Raised in Texas until her parents separated at age eight

Lived with her maternal grandmother in the Dominican Republic

Briefly moved to Puerto Rico to live with her father

Settled in Jersey City, NJ with her mother

Was an extra in NYC film productions, "Summer of Sam" (1999) and "For Love of the Game" (1999)

Breakthrough role as Diana, the tough, troubled high school student who finds an outlet for her aggression in boxing in the film "Girlfight"

Played a tough NYC cabbie in the Showtime movie, "3 A.M."

Co-starred as a gang member with a penchant for racing sports cars in "The Fast and the Furious"

Co-starred with Milla Jovovich in Paul Anderson's "Resident Evil"

Played one of Kate Bosworth's friends and roommates in the surfer film "Blue Crush"

Portrayed the character Chris in the summer action feature "S.W.A.T."

Lent her voice to the video games, "True Crime: Street of LA" and "Halo2"

Joined the second season of ABC's "Lost" as ex-police officer, Ana-Lucia Cortez; killed off at the end of the second season

Starred in the big-screen version of the popular video game "BloodRayne"

Co-starred in the horror film "The Breed"

Cast in actor Stuart Townsend's directorial debut, "Battle in Seattle"

Reprised role for the fourth film "Fast & Furious"