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 has German, English, Dutch and English ancestry. Her family lived right across from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing old and she was a lover of movies from her early days. Her mother, who loved good films taught in a school, as was her father, a lawyer. Paula claimed that she tried to get away as young girls by "pretending" to become someone else. It's no surprise that she took part in Hamilton Magnet Arts High School performances. Her favorite character was "Abigail" from "The Crucible". After graduation from the University Southern California's summer camp, she studied film and was then given a 3 month project to make documentaries for PBS. She was later hired as a production assistant for documentaries on TV and Howie Mandel's talk show. Later, she produced documentaries for Medical Diaries (2000 on Discovery Health Channel). Paula says she is passionate about what she is doing but her ambition was the same. She began acting classes before deciding to switch gears and become a performer. She made headlines quickly and was in Hitch (2006), Idlewild (2006), and Deja Vu (2006) as the female role in the film.