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At age 43, she adopted her second child, a baby girl from Africa, named Ash. This is apparently a shortened version of her birth name, Aberash. The girl's full name is Caroline Aberash Parker.

Split with actor Billy Crudup in November of 2003, after seven years. She was seven months pregnant with his child at the time.

The Counting Crows song "Butterfly in Reverse" was written for her.

Turned down the opportunity to replace Shannen Doherty on Charmed (1998).

[April 8, 2008] Broke up with her Weeds (2005) co-star, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Later reconciled and became engaged and then broke engagement.

[on Demián Bichir in Weeds (2005)] I might use a word that sounds pretentious, but his performance was almost holy. It was beyond being just about depth. He made the film into a Greek tragedy. And he is one of the few actors I know who could make that part humane. He is pretty delicious.

I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.

The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful.

My way to combat anything is just to walk straight into it with my fists up.

My sister's fish tacos are out of control. I'd give her a restaurant if I were a gazillionaire.