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Jennifer Michelle Goodwin (born May 22, 1978), known professionally as Ginnifer Goodwin, is an American television and film actress.
She is best known for her role as Margene Heffman on Big Love, and for her roles in films like Mona Lisa Smile, Something Borrowed, Walk the Line, and He's Just Not That Into You. She stars as Mary Margaret Blanchard/Snow White in the ABC series Once Upon a Time.
Goodwin was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Her mother, Linda (née Kantor), is a former educator and "stay-at-home mom" who later worked for FedEx and Apple. Her father, Tim Goodwin, formerly owned and operated a recording studio. Goodwin changed her name from "Jennifer" to "Ginnifer" to distinguish her name, and to assist in pronunciation of her name in her regional dialect. Her younger sister, Melissa Goodwin, is a stop motion animator on shows such as Robot Chicken, on which Ginnifer has also appeared as voice talent.
Jennifer Marie Morrison (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress, model, and producer. She is known for her roles as Emma Swan in the ABC adventure fantasy series Once Upon a Time and as Dr. Allison Cameron in House, alongside Hugh Laurie. She also has portrayed Zoey Pierson, one of Ted Mosby's love interests on How I Met Your Mother (season 6) and Winona Kirk, mother of James T. Kirk in Star Trek.
Morrison was born in Chicago and raised in Arlington Heights, Illinois. She is the oldest of three children with a sister, Julia, who is a singer-songwriter and music therapist, and a brother, Daniel, who is a high school band director. Her father, David L. Morrison, is a retired music teacher who was named teacher of the year by the Illinois State Board of Education in 2003. Morrison's mother, Judy, is also a retired music teacher.
Morrison attended South Middle School then graduated from Prospect High School in 1997 where her parents worked. Morrison was friends with writer Ian Brennan (writer). She was an All-State clarinet player in the school's marching band, sang in the choir and was a cheerleader in the school pep squad. She attended Loyola University Chicago where she majored in Theatre and minored in English, graduating in 2000. She studied at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television.
James "Jamie" Dornan (born 1 May 1982) is a Northern Irish actor, model, and musician. He played Axel von Fersen in Sofia Coppola's film Marie Antoinette (2006), Sheriff Graham Humbert in the ABC series Once Upon a Time, serial killer Paul Spector in the BBC Two crime drama series The Fall, and the eponymous character, Christian Grey, in the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).
Dornan was born in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, and grew up in the suburbs of Belfast. He has two older sisters: Liesa, who works for Disney in London, and Jessica, a fashion designer based in Falmouth, England. His father, Professor Jim Dornan, is an obstetrician and gynaecologist who had also considered becoming an actor. Dornan was 16 when his mother, Lorna, died of cancer. Dornan is a first cousin, twice removed, of actress Greer Garson. His grandparents on both sides of his family were Methodist lay preachers.
He attended and boarded at Methodist College Belfast, where he played rugby and participated in the drama department. He later attended Teesside University but dropped out and moved to London to train as an actor.
Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale dramatic series that premiered on October 23, 2011, on ABC. The show takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, whose residents are characters from various fairy tales transported to the "real world" town and robbed of their real memories by a powerful curse. Episodes typically feature a primary storyline in Storybrooke, as well as a secondary storyline from another point in a character's life before the curse was enacted. The show airs Sundays at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT.
It borrows elements and characters from Disney films and popular Western fairy tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Wizard of Oz, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Mulan, Tangled, Brave, and Frozen.
Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale drama television series created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, who also serve as executive producers alongside Steve Pearlman. It debuted on ABC on October 23, 2011. The first season introduces a bail bond agent, Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) and her birth-son, Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) who discover that a New England town, apparently named Storybrooke, Maine, is actually a remnant of a parallel world that was cursed by the Evil Queen/Regina Mills (Lana Parrilla) and that all the characters from the fairy tales have no memories of who they were, including the parents of Emma: Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming/David Nolan (Josh Dallas), who sent her to the real world to save their world and break the curse.
On May 7, 2015, ABC renewed Once Upon a Time for a fifth season, which premiered on September 27, 2015.As of December 6, 2015, 99 episodes of Once Upon a Time have aired.
As a child
Each day seemed to last forever
All the answers
To mysteries were mine to uncover
As a child
I was entertained by simple pleasures
All the questions
Were ways to find the hidden treasures
As a child
Sheltered by my innocence
I was searching
For ways to climb the highest fences
The days go by
Where did the time go
[Chorus]
Goodbye once upon a time
No more thinking I'm past my prime
Goodbye once upon a time
No more living in the past
What's mine is mine
As a young man
My life's gone through so many changes
All the dragons
I thought I'd slain became my frustrations
As a young man
I've come to meet my childhood's end
All the answers
Have since convinced me, I should stop pretending
As a young man
Finally I've realized
I've been dreaming
Living with my past disguises
Where did the time go
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