Anecdotes

After appearing in Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987) as Ro Laren, she was approached to play the same character in a starring role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). When she turned down the part, because she didn't want to commit to a regular television role at that point in her career, a new Bajoran character, Kira Nerys, was created and Nana Visitor was cast in that part.

She is of Mexican descent.

In order to play the deaf character of Susan Metcalfe on the BBC series Résurrection (2001), she learned British Sign Language within six days.

Prior to introducing the character of Ensign Ro Laren in Ensign Ro (1991), she appeared in a small part in Half a Life (1991), as Dara, the daughter of Dr. Timicin, played by David Ogden Stiers.

A Star Trek action figure was made in the likeness of Ensign Ro Laren, her character on the series.

She appears reproducing a character in The Honor Farm (2017) with a reference to True Blood.