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

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

She trained to be a classical vocalist.

Her boyfriend is Ned Benson, an actor/director

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

One of her favourite movies is School of Rock

Loves scuba-diving

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

Has a dog named River

Moved to Berlin at age 18 for her classical vocal training

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

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

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

Has starred in 4 movies with her good friend, actress Salma Hayek: "Frida" "In the Time of the Butterflies" "Hotel" and "Timecode".

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.