True Blood

We all know True Blood’s ditzy waitress Arlene Fowler like the back of our hand (or claw), but want to know more about the woman behind the red dye-job, Carrie Preston?

Is she as trashy and closed-minded as her TV other-half?There’s only one way to find out: Check out 10 need-to-know facts about Carrie!

1. Her husband, Michael Emerson, played Ben Linus on Lost

Not only is Carrie married to the onetime leader of “The Others,” but she also appeared on Lost as Ben’s mother!

Wow, we can’t even imagine all the mommy issues that made their way into the bedroom after that scene....

2. Her red locks are faker than the Kardashian sisters’ boobs

Sorry to disappoint, but Carrie’s natural hair color is not red. This beauty is a blondie, so she sported a wig for the first three seasons of True Blood!

But she finally decided to take the plunge and dye her locks for Season 4, an experience she said was liberating. "It's fun being a redhead," Carrie told us in an exclusive interview.

3. She started her own production company at just 12 years old

In her front yard. But still, a harbinger of things to come — and way cuter than a bunch of random kids over-charging you at their lemonade stand.

These days, Carrie co-owns Daisy 3 Pictures — a big-kid production company with a little kid name!

4. She was on Law and Order: Criminal Intent three times

We all know Law and Order recycles actors like empty bottles, but really? Three times?

Carrie played a depressed mom who kills her kids (don’t get any ideas, Arlene), a crazy housewife who kills her husband, and an innocent victim who gets infected with an animal virus and drops dead.

It all sounds very True Blood.

5. She’s fashionable

Carrie is a girl’s girl through and through, and she has some major fashion don'ts to impart to her fans: No short-shorts and no thong-bikinis.

OMG, what are we gonna do without our thongs and booty shorts?! Dang, guess we’ll have to break out our belly shirts and tramp stamps instead.

6. She’s dying to do a scene with Eric

Carrie once said, “I think seeing Arlene square off with Eric in some kind of strange debate about vampire rights would be hilarious and scary.”

Please, we all know she just want to marvel at Eric’s hot bod up-close and personal. You’re not fooling anyone, Carrie.

7. She’s nothing like Arlene

Carrie and Arlene might both be from the South (Carrie hails from Macon, Georgia), but the similarities stop there.

Carrie’s has said, "I mean I'm not anything like Arlene. Nothing.”

So wait, Carrie doesn’t have a spray tan and an evil baby living inside her? So bummed.

8. If she could be any supernatural on True Blood, she’d be a shapeshifter

We can totally see Arlene morphing into an animal — specifically a high strung Chihuahua or maybe a pink bow-wearing Poodle. You know, something with long nails.

9. She went to Julliard 

Carrie honed her skills at the best acting school in the country — it’s no wonder she’s such a hot commodity! They must have one stellar class in “The History of Fang-Banging.”

10. She’s a director

Talk about multi-talented! Carrie debuted That’s What She Said starring Anne Heche to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year!