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Birthday: July 24, 1979
Hometown: Sydney, Australia

How You Know Her: This Australian smokeshow is probably best known as a regular on the FX TV series Damages, but she’s also padded her résumé with some impressive silver-screen roles. She played Brad Pitt’s love interest in Troy, a medical officer in 28 Days Later and most recently starred with Nicolas Cage in Knowing (released earlier this month on DVD and Blu-ray). She’s even trying her hand at comedy alongside Jonah Hill and Russell Brand in next year’s Get Him to the Greek. Opa!

Quality Control: “I’d say I’m a bit of a fatalist, but not as much as I was. I used to be like, ‘Whatever happens, happens,’ and have that innate fatalistic outlook. But I think it’s more about what you are thinking in your own mind that is the most powerful aspect of controlling your own life.”