Biography
Candace Patton is an American television actress, the owner of the Saturn Prize for 2017. The most famous for the role of Airis West, the beloved superhero Flash.Childhood and youth
Candace Christina Patton was born on June 24, 1988 in the city of Jackson Mississippi in a mixed family: her mother's mother, and father - Blacks. By the time Marriage with the father of Candace, Arianna Jackson, the mother of the girl, was already a son. Adrian, an older brother of actress, subsequently tied fate with the theater.
Mama Candace by profession Opera singer, repeatedly playing on stage in musical dramas. Father, being an engineer by profession, was a very musical and artistic person. With the future wife, a man met during one of her speeches.
5 years after the birth of Candace, parents have spoiled, and they divorced. Nevertheless, the mother did not ban the girl to communicate with his father, and the actress still has wonderful relationships with him.
After the divorce Arianna, he took the children in Texas, where they grew in the city of Pleuno. There Candace graduated from the School of School of Pleano-East, while studying in which he was interested in acting. The girl performed in the local TV show, played in Texas theaters, and even appeared in Shakespeare's plays - in 2002 he had played a role in the production of Tita Andronika.
After school, Patton entered the Southern Methodist University, which subsequently finished, receiving a bachelor's degree in arts.
Films
For the first time on the screens, Candice appeared in 2004. Then Patton participated in the National SOAP Star Screen Test competition, the purpose of which is to search for young actors for the series. The result was the invitation of the girl to be filmed in the popular soap opera "Young and daring", where Patton appeared in 5 episodes.
After that, Candace can be seen in secondary roles in the series "Correct and beautiful", "Sorority Forever", "Anatomy of Passion", "Hill of One Tree" and other popular multi-sieves films. Sometimes Patton appeared as one-time characters, was sometimes invited actress for several episodes.
At the very beginning of his acting biography, the girl to secure himself, did not neglect and standard for many beginner actors to work. For several days, she was a waitress in the Bubba Gump restaurant, but left from there after I realized that instead of roles I had to remember the types of shrimps in the menu.
After that, the girl worked at Pink Berry, but in the end I decided to fully focus on acting work.
In 2009, the actress first appeared in the superhero project, playing Olivia in the 2 episodes of the series "Heroes".
The breakthrough in the career of the girl was an invitation to the role of Iris West, girls, and then wife Barry Allen, a second flash. This character Candace played in several superhero series: "Supergel", "Strela", "legends of tomorrow" and "Flash". Moreover, in the first three Iris appeared once, but in the series dedicated directly to the super-speed superhero, Candice entered the main acting.
The choice of actresses for the role became the continuation of the Western tendency to neglect the canons of the original source in favor of universal equality: in comics, Iris is depicted by a cement briber.
However, this work Candace was not due to tolerance and not even the first time. On the role of Iris were also considered Kek Palmer and Siara Rene, and Patton herself first audition and failed at all. During her samples, she had a line, which mentioned the name of Channing Tatum, which Candace had been safely forgotten.
But on the second listening, the girl flashed, chasing to laugh Gastina grant, artist's leading role. Directors realized that this is the same "chemistry" between the characters, which is necessary for the appearance of a romantic couple, and the role of Iris remained for Patton. Moreover, the actress subsequently honestly admitted that the comic did not read the comics, and the cinema and cartoons were more interested.
The beloved Flash became a character who brought Candace the first official award: in 2017, for the role of Iris West, she received the prestigious Saturn Prize in the category "Best Actress of the 2nd Plan on Television".
Personal life
The actress adheres to feminist glances and defends the rights of women. In 2017, Candice participated in the "Shetlety" project, a virtual space uniting women. The purpose of this online platform is to give women the opportunity to share stories, support each other and defend their rights.
Patton itself says that women who hate each other are the last thing you need to modern television.
The celebrity, in addition to talent, has a non-standard, attracting attention to appearance and an excellent figure: with a height of 163 cm, the weight of the actress is 57 kg. Thanks to this, she boldly poses in a swimsuit, in 2015 Candace took 61st place in the list of 100 hotels in the magazine "Maxim".
But about the personal life of Patton knows a little. The actress does not have a husband, but there is no other details at the bottom. At one time on the Internet, rumors about the Roman Candace with Rick Kosnitt, her partner on the flashlight "Flash", but did not follow the confirmation.
In his blog in "Instagram", Patton regularly lay out new photos from both everyday life and professional photo sessions. Regularly actress represents frames with a small dark girl named Harley Christina. Fans actresses are interested, whether she is a daughter Candice. However, Candice has no children, and with Harley Christina, she is connected with his relatives - the girl falls an actress with a niece.
Candice Patton now
Now Candace is fully immersed in filming Flash and, as of 2018, this project remains the only actress filmography: a busy schedule of work in a successful and demanded series does not leave time for another job.Filmography
- 2004 - "Young and daring"
- 2007 - "daring and beautiful"
- 2009 - "Handsaws"
- 2009 - "Heroes"
- 2010 - "Hill of One Tree"
- 2011 - "Law Harry"
- 2014 - "My boy"
- 2015 - "Flash"
- 2015 - "Conmen"
- 2017 - "supergel"
- 2017 - "Strela"
- 2017 - "Legends of tomorrow"