- Dressed up as Catwoman and attempted to confront Tim Burton and Michael Keaton on the Warner Bros. property, in Batman : Le Défi (1992), to get that role.
- Was cast as Vicky Vale in Tim Burton's version of Batman (1989) but was replaced with Kim Basinger after an injury sustained riding a horse.
- She met her husband Robert Lujan in 1985 on the TV miniseries La fleur ensanglantée (1986). Their five year relationship culminated in their 1990 wedding. They had two sons before divorcing in 2002. They reconciled a year later and, after a few years, remarried in 2011.
- Voluntarily checked herself into a rehabilitation center on January 28, 2008 to deal with her longtime alcoholism.
- Was originally cast as Tess Trueheart in Dick Tracy (1990), but was replaced after several days filming by Glenne Headly. Young claimed she was axed from the film because she wouldn't sleep with Warren Beatty; he disputed this saying Young had become too demanding and he decided not to put up with her antics.
- État de choc (1988) co-star James Woods and his then fiancée filed a $2 million suit for harassment in 1988 against Young, alleging that, for instance, Young left a disfigured doll on his doorstep and trampled the couple's expensive flower bed. The case was settled out of court in 1989.
- She still takes ballet and yoga to stay in shape.
- Auditioned for the role of Marion Ravenwood in Les Aventuriers de l'arche perdue (1981), which went to Karen Allen.
- Has played a female alter ego of a man (Dr. Jekyll et Ms. Hyde (1995)) and a man surgically altered into a woman (Ace Ventura, détective chiens et chats (1994)).
- She first began studying ballet in high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and after graduation, she headed to New York's School of American Ballet. She gave up the idea of professional ballet to model.
- Replaced Sharon Stone for the female lead in Blue Ice (1992).
- Was originally cast as Blythe Hunter in Wicked Wicked Games (2006), but due to apparent clashes with producers, was replaced by Tatum O'Neal.
- Turned down the role of Janet Colgate in Le plus escroc des deux (1988).
- Filmed scenes for two Woody Allen films: Crimes et délits (1989), in which she would have paired up with Woody's character at the end of the film) and Alice (1990), playing one of Mia Farrow's wealthy friends), but was cut from both.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 38, a son Quinn Lee Lujan (aka Quinn Lujan) on January 26, 1998. Child's father is her husband (now 2nd husband), Robert Lujan.
- Auditioned for the role that went to Mimi Rogers in Leçons de séduction (1996).
- She has Irish, English, and Swiss-German ancestry.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 34, a son Rio Kelly Lujan (aka Rio Lujan) on November 2, 1994. Child's father is her husband (now 2nd husband), Robert Lujan.
- Graduated from Cleveland Heights High School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
- She has size 10 feet.
- Model Eugenia Silva appeared in her role in a Blade Runner (1982)-themed photo shoot in the March 1998 issue of Vogue Italia, photographed by Steven Meisel.
- Her sister is Cathleen Young.
- She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Blade Runner (1982).
- Born at 10:46 AM (CST).
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