- Put on 15 pounds of muscle for her role in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003).
- Took a mime class to prepare for her role in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). Because her "T-X" character has so few lines (and all within the first 25 minutes of the movie), she had to learn to communicate through facial expressions and body gestures.
- Practices a form of yoga called "Bikram". She also has a black belt in the Israeli martial art Krav Maga.
- Her ancestry is half Norwegian and half German. Her father is three-quarters Norwegian and one-quarter German ancestry, while her mother is of three-quarters German and one-quarter Norwegian.
- Grew up on her parents' fruit farm in upstate New York.
- Has a son, Thor Bates (b. May 2016), with her boyfriend Jonathan Bates.
- Ranked #3 on "Maxim" magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2003 list, behind Shania Twain and Christina Aguilera.
- She greatly enjoys being remembered for her early work, such as: the roles of Sable O'Brien on Unhappily Ever After (1995), and of James Brolin's daughter on Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997); and also for starring in Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998).
- Has one sister, Tanya, who is 16 years her senior.
- Current President and CEO of TRIO Entertainment.
- She and Robert Patrick played evil terminators in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) (respectively) and would later co-star in S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011).
- Has a dog named Buster.
- Named #70 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
- Actress and model.
- Attended Armageddon Expo in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2011.
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