Facts

  1. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
  2. Graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with a degree in Asian languages and cultures.
  3. Graduated from Stuyvesant high school in 1986.
  4. Attended New York University for a year.
  5. Mother is a biochemist, father is a civil engineer and she has a brother and a sister.
  6. Grew up in the Jackson Heights section of Queens County, New York.
  7. Was the first Asian-American female to host “Saturday Night Live” (1975).
  8. She once worked as an aerobics instructor.
  9. She plays the accordion.
  10. She practices rock climbing, skiing, & horseback riding.
  11. Auditioned for a role in Shanghai Knights (2003), but lost out to Fann Wong.
  12. Is an initiated sister of Chi Omega Fraternity.
  13. Announced that she plans on marrying Zach Helm, her boyfriend of one year. [April 2004]
  14. Shares a birthday with Britney Spears.
  15. Mentioned in Outkast’s hit “Hey Ya”.
  16. Good friends with Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore since Charlie’s Angels (2000).
  17. One of the guests at Ashton Kutcher’s and Demi Moore’s wedding in 2005.
  18. Graduated Stuyvesant High School the same year as Yelba Osorio and Zorikh Lequidre.
  19. Fluent in Italian.
  20. Is close friends with her “Pearl” (1996) co-star Rhea Perlman and her husband Danny DeVito.
  21. Ranked as #56 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005″ special supplement (2005).
  22. Auditioned for the role of Elektra in Daredevil (2003), but lost out to Jennifer Garner.
  23. Named #79 in FHM magazine’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006″ supplement (2006).
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