Paula Patton

Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African American and her mother is caucasian. She is of German, English, Dutch and English family ancestry. As a child her family was located right next to the 20th Century Fox lot. She was a huge film fan from her childhood. Her mom was a teacher and her father was an attorney. Paula stated that she had tried to escape when she was an innocent child by "pretending" to pretend to be someone else than. So it is no surprise that she appeared in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School plays. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". In the end, she chose to take a course in film at the University of Southern California in an internship program for summer, and was awarded a three-month project to make documentary films for PBS. She was then hired as a production assistant on TV documentaries and Howie Mandel's talk-show. Later, she made documentaries for Medical Diaries (2000 on Discovery Health Channel). Paula admits she is happy with doing what she loves, but she dreams of becoming an actor. She quickly became successful and, within three years, had played roles in major films, Hitch (2005) and Idlewild (2006) as well as the female lead in Deja Vu (2006) opposite Denzel Washington.