We’ve known her as Lana Lang on “Smallville” for eight years but, with Lana and Clark now sadly parted and Kristin Kreuk’s last episode aired, the beautiful young actress is moving on. The Chinese/Danish star plays the title character in an action-packed film version of the mega-popular video game in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li. One of Kristin’s major goals, as she continues and expands her career, is to empower young women, set a good example and tackle characters she is passionate about.

We sat down on the patio of her room at the famous Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills where we must have looked very “Hollywood” in our sunglasses and Kristin in her cute, strapless, black-and-white stripe Nanette Lepore top and sleek pants. Our first impression of lovely Kristin was how great she looks in her new short-ish bobbed hairdo and, yes, again, another gorgeous young woman who doesn’t need make-up! Kristin was happy to let us know that she is super glad to get rid of her longer hair and all the extensions she had to wear to play Lana for so long. Let’s dish….

TeenHollywood: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li is based on the famous video game so popular at arcades in the 1980′s. Are you a gamer at all?

Kristin: I’ve never been a gamer, but I’ve seen a lot of ‘Street Fighter’. It was really popular when I was in late elementary school into high school, so I’m very familiar with it. I’ve seen a lot of people play it.