Paula Patton
Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce
(Vanraden), Patton, and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her
mother is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English ancestry. Her
family lived right next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she was growing-up, and
she was a huge film buff since the beginning of her life. Her mother was a
teacher and her father worked as an attorney. Paula states that as an teen she
would get away by "pretending to pretend to be someone else" so it was
not the case that she appeared in plays for high school at Hamilton Magnet Arts
High School. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The
Crucible". After finishing the University of Southern California's summer
school, she studied film and was offered a three-month assignment to create
documentaries for PBS. As a result, she was able to work as a production
assistant on TV documentaries and on Howie Mandel’s talk show. She then began
to produce documentaries for Medical Diaries (2000) airing on Discovery Health Channel.
Paula admits she is happy with her work, but she is still aspiring to be an
actor. She made headlines quickly and was featured in Hitch (2006), Idlewild
(2006) as well as Deja Vu (2006) as the female leading lady.
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