An American actress and former fashion model. She was born on May 22, 1979 in Hawaii. She played the leading role in the action-thriller television series Nikita. Her father works for the government, her mother works on a golf course. Her mother is a Vietnamese immigrant who came to the United States without money, and does not speak English. She is of Polish, Irish and Vietnamese descent, and began her career as a model in Asia. She made her film debut as Anna in the horror film Model from Hell. Her appearance in Gen-Y Cops impressed Jackie Chan so much that she was cast in Manhattan's Midnight and Rush Hour 2. In 2006, she starred alongside Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 3, playing the role of Anna. She played the role of Mai Linh in Bruce Willis Die Hard 4 and the role of Maggie in Balls of Wrath.