Education
San Francisco State University.
San Francisco State University.
She worked behind the scenes on many different movies, including Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence, before she acted in Star Wars. The character was a last-minute addition to the Episode II script. She had been created for a licensed Star Wars comic book by Dark Horse Comics and was added to the film after Lucas saw a cover illustration of the character.
Allen had previously been cast as an extra in the Digital Video Disc release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as a Twi"lek as well.
Allen graduated from San Francisco State University. Prior to being cast in the Star Wars films, she was employed behind the camera on the set of several other films.
She first worked for Lucasfilm during a break from filming Gangs of New New York Allen frequently makes appearances at conventions, including C2 and C3, SDCC 2005, Celebration V (2010) and Celebration VI (2012).
At Celebration II, she participated in a panel discussion of "Women Who Kick.".