Tuesday Trivia: Who Am I

Who am I? I was born in 1972 in San Diego. "My Latin roots are very strong. All my life, because I'm blonde and blue-eyed, people who aren't Hispanic can't believe I am. And people who are Hispanic always think I'm not, because I don't look like them. Being Latin is part of who I am and I bring that part to every role." My father was Cuban and my mother was of Native American, Italian and German descent.

I was a member of the Polyettes at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, which was the school's dance team that performed during half-time at football games. I left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, and Paris. When I returned to California I tried out for a movie and to my amazement and despite having no previous acting experience, I was cast as the female lead in the film opposite a very strange man. The picture above is actually the first time anyone saw me on the big screen. I was set to play Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat but I broke my wrist and had to pull out (thank goodness). I became a full fledged star four years later with a title roll on a very funny movie. I am very superstitious and I have a reputation of being late. I will ONLY wash my face in Evian water. I broke my nose in Hawaii surfing on my birthday in 2003. Stuff magazine ranked me as the third sexiest woman in the world in 2002.

I have been known to say some weird things like: "I didn't realize it [my first movie] was a fairly large film that I was a part of. Halfway through I was going, 'Is there any place that my mom and dad can see this film?' and they're going, '[Well], at the theatres.' I had no idea. Durrrrrrr. I'm blonde. I'm allowed." And "I would kiss a frog even if there were no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs. I'd lick him."

Some of the names of the characters I have played are: Julianna Gianni, Jenny Everdeane, Christina Pagniacci, Lotte Schwartz, Celine Naville, Mary Jensen, Tina Carlyle, Natalie Cook, and Freddie Clayton.

Who am I?

What was the name of my first movie?

Major Bonus Points if you can tell my the movies that my characters list above were in.