Candice Kristina Patton is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Iris West-Allen in the television series ''

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'' (2014–2023), which earned her a

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from four nominations.

Early life

Patton was raised in

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. She attended

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in Dallas, graduating with a BFA in Theatre.

Career

In May 2004, following her first year in university, Patton took part in CBS' Soap Star Screen Test, a nationwide audition contest for university students to win a role on the soap opera ''

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''. Patton won the contest alongside

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. In 2008, Patton had a starring role in

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's web series ''

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'' and a role in the independent film ''Commander and Chief''. Patton was cast for many television series including the soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. She currently portrays

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in ''

'' for The CW since 2014. The role has led to appearances on other Arrowverse shows including ''

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'', '' Supergirl'' and ''

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'' for the '' Crisis on Earth-X'' crossover event. In the third-season episode "

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", she played Millie Foss, the daughter of gangsters, in a dreamworld scenario. In 2017, her role as Iris West garnered her a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television.

Charity work

In 2017, along with her

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co-stars Patton co-founded Shethority ("She + Authority"), an online global collective described as "a positive place for women and the feminine to inspire, empower, and share." Active members of the initiative include Melissa Benoist,

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, Caity Lotz,

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, Tala Ashe, Emily Bett Rickards,

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, Katie Cassidy and

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. Through social media, women share their own stories and experiences on dealing with self-acceptance, homophobia, sexual harassment at the workplace and so on. Shethority has its own clothing line, from which all the money collected will be donated to non-profit organizations fighting for girls and women rights, such as '' Girls Not Brides'' and ''

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''. In May and June 2019, Patton, DC Comics Co-Publisher

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, writer Tom King, and fellow CW series actresses Nafessa Williams and

toured five U.S. military bases in Kuwait with the

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(USO), where they visited the approximately 12,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in that country as part of DC's 80th anniversary of Batman celebration.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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