette Benning and Jada Pinkett Smith.

"I am a star, though it is very brief," Rich reports.

The spokesman-turned-actress plays a lingerie saleswoman in the scene where (spoiler alert!) Ryan confronts actress Eva Mendes about having an affair with her husband.
The movie was shot in Boston and New York City.

Rich, who still informally serves as Chafee's press secretary, has also appeared in about a dozen other films, including a stint as a wedding guest in last year's hit 27 Dresses, starring Katherine Heigl. She also appeared in College Road Trip, The Box, 21 and Pink Panther 2.

The actress reports that she is a card-carrying member of the screen actors' guild.