While Mindy Sterling has worked in the industry for over 25 years, she only began to truly garner attention and is perhaps best known for playing Frau Farbissina, the diminutive and domineering Germanic cohort of Dr. Evil (Mike Myers), in 1997's "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" and its blockbuster sequel "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999). Blonde, with an open smile and a relatively soft-spoken demeanor, the actress was quite unlike the screeching sour-faced Farbissina, allowing her to live everyday life virtually unnoticed despite the massive popularity of the "Austin
