Paula Cale

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Paula Cale
Born
Paula Korologos

(1970-06-02) June 2, 1970 (age 54)
Great Falls, Virginia, U.S.
EducationVanderbilt University
DePaul University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1990–2014
Spouse(s)
Bennett Cale
​
​
(m. 1995; div. 1999)​

Michael Lisbe
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(m. 2006)​
RelativesTom C. Korologos (father)
Ann McLaughlin (stepparent)

Paula Korologos (born June 2, 1970), known professionally as Paula Cale, is an American actress best known for her role as Joanie Hansen on the television series Providence.

Early life

Cale's father,

brain cancer.[2]

Cale attended Langley High School and interned in the Ronald Reagan-era White House. Following her graduation in 1988, she studied to be a teacher for one year at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, then transferred to The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, where she won a scholarship to study drama and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting in 1993.[3]

Career

Following college, Cale originated the role of Suzanne in the

Steppenwolf Theatre production of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile in Chicago and came to Los Angeles with the production in 1995, where Candice Bergen spotted Cale and offered her the recurring role of McGovern, a reporter in Murphy Brown. Soon after, Cale was simultaneously appearing in two comedy series on different networks: as a sassy waitress in Local Heroes and as the neurotic wife of Christopher Gartin in Buddies.[4]

She then went to

Broadway and as Gilda Radner in off-Broadway's Bunny, Bunny. When she returned to Los Angeles, she guest-starred in two episodes of NBC's The Naked Truth as Téa Leoni's sister, and on Cybill as Cybill Sheridan's long-lost niece. Wanting to continue comedic roles, she first hesitated when asked to audition for the drama Providence.[4]

After Providence ended in 2002, Cale appeared as

Lifetime.[4] In 2014, she appeared alongside Jennifer Aniston in Cake as Carol.[4]

Personal life

From 1995 to 1999, she was married to folk musician Bennett Cale. In 2002, she revealed to People Magazine that she suffers from

clinical depression.[3] On July 29, 2006, she married Los Angeles screenwriter Michael Lisbe. Cale currently resides in Los Angeles, where she performs volunteer work for her church.[4]

References

  1. ^ DLA Piper - Tom C. Korologos biography
  2. ^ "Educator, S.L. Native Joy Korologos Dies". Deseret News. 1997-01-27. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  3. ^ a b Michael A. Lipton (2002-03-11). "Sunnier Skies: Surviving Depression and Divorce, Paula Cale Finds a Home on Providence". People Magazine. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  4. ^
    IMDb
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