Paula Patton

Paula Patton is an actress and producer who is best known for her role as the lead in the action spy film Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as well as the film drama Precious. In her early years Paula Patton grew up in an Los Angeles middle-class household. Her mom loved watching films and instilled a love for films into her child and also. Paula was a participant in co-curricular program at school, and was a drama enthusiast. Paula loved performing with her friends, and she participated in school-sponsored stage shows. After performing in a variety of high school productions at Hamilton Magnet Arts High School and deciding to make acting her professional career. She was enrolled at the University of Southern California in the summer program, and loved her time there. The program awarded her a 3-month contract to create documentaries for PBS. Once she had completed the task successfully and completing the project, she was hired as an assistant in TV documentary production. After that, she started producing documentaries. Though she enjoyed the work, she wanted to become an actor. Her career in acting started with an unimportant role with Will Smith in the romantic comedy Hitch. In the years since, she has been in numerous famous television and film productions.