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Ginnifer Goodwin [ born: Jennifer Michelle Goodwin on May 22, 1978 in Memphis, Tennessee ] is an American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles as Margene Heffman on Big Love (2006-2011) and for her roles in films like Mona Lisa Smile (2003), He's Just Not That Into You (2009) and Something Borrowed (2011). She currently has a lead role as Mary Margaret Blanchard, Snow White, Queen Snow White and Siren in the ABC series Once Upon a Time (2011-).
Her father, Tim Goodwin, formerly owned and operated a recording studio, and her mother, Linda (née Kantor), is a former educator and "stay-at-home mom&qu
Ginnifer Goodwin [ born: Jennifer Michelle Goodwin on May 22, 1978 in Memphis, Tennessee ] is an American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles as Margene Heffman on Big Love (2006-2011) and for her roles in films like Mona Lisa Smile (2003), He's Just Not That Into You (2009) and Something Borrowed (2011). She currently has a lead role as Mary Margaret Blanchard, Snow White, Queen Snow White and Siren in the ABC series Once Upon a Time (2011-).
Her father, Tim Goodwin, formerly owned and operated a recording studio, and her mother, Linda (née Kantor), is a former educator and "stay-at-home mom", who later worked for FedEx and Apple.Goodwin changed her name from "Jennifer" to "Ginnifer" to distinguish her name, and to assist in pronunciation of her name in her regional dialect.Her younger sister, Melissa Goodwin, is a stop motion animator on shows such as the Emmy Award-winning Robot Chicken, on which Ginnifer has also appeared as voice talent.
Goodwin was raised in her mother's Jewish faith.In her youth, Goodwin was affiliated with the North American Federation of Temple Youth, and was active in BBYO at the Jewish Community Center in Memphis; she had a bat mitzvah.After graduating from Lausanne Collegiate School in 1996, Goodwin attended Hanover College (majoring in Theatre) for one year before moving on to earn her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Boston University. While a student at BU, she performed in numerous student short films, as well as several college and local stage productions. Goodwin was given the "Excellence in Acting: Professional Promise Award" by the Bette Davis Foundation, and graduated with honors. After her time at Boston University, she studied in England at Stratford Upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Institute, in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The following year she earned an "Acting Shakespeare Certificate" at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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