Gained 20 lbs (9 kg; 1 st 6 lb) for the part of Kaylee in the TV series Firefly (2002). When the show was later adapted into a motion picture (Serenity (2005)), the show had been over for a little while and she had lost the weight. She was told that they weren't going to give anyone else the part anyway, so she didn't have to re-gain the weight.
She became engaged to her longtime boyfriend Charlie Ritchie in May 2015. On December 9, 2015, at age 33, she gave birth to her first child, a son named Wilder Cathcart Ritchie.
In Vancouver she joined in the ground-breaking ceremony for an AIDS
memorial where the names of AIDS victims in the area will be
permanently memorialized.
Was featured on the preteen video/board game "Party Mania".
She played the role of "Catalina" on Space Cases (1996), a show that featured a space pirate named "Reaver" played by Chip Chuipka. She played "Kaylee" on Firefly (2002), which featured a race of people called "Reavers", also with malicious intentions.
Originally auditioned for the role of Rosie on Space Cases (1996), which went to
Paige Christina. She later got the role of Catalina.