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Her father was a civil engineer from Oregon.
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She postponed her acting career in 1996 in order to concentrate on motherhood. She went back to acting in 1998.
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She and her husband own a ranch in Texas.
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She has a son with Brian Benben.
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She replaced Faith Hill in the role of Julian Moore in the movie We Were Soldier.
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She is married with Brian Benben since 1982.
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While she was in high school, she was extremely shy.
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She studied cinema and journalism at the University of Southern California but she dropped out without completing a degree.
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Because she wanted to become a concert pianist, she began taking piano lessons at the age of 10. Her music teacher was Sergei Tarnowsky.
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She has a daughter named May.
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She is half British, from her father side, and half-Costa Rican, from her mother side.
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Her height is 5' 6½" (1.69 m).
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In 1999, she was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in film history."