Ex-stepmother (before legally adopting him) of Dylan McDermott. After adopting him, she became his mother, legally and otherwise, which is still the case.
Adopted her husband's son, Dylan McDermott, when she was 26 and he was
18.
An advocate for the eradication of violence against women, Ms. Ensler herself was a victim of incestuous rape. In fact, she was raped by her own dad.
Protested alongside actresses Sally Field, Jane Fonda & Christine Lahti, urging the
Mexican government to re-investigate the slayings of hundreds of women
in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexico-Texas border. (February 2004)