- Her mother is an Iranian.
- Wanted to be either a surgeon or a biomedical engineer.
- Has a heart tattoo on her ankle.
- Is fluent in the Persian language Farsi.
- Is very physically fit and loves all sports, particularly kick-boxing, skiing, and snowboarding.
- When she was in her 20s, she had thyroid cancer and had to have her thyroid removed. She doesn't cover the scar on her neck because she thinks it's kind of cool.
- Studies acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katselas.
- Voted #38 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. She came in at #84 in the 2001 poll. (June 2002)
- Was a contestant on Match Game 90 and introduced herself as Cathy Bell, a massage therapist. She won $900, but didn't make it to the final Super Match round.
- Before the 2001 NFL season began, in a survey of 70 celebrities who had nothing to do with football conducted by The Sporting News, she correctly predicted that the New England Patriots would eventually beat the St. Louis Rams in the season-ending Super Bowl by the score of 20 to 17. This amazing prediction was made despite the fact that vast majority of football experts didn't think the Patriots would even make the playoffs much less get to the Super Bowl. She's the only person to have ever correctly predicted the participants in, winner, and final score of a Super Bowl before a season begun in a published article in a major sports periodical or book.
Quotes- "People were showing you how to throw up. You are taking diet pills. Everyone is partying, so you start drinking a lot, and drugs. A couple of years messed me up for a while."
- "My husband and I were sitting at our dining room table looking at a stack of bills trying to work out a way we could pay them. We`d already borrowed money and I was thinking we`d have to borrow more. I`d been working two jobs and my husband had taken on another while I did acting classes. I got the call and my agent said, "You`re not supposed to know this yet, but you`ve got the part..." I started crying and we went out and brought the cheapest bottle of champagne we could fine."
- "I`m a firm believer in doing things that scare you. I love to go bungee jumping, jump out of planes, ride motorbikes, do kickboxing. I love all that stuff."
|
