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Linda Cardellini Profile |
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Birth Date: June 25, 1975
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Birth Place: Redwood City, California, USA
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Birth Name: Linda Edna Cardellini
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Height: 5'3"
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Biography |
Linda Cardellini is an American television and film actress.
She is perhaps best known for her roles as high school
student Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks, as Velma Dinkley
in the live-action Scooby-Doo films, as Samantha in the
comedy Grandma's Boy, and as Samantha Taggart on ER.
Cardellini was born in Redwood City, California, the
daughter of Lorraine (née Hernan) and Wayne David
Cardellini. She is of Irish and Italian ancestry. She made
her first public appearance at age 10, when she sang in a
school play. After the performance, she plunged into several
school productions and started attending drama lessons. She
graduated from nearby Mountain View's Catholic St. Francis
High School in 1993.
Cardellini attended Loyola Marymount University's College of
Communication and Fine Arts, graduating in 2001 with a
degree in theatre arts. She was also an active member of the
Delta Zeta sorority.
Cardellini dated her Freaks and Geeks co-star Jason Segel
for a few years following the show's cancellation. She
enjoys art (especially that of Margaret Keane) and takes
martial arts classes. |
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In 1994, she won a fireplace on "The New Price Is Right"
(1972).
Loves art, especially that of Margaret Keane.
Enjoyed taking martial arts classes.
Attended Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, CA.
She attended Loyola Marymount University, finally graduating
in 2001 with a degree in theatre.
Daughter of Lorraine Hernan (née Hernan) and Wayne David
Cardellini.
She is of Italian/Irish descent.
Named #93 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World
2006" supplement. (2006). |
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since February 17, 2009