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I'm very deliberate and I love Excel spreadsheets and I love five-year plans and all that. So it felt really fun to play someone so incredibly different from myself.

Jenna Fischer

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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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