Paula Patton

Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American and her mother who is caucasian is of German, English, and Dutch heritage. Her family lived just next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she grew up, and she was a major enthusiast of films from her early days. Her mother, who liked good movies also taught at a school and her father was an attorney. Paula said that she attempted to escape when she was an infant through "pretending" to pretend to be someone else than. So it is no surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School performances. Her most beloved role was one played by Abigail in "The Crucible". After graduation from the University Southern California's summer school, she pursued film studies and was given a 3-month project to make documentaries for PBS. She was then hired as a production assistant for documentaries for television and Howie Mandel's talk-show. She progressed to actually producing documentaries for Medical Diaries (2000) airing on Discovery Health Channel. Paula claims she loves what she is doing however her goal was the same. She studied acting before deciding to switch gears and become an actor. She became a star in a short time and was featured in Hitch (2006), Idlewild (2006) as well as Deja Vu (2006) as the female leading lady.