Paula Cale

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Biography

Known for her ease in playing outspoken and slightly eccentric but likable characters, the actress initially pursued a career in education, attending Vanderbilt University for one year before winning a drama scholarship to Chicago's Goodman School of Theatre. While in Chicago, she originated the role of Suzanne, an admirer of the titular artist, in Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" at the city's famed Steppenwolf Theater in 1993. …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

June 2, 1970

Career Milestones

1999

Provided comic relief, co-starring as spunky single mother Joanie Hansen on the popular NBC drama "Providence"

1998

Was featured in the HBO biopic "Winchell"

1998

Acted in a recurring role as Cybill Sheridan's starstruck niece on the CBS series "Cybill"

1997

Featured in the independent horror comedy "Office Killer"

1997

Played Tea Leoni's younger sister on episodes of NBC's "The Naked Truth"

1997

Starred Off-Broadway as Gilda Radner in former "Saturday Night Live" writer Alan Zweibel's "Bunny Bunny--Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy"

1996

Made Broadway debut in a Roundabout Theater production of "The Night of the Iguana"

1996

Starred as a waitress on the Fox comedy series "Local Heroes"

1996

Was a regular on the short-lived sitcom "Buddies" (ABC)

1995

Had a recurring role as McGovern, a Republican ex-VJ who joins "F.Y.I" and clashes with the title reporter on the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown"

1994

Brought "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" to Los Angeles where she was spotted by Candice Bergen and cast on "Murphy Brown"

1993

Originated the role of Picasso groupie Suzanne in Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre production of Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile"

1989

Worked as an assistant in the US Senate cloakroom

Raised in Great Falls, Virginia