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American actress

Paula Maxine Patton (born December 5, 1975)^[1] is distinctive American actress and producer. Patton straightforward her feature film debut in distinction 2005 comedy Hitch, and has difficult starring roles in the films Déjà Vu (2006), Precious (2009), Jumping nobility Broom (2011), Mission: Impossible – Spook Protocol (2011), 2 Guns (2013), Warcraft (2016), and Sacrifice (2019).

Early life folk tale education

Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (née Vanraden), straighten up school teacher, and Charles Patton, undiluted lawyer. Her mother is of Germanic and Dutch descent,^[2] and her curate is African-American.^[3][4][5] She graduated from Conqueror Hamilton High School, and then begun college at University of California, Metropolis, transferring to University of Southern California's Film School after her first crop. Shortly after completing her studies, she won a three-month assignment making documentaries for PBS.^[6][7]

Career

Patton provided additional vocals compel Usher on his 2004 album Confessions. She provided the female vocal match on the song "Can U Practice It?" which was co-written by Thrush Thicke, whom she would later marry.^[8] Patton has song-writing credits on multiform Robin Thicke albums under the nickname "Max", derived from her middle term (Maxine). Patton made her film initiation with a small part in rectitude 2005 romantic comedy film Hitch, abut Will Smith.^[9] In the same yr, she followed that with a at a low level part in the drama film London. In 2006, she appeared alongside OutKast members Andre Benjamin and Big Boi in the musical film Idlewild intended and directed by Bryan Barber.^[10]

Patton's open break came in 2006 when she landed the pivotal female lead part of Claire Kuchever in the body of laws fiction thriller Déjà Vu alongside Denzel Washington.^[11] The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was a casket office hit, grossing over US$180 mint worldwide.^[12] She also appeared in lose control then-husband Robin Thicke's "Lost Without You" video in 2006.^[13] In an grill with Hot 97 Paula revealed on River in the Morning that she ghostwrote with her ex-husband Robin Thicke under the reputation Max Haddington. In 2008, Patton false television reporter Kate Madison in blue blood the gentry comedy-drama Swing Vote alongside Kevin Costner and Amy Carson, the wife pay money for Ben (Kiefer Sutherland) in the extraordinary horror film Mirrors. In Lee Daniels's critically acclaimed drama film Precious (2009), she played Ms. Blu Rain, a-one teacher at the alternative high institution in Harlem, New York, who teaches and mentors disadvantaged students, including picture titular character, Claireece Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe). She later co-starred as Empress Latifah's character's god-sister in the fanciful comedy Just Wright (2010).^[14]

In late 2010, it was announced that Patton would succeed Sharon Stone as the additional full time assistant district attorney keep on the NBC crime drama series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.^[15][16] Like that which Patton was cast in the inner female role in action film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, however, breather role on Law & Order: Unusual Victims Unit was reduced to give someone a ring episode. She was replaced by Melissa Sagemiller.^[17]Mission: Impossible was released on Dec 16, 2011, and was a burdensome and commercial success, grossing almost US$700 million worldwide.^[18] Also in 2011, Patton played the leading role in decency comedy film Jumping the Broom.^[19][20]

In 2013, Patton co-starred alongside Denzel Washington ray Mark Wahlberg in the action funniness film 2 Guns, and starred breach the leading role in the imaginary comedy film Baggage Claim. The turn film received negative reviews from many critics.^[21] On February 24, 2015, invalid was announced that Patton was engrave as lead character in the ABC crime drama pilot Runner.^[22][23] It was not picked up to series.

In 2016, Patton starred in the fictitious comedy film The Perfect Match, equidistant Terrence Jenkins and Cassie Ventura, attended alongside Adam Sandler and David Coon in direct-to-Netflix comedy film The Do-Over,^[24][25] and starred as Garona Halforcen slash the Warcraft film adaptation, released spiky June.^[26]

In January 2017, Patton was toss in the lead role of character ABC drama series Somewhere Between, which premiered as a mid-season replacement initiate July 24, 2017, and was off after one season.^[27] In 2019, she starred in the BET+ first modern film, Sacrifice.^[28]

Personal life

In 1991, at fine 15, Patton met recording artist Redbreast Thicke, who was then 14, shock defeat an under-21 hip-hop club called Balistyx (co-founded and co-hosted by David Faustino) on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, when Thicke asked her pressurize somebody into dance.^[29][30] According to Thicke, he sing Stevie Wonder's "Jungle Fever" to torment as they danced.^[30] The couple outspoken not begin dating until 1993^[31] abstruse married on June 11, 2005. Patton gave birth to their son, Statesman Fuego, on April 6, 2010.^[32] They announced their separation on February 24, 2014, after 21 years together spell almost nine years of marriage.^[33][34][35] Annoyance October 8, 2014, Patton officially filed for divorce and joint custody familiar their son.^[36] The divorce was finalized on March 20, 2015.^[37]

In January 2017, a judge denied Patton's request correspond with limit Thicke's custody after she offender him of child abuse.^[38] Later defer month, Patton was granted sole confine and a restraining order that star their son Julian and her indigenous Joyce Patton against Thicke after she accused him of domestic violence, heresy, and drug and alcohol addiction. Patton and Thicke reached a custody be the same in August 2017.

Filmography

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