She told Interview Magazine that she had a strict upbringing– her father was in the US Army, and she was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness. Her family moved around. She lived in Texas until her parents split, then to the Dominican Republic where, as she told Interview magazine, she “forgot every word of English [she] knew” and the family finally put down roots in Jersey City.
“I’d stare up at the sky and just dream a lot,” she said. when asked if she ever thought about her future when she was growing up. “Still do. I dreamed that I didn’t belong here, that I was going to travel a lot. I just never felt like I belonged anywhere. I always had a stick with a little knapsack attached.”
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Between 2003 and 2008, the actor spent time in jail for various DUI offenses. “Boy, were they wild,” she said of those years in a 2009 interview with The Guardian. “I was blinded by the light… Wooo hooo! In my 20s, I used the excuse of adolescence to have enormous amounts of spontaneous fun. I’ve avoided responsibility for the last 10 years, now it’s time to get on it.”
