Paula Maxine Patton was born on December 5,1975 and is an American actress and producer.
19 Facts About Paula Patton
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Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce, a school teacher, and Charles Paula Patton, a lawyer.
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Paula Patton's mother is white, of German and Dutch descent, and her father is black of African descent.
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Paula Patton graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School, and then started college at University of California, Berkeley, transferring to University of Southern California's Film School after her first year.
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Paula Patton provided additional vocals for Usher on his 2004 album Confessions.
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Paula Patton has song-writing credits on multiple Robin Thicke albums under the name "Max", derived from her middle name.
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Paula Patton made her film debut with a small part in the 2005 romantic comedy film Hitch, alongside Will Smith.
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Paula Patton appeared in her then-husband Robin Thicke's "Lost Without You" video in 2006.
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In 2008, Paula Patton played television reporter Kate Madison in the comedy-drama Swing Vote alongside Kevin Costner and Amy Carson, the wife of Ben in the supernatural horror film Mirrors.
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Paula Patton later co-starred as Queen Latifah's character's god-sister in the romantic comedy Just Wright.
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Also in 2011, Paula Patton played the leading role in the comedy film Jumping the Broom.
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In 2013, Paula Patton co-starred alongside Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in the action comedy film 2 Guns, and starred in the leading role in the romantic comedy film Baggage Claim.
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On February 24,2015, it was announced that Paula Patton was cast as lead character in the ABC crime drama pilot Runner.
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In 2016, Paula Patton starred in the romantic comedy film The Perfect Match, alongside Terrence Jenkins and Cassie Ventura, appeared alongside Adam Sandler and David Spade in direct-to-Netflix comedy film The Do-Over, and starred as Garona Halforcen in the Warcraft film adaptation, released in June.
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In January 2017, Paula Patton was cast in the lead role of the ABC drama series Somewhere Between, which premiered as a mid-season replacement on July 24,2017, and was cancelled after one season.
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In 1991, at age 15, Paula Patton met recording artist Robin Thicke, who was then 14, at an under-21 hip-hop club called Balistyx on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, when Thicke asked her to dance.
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Paula Patton gave birth to their son, Julian Fuego, on April 6,2010.
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On October 8,2014, Paula Patton officially filed for divorce and joint custody of their son.
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Later that month, Paula Patton was granted sole custody and a restraining order that included their son Julian and her mother Joyce Paula Patton against Thicke after she accused him of domestic violence, infidelity, and drug and alcohol addiction.