Trivia

Fluent in Spanish.

Didn't want to do acting but did it to pay off her university debts and found that she enjoyed it.

Graduated with honors from UCLA.

Praised by Oprah Winfrey for being an activist for women. Passionate public speaker on the topic of violence against women after surviving a rape at gunpoint at the age of nineteen.

Wanted to be a lawyer.

Union opened up about her struggles with infertility in her 2017 memoir We're Going to Need More Wine, revealing she "had eight or nine miscarriages.".

Has a degree in sociology.

Transferred to UCLA after a stint playing for the women's soccer team at the University of Nebraska.

(August 30, 2014) Married her on-off boyfriend of 5 years Dwyane Wade in Miami, Florida, following a 8-month-long engagement.

Despite playing a teenager in both 10 Things I Hate About You and Bring It On, she was already well into her late twenties during both roles.

Has been in two adaptations of "The Taming of the Shrew": 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and Deliver Us from Eva (2003).

Was a cheerleader in the eighth grade.

Two of her uncles were on the University of Nebraska's national championship football team. Not surprisingly, she's a huge Cornhusker and football fan, who also has some moves of her own, as she told ESPN Magazine: "I can run, catch, throw - pretty much anything. I'm like an Arena Football guy. I can play both sides of the ball. In powder puff flag football I've never lost".

Has a daughter: Kaavia James Union Wade (b. November 7, 2018) with husband, Dwyane Wade.

Is a big fan of the music group New Edition.

Was on the debut cover of Savoy Magazine.

Has 3 stepchildren: stepson, Zaire Blessing Dwyane Wade (b. February 4, 2002), stepdaughter, Zaya Wade (b. May 29, 2007) & stepson, Xavier Zechariah Wade (b. November 10, 2013) with husband, Dwyane Wade.

Her parents are Sylvester and Theresa Union.

Has two sisters - one older and one younger.

Appeared in a Neutrogena commercial. (2009)

Friends with Sanaa Lathan, Mo'Nique, Essence Atkins and Shereé Whitfield.

Ranked #73 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

She ranked #52 in Maxim's "100 Sexiest Women" (2002).

Ranked #81 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

She ranked #81 in Stuff's "103 Sexiest Women" (2003).

Ranked #67 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Saweetie's cousin once removed.