Anecdotes

She was awarded the 1987 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as space marine Private Vasquez in Aliens, le retour (1986).

Managing her own lingerie boutique called Jenette Bras in Los Angeles, California, known for its slogan "The alphabet starts at D". (septembre 2012)

Has appeared in three movies directed by James Cameron: Aliens, le retour (1986), Terminator 2 : Le Jugement dernier (1991) and Titanic (1997).

Was considered for the role as the Enterprise-D's chief of security on Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987). Her role in Aliens, le retour (1986) as Private Vasquez was the inspiration for the role of Tasha Yar which eventually went to Denise Crosby.

Her first two movies, Aliens, le retour (1986) and Aux frontières de l'aube (1987), both starred Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen.

Attended the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Corbin Bernsen, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman and Richard Dreyfuss.

Her family is Jewish (and resided in Russia, Lithuania, Morocco and Brazil).

She was one of two actors to appear in both L'Arme fatale 2 (1989) and Terminator 2 : Le Jugement dernier (1991). The other was Dean Norris.

She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Terminator 2 : Le Jugement dernier (1991) & Titanic (1997).