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Candice Patton is an American <a href="/biography/candice-patton">actress</a> who is most known for being on the CW tv series called The Flash. She also has a reoccurring role as a character called Tori on the BET television series of The Game. She first appeared on television in the TV series called The Young and the Restless. She loves to be active and to be in front of the camera. She also love communicating with fans and to meet new people throughout her life.

Personal life

Commonly known for her remarkable work as Iris West in television series named ‘The Flash’, <a href="/biography/candice-patton">Candice Kristina Patton</a> is well known for being part of various television series on various different networks and online publications. She was born in Jackson, Mississippi but was raised in the city of Plano in Texas. She was born on 24th June, 1988 to parents Arianna Jackson and Paul Patton. While her mother is said to be of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans">African-American</a> descent, her father belongs to the European- American ethnicity. Candice’s mother, in her career, was an opera artist. Her her father was on the different end of the spectrum as an engineer by profession. He did have musical aspects to his life however and was also a known musician in his early life. She has an elder sister named Kaitlyn. Her parents separated their marriage when she was young, a young child of five years.

She has commented that it hurt her then, but actually even more so later in life. She explained that while she understands the issues that can easily come up during a long term relationship, she did and still does love them both and feels that maybe there was something that could have been done to save it. While she was a young <a href="/biography/candice-patton">child</a> she felt she had some responsibility to them wanting to separate. Understanding relationships more know, she feels she was in not part an aspect of the reason why they separated, when she was young she was deeply hurt by it and put some of the responsibility on herself during that time.

It was around that time in her life that Candice moved to Texas with her mother Arianna Jackson. She was raised in a small place in Plano Texas. She has mentioned to an interviewer that her time there was fun yet focused over time. Candice mentioned having lots of fun with friends and her family while there, always enjoying the fun summers she had with friends during the warm days there. She often went to the local water hangouts during the warmer times of the year and spend time boating and jumping from ledges into the large lake below. Candice loved living an active lifestyle and creating new friends to have fun with over time, which has led to her great social persona on screen.

Candice grew up with her brother and she also started to get acknowledged in school for her given talent in drama arts and acting ability. She was offered a role in a local TV show as well. After completing school, Candice also graduated from the Southern Methodist University where she majored in Fine Arts, getting a Bachelors degree from the college. Candice has mentioned some of her role models growing up was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Berry">Halle Berry</a> and <a href="/biography/julia-roberts">Julia Roberts</a>.

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Candice is not open on ongoing relationships in her current life and hasn’t disclosed any information about her relationships. There is no assurance that she has married someone or not. Earlier, there were many rumors that she is dating Paula Platton, which were later debunked.

Career

Candice Patton began with her professional acting career in 2004 when she was a <a href="/biography/candice-patton">child</a>, at only 6 years old. She started in various television shows, the most widely known one being The Bold and the Beautiful. Sometime in 2004, she got scouted by a group named The Young and the Restless for a Soap Star contest. She joined the cast of The Young and the Restless and flew to Los Angeles with them. Being so young, she has mentioned she was very scared and at the same time, very motivated and excited.

Candice recalls that time, when she believes her mother was more scared then she was to go onto California and try her new acting role then she ever was. She found it quite fun and the experience helped her get even more roles while she was just a young <a href="/biography/candice-patton">child</a>. Other soap operas asked for her to star, such as The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of our Lives.

Even big budget and highly regarded shows such as Entourage has been part of her tv show career. More recently the film landscape has been part of her portfolio or work, with The Guest and The Craigslist Killer being a few of them. Further, she played in NBC’s ‘The Game’, where she delineated a high school girl whose name was Alice. While she featured in NBC’s ‘The Game’, she got another offer to work in NBC’s ‘The Flash’, where she was given a quite small role. Candice also appeared in ‘About a Boy’ after which she is said to get her first break in a movie. Her recent film titled ‘The Game’, which was released in 2014, proved that she can be a versatile <a href="/biography/candice-patton">actor</a> as well since she played a role of a totally different genre.

She has also been praised for her appearance in general. In May 2015, Candice Patton was named in the Maxim Hot 100 List where she stood on the list at number 61. Her slim and curvy figure has given her roles in front of the camera along with a great photo presence.

Being at 5 feet 4 inches, she considers herself fairly short, and it bothered her when she was beginning her career. It was always the taller and long legged women that where the stars from films and shows she remembers as a kid. She has mentioned she like the fact that tastes have changed and it opens up the landscape for future stars. Candice love social media and participates with friends on a continual basis. Her effort and skill has given her rewards in life. In the year 2015, her net worth was estimated to be around $1 million.

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