Paula Patton

Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles in a middle-class family. As a child her dreams were big. Her most well-known films include the thriller Precious and Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol. In her early years, Paula Patton was raised in an Los Angeles middle-class household. Her parents were a loving mother who loved to watch films. Paula was active within the school's co-curricular programs and particularly awed by acting. Paula loved playing the role of an actor alongside her peers and was a participant in her school's stage productions. She acted in many performances at the high school of Hamilton Magnet Arts High School and decided to take up acting as a career. She enrolled at the University of Southern California in the summer program, and loved her time there. She was offered a contract for three months to create documentaries for PBS. When she was successful in completing the project, she started working as an assistant to the production team for television documentaries. Then she moved on to producing documentaries. Although she was awed by her job, she still wanted to become an actor. She got her first acting gig with a small role on the movie romantic comedy Hitch with Will Smith. In the years since, she's appeared on many TV and movies.