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I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'

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