- Played soccer as a schoolgirl for Arsenal FC and England
- Is half English and half Italian.
- Speaks English, Italian, French and Spanish fluently, and also has a good understanding of Mandarin, Japanese and Portuguese.
- Has run marathons in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Chicago, Rome and Rio de Janeiro
- Has travelled to Rwanda and Rio de Janeiro representing UNAIDS
- Has won numerous awards for her radio shows from the California Broadcasting Association, San Diego Press Club, Radio and Records and San Diego Community Awards.
- Won a Bay Area Critics Award for Best Supporting Female and a L.A. Weekly Theater Award for Leading Female Performance.
- Has played first team soccer for San Diego Spirit (2003), UCLA Bruins (2002-2004), and San Diego Gauchos Women (2005-2006) in America, Bardolino Verona (2004) in Italy, Paris Universite Club Football (2004) in France, Cepe Caxias (2007) in Brazil, and Bishan Arsenal (2007) in Singapore.
- Formed an Arsenal Supporters Club in California with former player Bob McNab.
- Parents are Michael, a London fireman, and Theresa, an Italian waitress who died in a car crash in 1999.
- Has coached and managed girls youth teams of Arsenal Soccer Club in Alta Loma, California.
- She is active in a number of charity organizations including the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, The One Campaign, Make Poverty History, Cancer Research UK, Breast Cancer Awareness and Amnesty International.
- Was a ball girl at Wimbledon when she was 14 years old.
- Was ranked in the top 5 of Britain's junior tennis players at under-16 level.
- Won 2005 Women's U.S. National Championship in Futsal (indoor soccer) playing for Southern California Futsal Academy
- Named after a character in Scottish film Gregory's Girl (1981), which was the film her parents went to on their first date.
- Represented Great Britain in soccer at the World University Games in Bangkok (2007).
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