Raised in Westport, CT, and Louisville, KY, Patricia Kalember was encouraged to pursue acting by her high-school drama teacher. After graduating high school, she attended Indiana University, earning a B.A. degree in theater, and later an M.F.A. at Temple University. Immediately upon graduation, she went directly into theater, appearing in major regional and Off-Broadway productions. Her first professional acting jobs were in the Baltimore Center Stage productions of "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "The Front Page." Upon relocating to New York, she appeared on various television daytime dramas
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