Trivia

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.

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).

Ranked #3 on "Maxim" magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2003 list, behind Shania Twain and Christina Aguilera.

Current President and CEO of TRIO Entertainment.

Has one sister, Tanya, who is 16 years her senior.

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.