She is best known for her role as eight-year-old Cora Cartmell, a young steerage passenger in the 1997 film Titanic who dances with Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) at an Irish party.
Her mother took both her and her younger sister Rachel, then 3, to audition for roles at the film set in Rosarito Beach, Baja California.
[1] She became known as "the Titanic girl" among her schoolmates,[3] and has since been asked many times what it was like to perform opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, then a teenage heartthrob,[1] who played the lead role of Jack Dawson.
She recalls that he was very "sweet" to her, getting her peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, making faces at her from behind the camera, and chatting with her between takes.
She was constantly recognized on the street and asked for autographs, and finally decided to take a break from acting.