- Is of Lithuanian descent on her father's side.
- Name pronounced "Ah-ree-uh Ba-ray-kiss".
- While appearing in a Broadway play, "Last Night Of Ballyhoo", in 1997, took six weeks' leave to make a movie; no trace of it has been found.
- She appeared in the original MTV short-film Joe's Apt. (1992) which served as the basis for the 1996 movie, starring Jerry O'Connell. She played the original part of the 'unfortunate' date which Joe brings to his place and is accidentally terrorized by Joe's roommates [1,000 cockroaches].
- Lives in New York City in the West Village.
- Was homecoming queen and a cheerleader in high school.
- During the 1985-1986 school year, her sophomore year, she was a Stanford Dolly (a dancer with the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band).
- Has a sister named Anitra three year's Arija's junior.
- Her father was a professor of Germanic literature at Indiana University and later taught at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. Her parents are divorced and her stepfather is a psychology professor at IU. Her mother is a practicing clinical psychologist in Bloomington, IN.
- Has dogs named Dizzy, Zodie and Ozark.
- Studied in Berlin during her third year in college.
- Did Summer stock in Williamstown Massachusetts early in her career.
- Niece, Arija Bareikis, is an honors graduate of Indiana University.
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