| Nominated for three 2007 Teen Choice Awards for her role of Mikaela in the film Transformers. |
| Obsessed with The Wizard of Oz as a child, and for a year requested that she be called "Dorothy." |
| Won several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention. |
| In 2004, replaced actress Nicole Paggi in the role of Sydney on the comedy Hope & Faith. |
| Her film debut was in 2001's Holiday in the Sun (starring the Olsen twins); her first major theatrical role came in 2004's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, opposite Lindsay Lohan. |
| Ranked No. 68 on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2006 and No.18 in Maxim's Hot 100 of 2007. |
| Of Irish, French and Cherokee ancestry. |
| Hobbies include surfing and playing video games. |