- In a recent interview for Channel 5 (UK), she said that having plastic surgery to her nose was the worst mistake she had ever made. This was because she was no longer recognizable as the girl from the film Dirty Dancing (1987), just somebody who looked a bit like her.
- Was previously engaged to Matthew Broderick and Johnny Depp, each during the same month.
- 2010 Winner of Dancing with the Stars (2005).
- Was with Matthew Broderick in a car crash in 1987. She suffered whip-lash, which caused damage to her vertebrate. Has suffered constant pain since then but has recently found some relief with the aid of doctors and exercise.
- Began her career as a dancer in a Dr. Pepper TV commercial.
- Her parents are both from Jewish families (from Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, and Ukraine).
- Her father, Joel Grey, sang "Razzle-Dazzle", from "Chicago", when he hosted The Muppet Show (1976) in 1976. In Dirty Dancing (1987), her character's father is played by Jerry Orbach, who originated the role of "Billy Flynn" in "Chicago", which includes singing the song "Razzle-Dazzle".
- Was cast as Gene Wilder's wife in the 1994 sitcom Something Wilder (1994) in 1994, but was replaced when test audiences disapproved of the two lead characters' age difference in the pilot.
- Jointly made the decision to divorce with husband Clark Gregg and filed in June 2020, just the month before what would have been their 19th wedding anniversary.
- Separated from husband Clark Gregg in January 2020, after almost 19 years of marriage.
- Studied acting at New York City's prestigious "Neighborhood Playhouse" under legendary acting coach, Sanford Meisner.
- Classmate of Tracy Pollan at the private Dalton School in New York City.
- Is mentioned by name in Joel Grey (1976)(#1.3) when Kermit The Frog is interviewing her father, Joel Grey. She was 16 years old at the time.
- As of March 2010 was living in Los Angeles with family.
- She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
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