I think with comedy I get very sort of critical of myself and try and do the best I can and it doesn't come as second nature. I work at those kinds of films. It doesn't mean I can't do them - I've done two now, and I have a great time doing them, but I just find myself a little bit more neurotic.

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).