- She is 5'8½" tall.
- Illeana appears as Aerosmith's manager in the pre-attraction show, The Rockin' Roller Coaster, at Walt Disney World.
- In 2002, she was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for Six Feet Under.
- At the Independent Spirit Awards, Illeana walked onstage in bondage gear. She then conducted a sing-a-long tribute to dark masochist comedy.
- Her role in To Die For in 1995 led to over 20 TV and movie projects.
- In 2006, Illeana starred in the Lifetime TV movie Not Like Everyone Else.
- She developed her talents by having small roles in Martin Scorsese films.
- Working for a publicist in New York led to her first movie role in 1988.
- As a teenager, Illeana acted in plays and did standup comedy.
- Illeana studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York.
- Illeana trained from 1981-1983 at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
- Illeana directed and starred in The Perfect Woman in 1993. This film won Best Short Film at the Aspen Festival.
- She is the granddaughter of Melvyn Douglas.
- She has been in two movies with Eliza Dushku. They were both in The Kiss and The New Guy.
- Illeana: When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
- Illeana: There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.
- Illeana: There are embarrassing pictures of me from high school. I don't know what kind of look I was trying to achieve.
- Illeana: The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.
- Illeana: The Adventures of Pluto Nash, by the time it came out, it was completely different from what we had signed up for. I don't know what happened.
- Illeana: It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding.
- Illeana: It used to be much easier for me to flit between a studio and an independent film, but now it depends a lot more on the director.
- Illeana: It is nice to do an independent film that can be a commercial hit. I think comedies do really well. I wish more independent films were comedies.
- Illeana: I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
- illeana: I'm a huge poster collector.
- Illeana: I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films.
- Illana: I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.
- Illeana: I want to bring back some sketch comedy. I did work with a group called Manhattan Punch Line with Oliver Platt in the early '80s.
- Illeana: I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
- Illeana: I often take clothes from my mom's closet, because she was a Simplicity pattern model in the 1950s and loves clothes. She's also a total pack rat.
- Illeana: I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.
- Illeana: I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had.
- Illeana: I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny.
- Illeana: I love anything to dowith ventriloquism and magic.
- Illeana: I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world.
- Illeana: I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.
- Illeana: I enjoy doing independent films more, only because there's more freedom. There's not as many cooks tampering with what you are trying to do.
- Illeana:I always wanted to get into the horror genre. I like scary movies. I want to go to the fan shows and sign posters with my head hanging by a thread like a B-movie actress.
- Illeana: God only knows what else is on the web about me.
- Illeana: Women don't want to be listened to. They only want to be agreed with.
