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Patrika Darbo (Nancy Wesley)
Soon after arriving in Los Angeles, Patrika Darbo supported herself as a credit manager while investing every spare minute canvassing the town for creditable acting gigs – that is, until her boss forced her to make a decision between the two. Since choosing to devote herself full-time to an acting career, she has never looked back. Not long after, Darbo won a role in the stage production of “Cheatin’” followed by “Daddy’s Dyin’…Who’s Got the Will?” She re-created the role in the film version and received a Golden Cane Award at the 10th International Comedy Film Festival in Vevey, Switzerland. However, her most memorable role -- besides her current run as the ruthless Nancy Wesley in “Days” -- could be the one she played in the Burbank Little Theatre production of “Anything Goes,” where she met her future husband, Rolf Darbo. Since then, she has amassed feature film credits in “In the Line of Fire,” “Leaving Normal,” “Corinna, Corinna” and “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.” She also was the voice of one of the sheep in “Babe.” Her TV movie credits include “The Ruby Bridges Story” and “Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes” (as Roseanne). She also guest-starred in “Seinfeld,” “Sisters,” “Growing Pains,” “Grace Under Fire” and “General Hospital.” Darbo’s stage credits list “Never Too Late,” “The American Dream,” “Cat On a Hot Tin Roof,” “Don’t Drink the Water” and “Club Indigo, Revisited.” Darbo has been named Outstanding Female Newcomer at the Soap Opera Awards. She and her husband have two dogs, a cairn terrier and a shepherd/chow/labrador/akita mixed breed. Darbo celebrates her birthday April 6.
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