Trivia

Interests include Asian cultures, African dance and world music, all a result of having traveled around the world.

Although her surname is Western, she is fully ethnically Chinese who was raised in the United States by adopted parents - her Taiwanese aunt and American uncle (hence the Krusiec surname). Her Taiwanese parents sent her to live with her aunt when she was five, so that her mother could better cope with Krusiec's two other siblings. In Taiwan, she is better known by her Chinese name, Yang Ya-Huei, with Yang being her biological father's surname.

Speaks English primarily and Mandarin Chinese as a second language.

Michelle is an "extreme sports" enthusiast who enjoys hang-gliding and snowboarding.

While attending Virginia tech, she went to a workshop featuring director Oliver Stone and actually fell asleep during the workshop but eventually landed a small role in his film Nixon (1995).

Received her undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts and English from Virginia Tech in 1995.

Her last name is pronounced "kroozic".

Saving Face (2004) is her first leading role in a film.