Biografie

Is a reformed heroin addict who went sober in 1997 after her boyfriend, fashion photographer David Sorrenti (younger brother of Mario Sorrenti), died after overdosing on heroin.

Was undiagnosed with Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) & endometriosis for 8 years. Eventually, 9 doctors, including Dr. Randy Harris, diagnosed her, saving her life from a severe ectopic pregnancy. She later suffered 5 miscarriages, 5 rounds of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), 26 intrauterine inseminations (IUI), most with no outcome, and 4½ years of trying to conceive. After finally succeeding in carrying her baby to term, she underwent twenty-six hours of brutal labor and early delivery because of sudden pre-eclampsia.

Was 6 months pregnant with her son James when she completed filming the 3rd season of Hart of Dixie (2011).

Topher Grace and Jessica Alba are godparents of her son James.

Mother, with her estranged husband Kyle Newman, of sons James Knight Newman (b. October 6, 2013) and Leo Thames Newman (b. July 16, 2015).

[on the huge wages models earn] The hardest thing is when you go home and realize that you've grown 10 years in 2 days.

I felt like the dark hair added like a toughness to my face also, which was really important.

I like doing accents and I like learning as much as I can learn.

I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning a little bit of Tibetan here, learning a Southern accent there.

We got to jump on, like, trampolines, learn flips, learn karate, kung fu, Hong Kong street fighting.