Soon Yi Previn is the adopted daughter of actress Mia Farrow and her ex-husband Andrea Previn. In 1992, Soon-Yi Previn began an affair with Farrow's long-term romantic partner, Woody Allen. The relationship between Allen and the then 22-year-old Previn, whom many considered to be his stepdaughter, resulted in a public and bitter break-up between Allen and Farrow. Previn and Allen were married in 1997.

On June 19, 2009, Allen's movie Whatever Works will premier. The movie is about a professor and his relationship to a woman 40 years younger than him. This resulted in speculation as to whether the movie was based on Allen's relationship with Previn, despite the fact that Allen said that was not the case and that he wrote most of the script in the 1970s.Woody Allen On Life, Films And 'Whatever Works' (June 15, 2009)

• Soon Yi Previn adopted by actress Mia Farrow and her husband Andrea Previn when she was a child. Farrow eventually divorced Previn and entered into a long term romantic relationship with Woody Allen.

• In 1992, the 22-year-old Previn began a romantic relationship with Woody Allen. Though she was never legally adopted by Allen, she was raised by him and Farrow. Once their affair became public, Allen was vilified by Farrow and the media.

• Though Previn and Allen married in 1997, their relationship made headlines again when it was used as fodder in litigation between Allen and the clothing company American Apparel.Guardian: Woody Allen Has No Reputation to Ruin (April 15, 2009)

In April 2009, Woody Allen sued American Apparel for allegedly damaging his reputation for using his image without his permission. The clothing company claimed Allen has "no reputation left to ruin" after his scandalous affair with Soon-Yi Previn. Guardian: Woody Allen Has No Reputation to Ruin (April 15, 2009) Lawyers for Allen filed papers on May 7, 2009 to stop American Apparel from calling his wife, Soon Yi Previn and ex Mia Farrow as potential character witnesses against him.New York Times: Latest Salvo in Woody Allen Suit (May 7, 2009) The lawsuit ended in a settlement in which Allen was awarded $5 million by American Apparel.American Apparel Settles with Woody Allen(May 19, 2009)

"She's very self-possessed and she runs the house and our kids and our life."—Woody AllenMSNBC: Allen Feels 'Lucky'.. (October 1, 2008)