Paula Patton

Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California to a middle class family. While a young girl she was a dreamer. Her most well-known films include the drama Precious and Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol. She was born into a family of middle class located in Los Angeles and had big goals for her future. The mother of her children was fond of watching movies and instilled a love for movies in her daughter too. Paula was active with her school's cocurricular activities and particularly awed by dramatics. Paula loved acting with friends and was a part of school productions. She performed in numerous high school plays at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School and then decided to pursue acting as a career. She enrolled at The University of Southern California in a summer program and thoroughly loved her time there. She was assigned a 3 month assignment to make documentary films for PBS. Following the successful completion of the project, she started being an assistant to the production team for television documentaries. After that, she started producing documentaries. She was passionate about her work but she always wanted to become an actor. Her acting career began with a minor role alongside Will Smith in the romantic comedy Hitch. She has since appeared in numerous films and television shows.