The pressure to be pretty? I set, you know, boundaries and goals for myself. I try not to compare myself to anyone else because I will never be anyone else except myself. So I try and stay true to me, and hopefully the right projects will come my way.

Her highest ranking was #4 in the 2008 UK Edition of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World list. She played Nina a temperamental 17-year-old cheerleader who suffers sexual abuse by her father. The magazine also featured her in its Girls of Maxim Gallery.

She currently stars as Alex Kerkovich in the ABC ensemble comedy series Happy Endings (2011–present). Her films include Airspeed (1998) Love Actually (2003) Old School (2003) The Girl Next Door (2004) House of Wax (2005) and Captivity (2007).