Paula Patton (b. 1975)
Filed under the name Paula · April 3, 2026
Paula Patton's been in some pictures I actually have heard of — that Mission Impossible one my grandkids made me watch, and Precious, which is a hard picture but an important one, from what I understand. She's known for range, being able to do the big action stuff and the serious dramatic stuff too, and that's not nothing. I had a student once, years back, who could switch from being the class clown to the most serious little debater you ever saw in the span of a recess bell, and I always thought that kind of range in a person was a gift, not a trick. Miss Patton apparently has that same gift, just with cameras pointed at her instead of a spelling test. I don't go to the picture shows much anymore — the drive into town's gotten longer as I've gotten older, or maybe the town's just further than it used to be — but I appreciate hearing about performers who can do more than one thing well. That's rarer than folks give it credit for.