Paula Patton

Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce (Vanraden) Patton and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American, while her mother is caucasian and has German, English and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived right next to the 20th Century Fox lot as she was growing-up, and she was a huge fan of movies from her earliest days. Her mother was a school teacher and her father was an attorney. Paula claims that she used to escape from her mother by pretending to be someone else while young. It's not a surprise to learn that she was a part of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School's high school productions. Her most loved role was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After having graduated from the University of Southern California's summer school, she studied film and was assigned a three-month assignment to create documentaries on PBS. It led her to work as a production assistant on TV documentaries, and also on Howie Mandel's talk show. Later, she produced documentaries for Medical Diaries (2000 on Discovery Health Channel). Paula declares she loves the work she does, but her dream was still the same. She took acting lessons and then switched to becoming a performer. She was a star within a matter of days and was in Hitch (2006), Idlewild (2006) Idlewild (2006), and Deja Vu (2006) as the female lead.