- Her uncle was the "James Dean of Japan". He was Yûsaku Matsuda who died shortly after filming Black Rain (1989) with Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia at the age of 39.
- At age 18, She worked for Steven Seagal as his personal assistant for one year.
- Anzu Cristina reached Number #1 on the Japanese Billboard charts with her cover of the single "The Rose" released on Avex Records/ Japan in 2004.
- Her first screen test was at age 7, with academy award nominated actor, Mako, playing his grand-daughter.
- On her father's side, some family members have been linked back to the Diegueno Indians of California.
- Nominated for "Best Female Performance" for her role as Yoko Ono in "Rock And Roll's Greatest Lovers" original rock musical at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, that she penned and produced.
- Legendary casting director Don Phillips gave Anzu Lawson her first big break in Hollywood by casting her opposite Viggo Mortensen as his love interest in American Yakuza (1993), a film he co-produced after casting Dazed and Confused (1993).
- Anzu Lawson graduated from the UCLA screenwriting program in 2010.
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