Anecdotes

Is a licensed Tae Bo instructor.

In 1989, she and Giorgio Moroder recorded a single: "Talk To Me" (2 versions); and "Take Me Through the Night" (B-side).

Is only 13 years younger than Charles Shaughnessy, who portrayed her father on Des jours et des vies (1965); he also starred as her lover in A Kiss So Deadly (1996).

Admits that one of the scariest days in her life was September 11, 2001: "Since my brother George lives and works in New York City, I spent most of that day attempting to contact him by phone and make sure he was all right...which indeed he was, thank God".

Charlotte was raised in Winnetka, Illinois. Her father Peter, a financial adviser, passed away in 2009. Her mother, Debbie Morris-Ross, is a ski instructor.

Charlotte was considered for the role of Kelly Bundy on Mariés, deux enfants (1987), but lost out to Christina Applegate.

Ranked #68 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)

Has one younger brother, George Ross, a triathlete and hedge fund analyst in Manhattan, NYC.

Gave birth to her first child, son Maxwell Ross Goldman, on 23 March 2004 (just two months after Charlotte's own 36th birthday). "Maxwell's" is the name of a restaurant where Charlotte and her husband enjoyed eating. "We thought about giving my mom's maiden name to our son," she says, "but then decided that 'Morris Goldman' just wouldn't work".

Illinois Dream Girl in 1987

According to Charlotte, one of the biggest compliments she's ever received was "...from a fan who claimed I was cheated by not getting to play the Bride in 'Kill Bill'. He said that role would have fit me like a glove".

No relation to Katharine Ross or Marion Ross, despite a popular misconception.

Of Clan Ross.