Says she learned an American accent from watching Sesame Street as a child.

Took a 3 year acting break starting 2005 to finish school in Australia. She will return in the remake of A Tale Of Two Sisters (2008) with Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks and David Straitham.

She needed to wear heels for her costume in Lemony Snicket because Liam Aiken was much taller than she was.

She wanted to be a fashion designer when she was little, but she was "discovered" as an actress at age 8 in a school play.

Got her start in acting after being noticed in a school play.

She has her nose and belly button pierced.

Her parents' names are Shelley and Andrew.

She has a cat named Jasper and a dog named Roxy.

She was scared she was going to get fired while filming Lemony Snicket, because she'd be laughing at Jim Carrey so much.

Is featured briefly (archive footage from Ghost Ship (2002)) in the film Around the Bend (2004).

For her underwater scene in Ghost Ship (2002), she had to wear little weights so her dress wouldn't float up over her face.

Favorite subjects include English literature, philosophy, psychology, photography, and design technology.

She loves peanut butter.

Won the coveted role of Violet in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) after her agent gave her a pile of scripts for which to submit video auditions. She was phoned by the director of Lemony Snicket and asked to come to LA for an audition, which won her the part.

Has two brothers; Nicholas (10) and Matthew (8) (as at 2005).