Fame came quickly, rocketing her from B-movie actress via mostly forgettable TV shows to an eye-catching breakthrough part in the gritty cop drama Training Day, opposite an Oscar-winning performance from Denzel Washington as a rogue detective.
She agonised before taking the role of his wife, because she only had two scenes and for one of them she had to be nude - potentially the kiss of death for a young actress with ambitions for a serious career.
"I put myself out there...
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