Beat out 35 other actresses to play the title role in Cleopatra (1999) (TV).
She is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian.
Daughter of famous Chilean biologist and philosopher Francisco Varela (1946-2001).
Thirteen separate editions of the Maxim magazine, the cover on which she appeared were released, each naming a different North American city as the greatest on Earth
Engaged to Billy Zane, her co-star from the miniseries Cleopatra (1999) (TV).