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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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Jenna Fischer
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: March 7
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Television Actor
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Regina Marie Fischer
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