She captained a tennis team which went on to win district and sectional
championships and compete in the national championships a year after
picking up a raquet for the first time.
She has a cat named Boomer.
She has one brother who has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and an
MD.
She persuaded her 5th grade teacher to stage a production of Hamlet
with her in the role of Queen Gertrude.
She worked as a computer programmer to make ends meet before earning
enough as an actress to support herself.
She was named after an Irish school friend of her parents, although it
seems the word "Arloa" is Basque for "the field."
She grew up all over the world because her father was in the Air Force.