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I had been with a guy for seven years and I was done with that. I wanted to reinvent my whole life and change my hair - I'd had brown, straight extensions forever - and I just wanted to get rid of that, to shed skin, and really just be independent.

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Jillian Hervey
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: June 19
Actor
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LA
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Jillian Kristin Hervey
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