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Brenda Strong

Character Name: Mary Alice Young
Birth Date: March 25, 1958
Birth Place: Brightwood, Oregon, USA
Height: 5' 11½" (1.82 m)
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Marital Status: Married to yoga instructor Tom Henri (1989 - present) 1 child
Flimography: Click here! to read about her other roles
Schooling: Graduated from Sandy High School in Sandy, Oregon
Graduated from Arizona State University with Bachelor of Music in musical theatre.
Trivia: Brenda teaches yoga in Santa Monica, California.

Serves on the board of directors of the Montana Shakespeare Company in Helena, Montana.

Shares a birthday with Desperate Housewives co-star Marcia Cross.

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About the actor:
A native of Portland, OR, Brenda Strong left home to attend Arizona State University, where she earned a bachelors degree in Musical Theater. After graduation she moved to Los Angeles, where she soon began appearing in television and film.

A familiar face on television, she has guest starred on “C.S.I.” and had recurring roles on the popular series “Nip/Tuck,” “Everwood” and the critically-acclaimed “Sports Night.” Strong is also recognizable to “Seinfeld” fans as “Sue Ellen Mishkie,” better known as “The Braless Wonder.”

Strong stars in the upcoming features “The Kid and I,” opposite Tom Arnold, and “The Work and the Glory.” Previous feature film credits include “Starship Troopers” and the recently-released “Starship Troopers 2,” “The Deep End of the Ocean,” opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams, “The Craft” and the Mel Brooks comedy “Spaceballs.”

Strong is a certified yoga instructor with her own studio in Los Angeles and a line of videos designed to help infertile couples through yoga therapy. She has also taught at UCLA’s Mind-Body Institute.

She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

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