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I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

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Gabrielle Union
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 29
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Model
Television Actor
Omaha
Nebraska
Gabrielle Monique Union
Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade
Gabrielle Union-Wade
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