Biography
Rocketing to stardom with high-profile roles in two of the year's biggest films - "American Pie" (1999) and "American Beauty" (1999) - the 20-year-old actress suddenly found herself in the precarious position of being one of Hollywood's hottest properties. There was, of course, the requisite sequel "American Pie 2" (2001), although impressive work in films like "Spun" (2002) and a recurring role on "Six Feet Under" (HBO, 2001-05) did much to …
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Career Milestones
| Relocated with family to California | ||
| Signed by the Wilhelmina modeling agency and did print work for Oscar de la Renta | ||
| TV debut in a commercial for Rice-A-Roni | ||
1996 | First acting roles, appeared on "Boy Meets World" (ABC) and "Minor Adjustments" (UPN) | |
1996 | Played the recurring role of brash Sergeant Jim Marsh's daughter on ABC's "High Incident" | |
1997 | Appeared in episodes of the medical dramas "ER" (NBC) and "Chicago Hope" (CBS) | |
1997 | Film debut in Gregg Araki's "Nowhere" | |
1997 | Played a young girl abused by her uncle Adolf in Philippe Mora's "Snide and Prejudice" | |
1998 | Acted opposite Natasha Lyonne in "The Slums of Beverly Hills" | |
1999 | Played Rob Lowe's rebellious teenage daughter in the NBC disaster miniseries "Atomic Train" | |
1999 | Played the only friend of a lonely girl with telekinetic powers in "The Rage: Carrie 2" | |
1999 | Played virginal choir girl Heather in the Weitz brothers' ensemble comedy "American Pie" | |
1999 | Portrayed Kevin Spacey's fantasy object, seductive cheerleader Angela, in Sam Mendes' "American Beauty" | |
2000 | Co-starred with "American Pie" veteran Jason Biggs in Amy Heckerling's college-set comedy "Loser" | |
2001 | Co-starred in Francine McDougall's crime comedy "Sugar & Spice" | |
2001 | Played the female lead opposite Justin Chambers in "The Musketeer" | |
2002 | Co-starred with Jason Schwartzman and Mickey Rourke in "Spun" | |
2004 | Landed recurring role as a fellow art student of Claire Fisher's on the HBO series "Six Feet Under"; earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination | |
2005 | Appeared in the comedy "Beauty Shop," starring Queen Latifah | |
2005 | Cast opposite Keira Knightley in "Domino," about model-turned-bounty hunter Domino Harvey | |
2005 | Played Jennifer Aniston's younger sister in Rob Reiner's "Rumor Has It..." | |
2006 | Co-starred in the indie comedy "Standing Still" | |
2007 | Co-starred with Freddie Prinze Jr. in Michael Corrente's "Brooklyn Rules" | |
2008 | Shaved her head to play the lead role in the feature adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Garden of Eden" | |
2009 | Appeared in the film version of Michael Chabon's novel "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" | |
2011 | Played Elizabeth Short, the infamous Black Dahlia on the first season of "American Horror Story" (FX) | |
2012 | Reprised role of Heather along with original cast in "American Reunion" | |
Awards
1999 | BAFTA Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in American Beauty |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in American Beauty |
2005 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |