Born in Houston and raised in Waco, Texas, she first pursued modeling with Ford and Elite agencies after a high-school stint on the tennis team, a path that led to her entry into acting. Breakthrough came with the role of Nadia in the 1999 comedy American Pie, a part she revisited in its sequels and that cemented her as a 1990s-2000s sex symbol; subsequent film work included Scary Movie, Tomcats,…
