Trivia

Insists on bicycling to and from the set.

Went to Bolivia to study bears in the rainforest after she wrapped The Postman (1997).

In June 2018, after four years of doctor visits, tests and misdiagnoses, she was diagnosed with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. She underwent surgery to remove the tumor on July 26, 2018, her 50th birthday, at King's College Hospital in London. Six months later she was given the all-clear and asked to be an ambassador for Pancreatic Cancer UK.

Turned down the role of Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002).

Has an English degree from Newnham College, Cambridge.

Mother, with husband Rhashan Stone, of daughters Esmé Ruby Stone (b. April 6, 2004) and Roxana May Stone(b. April 7, 2007).

Writes occasional travel reports for "The Independent Traveller" - part of The Independent on Sunday [UK] - since 2006.

Has appeared in two movies (The Man From Elysian Fields, The Ghost Writer) as the wife of a man who has hired a ghost writer, whereupon she enters into a sexual relationship with the ghost writer. (Additional parallels would be spoilers).

Her parents are lawyers.

Has worked with Paul Bettany on several occasions, including Dead Babies (2000) and The Heart of Me (2002). Most frequently romantically involved.

Father had a heart attack in 2001 while she was filming The Body (2001) with Antonio Banderas.