- 2008: Costarred with Scott Speedman in the horror thriller "The Strangers"
- 2008: Cast as Betty Ross opposite Edward Norton in "The Incredible Hulk"
- 2007: Played a psychiatrist in Mike Binder's "Reign Over Me"
- 2006: Starred in Steve Buscemi's "Lonesome Jim" opposite Casey Affleck
- 2004: Cast opposite Ben Affleck in director Kevin Smith's "Jersey Girl"
- 2001: Was the object of infatuation for three men (Matt Dillon, John Goodman and Paul Reiser) in "One Night at McCool's"
- 2001: Starred as Arwen in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings; filmed in 1999-2000 and scheduled for successive Christmas releases in 2001 ("The Fellowship of the Ring"), 2002 ("The Two Towers") and 2003 ("The Return of the King")
- 2000: Re-teamed with Altman for the ensemble film, "Dr. T & the Women"
- 1999: Won raves for her turn as the rebellious tomboy member of an eccentric southern family in Robert Altman's "Cookie's Fortune"
- 1999: Portrayed Tatyana opposite Ralph Fiennes in "Onegin" an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's novel Eugene Onegin; directed by her co-stars' sister, Martha Fiennes'
- 1998: Played Bruce Willis' daughter in the blockbuster, "Armageddon"; Aerosmith provided the film's theme song
- 1997: Starred as the nicest Abbott sister in Pat O'Connor's "Inventing the Abbotts"
- 1996: Breakthrough screen role as the virginal Lucy in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty"
- 1996: Ceased being managed by mother; replaced with Peter Hoffman (godfather)
- 1996: Had small role in Woody Allen's "Everyone Says I Love You"; cut from final version
- 1996: Nabbed the female lead in Tom Hanks' directorial debut, "That Thing You Do!"
- 1995: Played a pizza waitress opposite Shelley Winters and Deborah Harry in the low-budget "Heavy"
- 1994: Feature film debut, Bruce Beresford's "Silent Fall"
- 1994: Appeared in the Aerosmith video "Crazy" with Alicia Silverstone
- 1991: Received first modeling job with assistance of Paulina Porizkova who took photos that ended up in Interview magazine
- 1989: Moved with mother to NYC's Greenwich Village at age 12
- 1977: Born and raised in Maine
- Photographed for Seventeen and Mirabella magazines; also starred in commercials for Pantene shampoo and Bongo jeans




