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==Early life==
Forester was born Nicole Theresa Schmidt in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]. She began dance training at the age of five and began working locally in professional [[musical theatre]] at the age of twelve12. She majored in drama in the Creative and Performing Arts Program at Winston Churchill High School in Livonia, Michigan (fellow alumni include actress [[Judy Greer]] and musician [[Rosie Thomas (singer-songwriter)|Rosie Thomas]]) and majored in Musical Theatre Performance at Western Michigan University before moving to Los Angeles at age 19. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1993, when she took Forester, her grandmother's maiden name, as her professional name.
 
==Career==
Her early work in Los Angeles included roles in the television series ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[Will & Grace]]'', ''[[The Single Guy]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]'', and ''[[Mister Sterling]]'', among others. Forester guest starred in two of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Spin-off (media)|spin-offs]], playing a [[List of games in Star Trek#Dabo girls|dabo girl]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Distant Voices (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Distant Voices]]", and Nora in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "[[Horizon (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Horizon]]". HerShe all-Americanalso classic beauty landed herappeared in numerous national commercials, including [[The Olive Garden]], [[Miller Lite]], [[Claritin]], and [[American Airlines]]. Forester has also appeared in many pilots, including playing the wife of [[Saturday Night Live]]'s [[Chris Kattan]] in the [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''Enough About Me'' for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
 
After moving to New York City in 2005, Forester booked the coveted contract role of "Cassie Layne Winslow" on [[CBS]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Guiding Light]]'', replacing the originating actress, [[Laura Wright]]. In her three years on the show, Forester performed in nearly 300 episodes and received a Lead Actress [[Daytime Emmy Award]] nomination for her work in 2008.
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==Personal life==
She is married to Paul Brown and they have two children: Frances Eleanor, born on February 11, 2009,<ref>[http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/02/28/nicole-forester-welcomes-daughter-frances-eleanor/ Nicole Forester Welcomes Daughter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504164042/http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/02/28/nicole-forester-welcomes-daughter-frances-eleanor/ |date=2009-05-04 }} Celebrity Baby Blog, February 28, 2009</ref> and Paul Walker III, born on October 14, 2010.
 
Of French and German descent, Forester spent three years studying German at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] and, in 2006, a term at the [[Goethe]] Institut in [[Schwaebisch Hall]], [[Germany]].
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