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  • Raised in Los Angeles.  Has one sister, Natalie, also an actress and model.
  • 1986 Made acting debut at age ten in the UCLA graduate film "My Day at Camp" (date approximate).
  • 1987 Recorded and toured with folk singer Peter Alsop at age 11 (date approximate).
  • 1988 Made television commercial debut at age 12 (date approximate).
  • 1989 Signed with Elite Models at age 13 (date approximate). As a model, appeared in magazines including Seventeen, British Vogue and French Elle.
  • 1991 Appeared in the NBC TV-movie "Long Road Home".
  • 1992 Starred in the children's soccer comedy "Ladybugs".
  • 1992 Had a recurring role on the short-lived Fox sitcom "Great Scott!", playing the love interest of the title character essayed by Tobey Maguire.
  • 1993 Featured in the ABC TV-movie "Country Estates", a failed pilot.
  • 1993 Acted in a the Showtime anthology series "Fallen Angels".
  • 1993 Had a supporting role in the supernatural comedy "Hocus Pocus".
  • 1994 Played Cassidy McKenna in the pilot/premiere for the short-lived ABC series "McKenna"; replaced by Jennifer Love Hewitt when show picked up as a series.
  • 1995 Guest starred on Fox's "New York Undercover" as a model whose face is slashed by an unknown attacker.
  • 1996 Starred in the teen drama "Coyote Summer"; her mother played her on-screen parent.
  • 1999 Acted in the period drama "Wayward Son"; screened at Toronto Film Festival.
  • 1999 Featured in the quirky European independent feature "L.A. Without a Map".
  • 1999 Played a young prostitute who catches the eye of Tom Cruise's character with a breakthrough role in Stanley Kubrick's final film "Eyes Wide Shut".
  • 2000 Was featured in the NBC miniseries "The '70s".
  • 2001 Acted in Kathryn Bigelow's thriller "Weight of Water", starring Sean Penn and Sarah Polley.
  • 2001 Acted in Corky Romano with Chris Kattan, Peter Falk and Richard Roundtree.
  • 2002 Acted in 40 Days and 40 Nights with Josh Hartnett.
  • 2004 Acted in Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda.
  • 2oo4  Starred as the lead in the film Bereft.
  • 2006 Starred in the remake of the horror film "The Hills Have Eyes."
  • 2006 Acted in 3:10 to Yuma with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale.

(Courtesy of Hollywood.com)