Her book "Down Came the Rain" debuted at number six on The New York Times Best Sellers list.

Having taken jazz dance classes for years, she showed off her skills in the opening credits and a few episodes of Suddenly Susan (1996)

Ethnic background includes English, Italian and German. In the show Who Do You Think You Are she discovered that her Italian roots go back to France and she is directly related to Henry IV.

The poor construction of sentences in her book "On Your Own" was the subject of an article by William Safire in the New York Times.

Named one of the most glamorous women of all time by Harper's Bazaar magazine. Others on the list included Coco Chanel, Grace Kelly, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Nicole Kidman (2004).

At the ripe old age of 16, she had already appeared on the cover of every major fashion magazine including; Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, Mademoiselle, Seventeen, and Vogue.

Her first daughter with Chris Henchy, Rowan Francis Henchy, was born on 15 May 2003 at a Manhattan, New York hospital. Her second daughter, Grier Hammond Henchy, was born on 18 April 2006 in Los Angeles. Grier shares the exact same birth-date as Suri Cruise.

Attended and graduated from Dwight Englewood High school, in Englewood New Jersey, along with actress Mira Sorvino. Attended the all-female Lenox School until the eighth grade.