• Was a marketing major at California State University Northridge where she dropped out to pursue acting.

• Is Cuban-American.

• Loves interior designing and would undertake this profession if not acting.

• Her hobbies are music, sports (hiking, biking, skiing, and mountain climbing) and interior design.

• Graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California. John Cho, Joseph Hahn and Alex Kalognomos were also students there.

• Has played Denzel Washington’s wife/girlfriend twice, first in Training Day (2001) and again in Out of Time (2003).

• Favourite films are The Shining (1980) and Blow-Up (1966)

• Was among the guests at Jessica Simpson’s 25th birthday party.

• Speaks Spanish fluently.

• Was originally cast as Susan Ortega in Bruce Almighty (2003) but had to be replaced due to scheduling conflicts.

• Has entered the Cinque Lodge rehab facility in Utah to battle substance abuse issues [February 7, 2008].

• Admires the film Network (1976), which inspired her to take up the film Live! (2007).

• The youngest of four children. She has two sisters and one brother. She is the only member of her family to be born in the United States.