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I didn't want to go down any scarier path of low self-esteem than I was already on the track for. So during my second year of college I was like, 'I'm over it! I have to go see what this other thing called life is about!

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Anna Chlumsky
Age: 43
Born: 1980
Born: December 3
Film Actor
Film Actress
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Television Actor
Chicago
Illinois
Anna M. Chlumsky
Anna Maria Chlumsky
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