Became a United States citizen in 2001. She still keeps her French citizenship.
Was named one of People Magazine's "25 Most Beautiful" in 1995.
Beginning in 1990, she has been studying filmmaking at New York
University's Tisch School of the Arts, directing, writing and acting in
more than 30 films.
Growing up in Paris, France, she made her first short film at age 12, then wrote her first screenplay at age 16. Later, when she started to act, she saved the money she earned to help pay her way through the film program at New York University.
Loves sewing and making her own clothes.
Her son Leo was born in January 2009. Father is her boyfriend Marc Streitenfeld.