Is of Spanish and Italian ancestry.

In For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV), she played the mother of actor Freddy Rodríguez, who is actually 3 years older than her in real life! Now, they are going to star in the same movie again, Wolfgang Petersen's remake of The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

She got the part of Nadia Santos on "Alias" (2001) after meeting series producer J.J. Abrams for another show of Abrams called "Lost" (2004) but she ended up getting the part of recurring character and eventual series regular on "Alias" (2001) as Sydney's half-sister.

Moved to Berlin at age 18 for her classical vocal training

Has a dog named River

Won an ACE award for her performance in a theatrical production of Pandora's Box

She trained to be a classical vocalist.

One of her favourite movies is The School of Rock (2003).

Her boyfriend is Ned Benson, an actor/director.

Has starred in 4 movies with her good friend, actress Salma Hayek: Frida (2002), In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) (TV), Hotel (2001) and Timecode (2000).

Her mum is a former economist and her dad is a businessman in Argentina

Loves scuba-diving and soccer.

She ranked #61 (2001) in Stuff's 100 Sexiest Women.

While in Berlin, she also studied the Brechtian acting technique in addition to her dance, vocal and music classes.

Ranked #99 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

She ranked #67 (2001) in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women.

Was offered the role of Angelica in Anima (2003) but had to turn it down because of scheduling conflicts. The lead role went to Claudia Soberón.