Biography of Ginnifer Goodwin
Ginnifer Michelle Goodwin was born on 22nd May 1978, in Memphis, Tennessee. She went on to receive accolades in London, including receiving a Certificate from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in 1996 and spent a year at Hanover before going to Boston University where she received her BFA in Acting. Bright and talented, Ginnifer carried her love for theater and acting through her high school years. She lived briefly in New York before moving to California where she currently lives.
Ginnifer Goodwin trivia
- Won The Bette Davis Foundation Excellence in Acting/ Professional Promise Award for theatre in 2001 (Boston, Massachusetts).
- Acting Shakespeare Certificate from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, UK.
- Also studied with London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon (in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company)
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BFA in acting from Boston University.
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Considers Japan her second home and has a love of the culture. Speaks, reads and writes Japanese.
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