Jacinda Barrett Macht (born 2 August 1972) is an Australian-American actress and former model. She first became known to audiences as a cast member on '' The Real World: London'' (1995) before appearing in films such as ''

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'' (2003), '' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' (2004), ''

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'' (2004), '' The Namesake'' (2006), ''

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'' (2006), and '' The Last Kiss'' (2006). She appeared in the series ''

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'' in 2013 and joined the main cast of the

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series ''

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'', which launched in 2015.

Early life, family and education

Barrett was born in

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, Australia, the daughter of an airport firefighter. She attended Kenmore State High School in Brisbane. Later, in 1997, she attended a Midsummer program at the

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Career

As a high school student, she won the annual Dolly Covergirl contest in Australia in 1988 and started modeling at the age of 17 throughout Europe. In 1995, she made her first television appearance as a cast member on MTV's '' The Real World: London''. Her film debut was in '' Campfire Tales'' (1997). Barrett appeared in the September 1998 issue of ''

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'', in an article promoting the new fall television series. Her appearance served to promote her appearance in the

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'' Wind on Water''. Barrett and her husband have performed together at least twice. They appeared in the film '' Middle Men'' (2009), and she had a recurring role in the second season of the TV series '' Suits'' (2012-2013), playing a love interest of her husband's character.

Personal life

Barrett was previously engaged to TV host and comedian

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before her marriage to American actor

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in 2004. The couple had their first daughter, in August 2007 in Los Angeles. They had a second child, a son, in February 2014. On 28 August 2009, Barrett was naturalized as a

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at the

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. Barrett enjoys

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrett, Jacinda Australian expatriate actresses in the United States Australian female models Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Living people Actresses from Brisbane The Real World (TV series) cast members 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Alumni of the British American Drama Academy Naturalized citizens of the United States 1972 births