- Became a director and spokesman for the non-profit organization R.I.S.E. & Stand that helps educate and raise awareness about bullying, human trafficking, domestic abuse and animal cruelty.
- She was #70 on "Maxim" magazine's Hot 100 of 2005 list.
- Majored in education at Austin (TX) Community College, then interned as a kindergarten teacher before she decided to pursue her dream of an acting career. Despite previous rumors, she did not attend the University of Texas.
- Has started her own T-shirt line; formerly called Sex Brand, its name was changed to SuperEXcellent.
- Her maternal grandfather, Antone Pacheco Raposa (António Pacheco Raposo), was of Portuguese origin. Her other ancestry includes English, Scottish, German, Dutch, Welsh, and remote African (through her descent from Elizabeth Key Grinstead, a biracial woman born in the 1600s, who successfully sued to emancipate herself from slavery).
- In March of 2008 her relationship with George Clooney, whom she met on the set of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), ended.
- Became a certified yoga instructor in 2010.
- In both Smallville (2001) and Mutant X (2001), she played a woman who could control men with her pheromones.
- Gave birth to her first child at age 26, son Jacob Nolan Moritt (aka Jake Moritt), on July 12, 1997. Child's father is her ex-husband, Justin Moritt.
- Former promotional model for the Texas Bikini Team during its inaugural season in 1992. She was featured in the pay-per-view series The Bikini Open (she is a featured model with the 1992 Bikini Open trading card collection as #43. Texas Bikini Team founder Dawn Waggoner is #33 in the same collection. The trading card collection is a usual listing on eBay--it is rumored that a Texas Bikini Team fan in Houston, ( TX) purchased the Bikini Open 1992 trading cards since they are devalued commodities).
- Filed for divorce on 2/28/12 from second husband Mams Taylor after 16 months of marriage and six months of separation.
- Her show, Significant Mother (2015), was rated one of the top 15 new comedy series for 2015.
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