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Date of Birth

25 June 1975, Redwood City, California, USA

Birth Name

Linda Edna Cardellini

Height

5' 3" (1.60 m)

Mini Biography

Linda grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, California, the youngest of 4 children. She became interested in acting at age 10, when she performed a singing role in a school Christmas play. She continued to do school productions and community theater.

She attended Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California. After graduating, she had to decide whether to go to New York to pursue theater or Los Angeles to pursue film and television. She chose LA. She landed her first role in "Bone Chillers" (1996). Her breakthrough role came when she was cast in "Freaks and Geeks" (1999).

Linda attended Loyola Marymount University's College of Communication and Fine Arts, graduating in 2001 with a degree in theater.

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Trivia

In 1994, she won a fireplace on "The Price Is Right" (1972).

Loves art, especially that of Margaret Keane.

Enjoyed taking martial arts classes.

She attended Loyola Marymount University. Other students attending at the same time were Colin Hanks, Sarah Norton and Busy Philipps.

Daughter of Lorraine and Wayne Cardellini.

She is of Italian/Irish descent.

Named #93 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Though she was born in Redwood City, California, her family has lived in San Francisco for 5 generations.

Her last name means "goldfinches" in Italian.

Expecting her first child in early 2012.