Was a Ford
model as a child.
Dated Jake Hoffmann (the son
of Dustin Hoffman).
Won an MTV Award in 1995 for
Breakthrough Performance.
Her favorite movie is Schindler's
List (1993).
Beat out Christina Ricci for
roles in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
(1994) and Little Women (1994)
Attended the Anne Rice's Memnoch
Ball in New Orleans in 1995.
Appears in the Savage Gardens
video "I Knew I Loved You".
One of People Magazine's 50
Most Beautiful People of 1995
Parents are separated. She
lives with her mother Inez, and brother Christian in Southern
California.
She is working on her own
production company with her mother called "Wooden Spoon
Productions". The name symbolizes women and creativity,
and was inspired by her grandmother.
Graduated from Notre Dame
High School, a private Catholic high school in Los Angeles,
in May/June 2000
(August 2000-March 2001) Dated
actor Ben Foster.
Loves to clean
Turned down the role of Angela
in American Beauty (1999).
Went to the Ranney School
in Tinton Falls, NJ up until the sixth grade, when she left
to pursue her career in California.
Made her singing debut performing
the song "Dream Of Me" from Get Over It (2001).
Nabbed the lead role of Peter
Parker's girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man (2002)
after Kate Hudson and Alicia Witt turned it down.