Former model.

Has spent her summers off from "How I Met Your Mother" performing Shakespeare in London and working with the famed improv comedy group The Upright Citizen`s Brigade.

She has seven siblings - four sisters, Julie, Fiona, Amy and Melissa, and three brothers, Mark, Adam and Scott.

Discovered by a modeling agency in her teens, she started to model internationally, including in locations such as New York City, the Caribbean, Paris, Milan, Greece, Japan, Germany and Africa.

Speaks fluent French.

While announcing his departure from the long-awaited Wonder Woman (2009) feature, Joss Whedon joked that she was his choice to play Princess Diana of Themiscyra (WW herself).

On "How I Met Your Mother" (2005) she plays a Canadian, and in real life she is a Canadian.

Participated in various sports as a teenager including tennis, swimming and soccer.

Was voted "Most Respected" by her classmates her senior year in high school.