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Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.

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Jenna Fischer
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: March 7
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Television Actor
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Regina Marie Fischer
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I'm not one to air my dirty laundry for the whole world.
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I went to a little liberal-arts college in Missouri called Truman State University.
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I always worry that people are going to be very confused sometimes timelines get confused with how movies get made. So when I say, Oh, I made this movie when I was going through a divorce, people think, Oh no! She's pregnant with a child and divorced?
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Growing up, I was a very shy, wallflower type. I was not a nerd, but not popular. I was just invisible, like that person you probably didn't know you were in school with.
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