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Date of Birth

1 July 1971, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Birth Name

Melissa Margaret Peterman

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Peterman is from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. After graduating from Minnesota State University with theater as one of her majors, she was cast as Madeline Monroe in Hey City Theater's production of "Tony & Tina's Wedding". After more than 600 performances, she went on to work as a writer and performer at the improvisational comedy theater The Brave New Workshop. While with the Brave New Workshop, she also performed at the Chicago Improv Festival and the Big Stink Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas. She made her film debut as Hooker #2 in the Coen brothers' Oscar-winning movie Fargo (1996). On television, she appeared in the Oxygen sketch comedy show Running With Scissors and guest-starred on Just Shoot Me. Peterman currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, fellow actor 'John Brady'.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Ryan McIntosh

Spouse

John Brady

(5 June 1999 - ?) 1 child

Trivia

Appeared with her husband John Brady, cast-mate Christopher Rich ("Reba") and his wife Eva Halina on TLC's Trading Spaces. [2003]

Baby boy named Riley David, was born Thursday, October 20th 2005, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and weighed in at 8 lbs. 5 oz.

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