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• Shaved her head before her first day of middle school.
• Was in the original Broadway cast for the musical Once, which was based on the 2006 film of the same name.
• Unable to read music, she was given 10 days to learn two key songs, one classical and one contemporary, for Once.
• Featured in a Vogue magazine spread that photographically chronicled her preparations for the 2012 Tony awards, for which she was a nominee. 
• Was introduced as the Mother in the 2013 Season 8 finale of How I Met Your Mother. To maintain secrecy while shooting her brief scene, all the extras were members of the series' production staff.
• Once played in a New York City band called Eelwax Jesus.
• Because of her unfamiliarity with Los Angeles street signs, received four parking tickets in her first week in the city.