- Her mother, who speaks CHamoru, was raised on Guam.
- Attended the University of Hawaii before transferring to Boston College, where she pursued a radio career. Before coming to New York, she started acting in Boston.
- Early in her career, she watched "Seminar," a comedy play about a writing workshop. For the first time according to her, she saw a person who looked like her playing a role that was not a stereotype.
- Her mother is an accountant, and her stepfather, a scientist.
- Is of Guam descent.
- In 1998, she joined "Shear Madness," one of the longest-running non-musical plays in the world. Five years later, she achieved a breakthrough on film as Trooper Jenny Caughlin in Mystic River (2003).
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