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Known for:	Erin Brockovich, Final Justice with Erin Brockovich, Spotlight on Location: Erin Brockovich
Birth name:	Erin L.E. Pattee
Birthday:	June 1960, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Height:	5' 10" (1.78 m)

Is a researcher for a law firm. Graduated from Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas in 1978. While working as a paralegal on a pro bono real estate case, Erin sorted through the file and discovered that a public utility company was contaminating a town's water supply. She then knocked on doors to discuss the problem with residents and helped plaintiffs win $333 million in damages in one of the largest class-action lawsuits in history. Afterwards, a film was made about her life. Was paid over $2 million for her work on the public utility class-action lawsuit. Worked as a management trainee for Kmart in 1981 but quit after a few months and joined some potentially lucrative beauty pageants. She soon gave up pageant life because she found it "shallow." Miss Pacific Coast 1981 Father is a retired engineer; mother is a retired journalist. Suffers from dyslexia Children: Matthew, Katie and Beth Portrayed by Julia Roberts in the movie Erin Brockovich, which won Roberts an Oscar. After the success of the film about her, she was the target of a blackmail attempt by an old boyfriend who threatened to smear her reputation as a parent. She called the police, who recorded his shakedown threats and arrested him. Youngest of four children. Created a lot of mischief with her brother Tom.

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