| Photographed for Seventeen and Mirabella magazines; also starred in commercials for Pantene shampoo and Bongo jeans |
1977 | Born and raised in Maine |
1989 | Moved with mother to NYC's Greenwich Village at age 12 |
1991 | Received first modeling job with assistance of Paulina Porizkova who took photos that ended up in Interview magazine |
1994 | Appeared in the Aerosmith video "Crazy" with Alicia Silverstone |
1994 | Feature film debut, Bruce Beresford's "Silent Fall" |
1995 | Played a pizza waitress opposite Shelley Winters and Deborah Harry in the low-budget "Heavy" |
1996 | Breakthrough screen role as the virginal Lucy in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty" |
1996 | Ceased being managed by mother; replaced with Peter Hoffman (godfather) |
1996 | Had small role in Woody Allen's "Everyone Says I Love You"; cut from final version |
1996 | Nabbed the female lead in Tom Hanks' directorial debut, "That Thing You Do!" |
1997 | Starred as the nicest Abbott sister in Pat O'Connor's "Inventing the Abbotts" |
1998 | Played Bruce Willis' daughter in the blockbuster, "Armageddon"; Aerosmith provided the film's theme song |
1999 | Portrayed Tatyana opposite Ralph Fiennes in "Onegin" an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's novel Eugene Onegin; directed by her co-stars' sister, Martha Fiennes' |
1999 | Won raves for her turn as the rebellious tomboy member of an eccentric southern family in Robert Altman's "Cookie's Fortune" |
2000 | Re-teamed with Altman for the ensemble film, "Dr. T & the Women" |
2001 | Starred as Arwen in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings; filmed in 1999-2000 and scheduled for successive Christmas releases in 2001 ("The Fellowship of the Ring"), 2002 ("The Two Towers") and 2003 ("The Return of the King") |
2001 | Was the object of infatuation for three men (Matt Dillon, John Goodman and Paul Reiser) in "One Night at McCool's" |
2004 | Cast opposite Ben Affleck in director Kevin Smith's "Jersey Girl" |
2006 | Starred in Steve Buscemi's "Lonesome Jim" opposite Casey Affleck |
2007 | Played a psychiatrist in Mike Binder's "Reign Over Me" |
2008 | Cast as Betty Ross opposite Edward Norton in "The Incredible Hulk" |
2008 | Costarred with Scott Speedman in the horror thriller "The Strangers" |
