From poverty and bullying to the Oscars – the actress who refused to break

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This actress was born on March 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California.

She entered the world as Jessica Howard, the daughter of a vegan chef named Jerri Hastey and a firefighter named Michael Hastey. Her parents were both teenagers at the time of her birth, and by all accounts, the young girl was not born into a life of privilege.

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