Jacqueline Buckingham Anderson is an

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actress and entrepreneur. She is best known for her supporting roles in '' Half-Baked'', '' Intimate affairs'', and ''A Touch of Fate'', her lead role in the movie ''Sleepless Nights''. A society fixture in New York; she has also lived in Houston, Atlanta, Toronto, and Indianapolis.

Early life

Jacqueline Buckingham was born in suburban

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, and raised in

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. Anderson attended

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and was crowned Miss Houston Teen USA in 1992.

Career

Anderson began her acting career at the Equity Showcase Theatre in Toronto. Since then, she has had numerous roles in films such as '' Half-Baked'', ''The Gypsy Years'', and '' *Corpus Callosum''. She had a supporting role of "Linda" in the Alan Rudolph film '' Intimate affairs'' starring Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld, and played the role of "Betsy Kline" in the movie ''A Touch of Fate'' starring Teri Hatcher. Anderson appeared as a special guest star "Sherry" in the NBC hit series ''

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'', appeared on the CBS series ''

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'' in the role of "Marie", and made regular uncredited appearances as the girl who carried in the mailbag on the ''

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''. She played "Glenda Corcoran" on ''

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'' on CBS. Jacqueline also appeared as the Guest Star in "Ill-Conceived", an episode of ''

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'' on NBC, playing the lead role of "Helene Zachary". Anderson hosted a documentary for

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and played the role of "Tiffany" in ''Jesus, Mary and Joey'' with Olympia Dukakis and Jennifer Esposito, and played opposite Minnie Driver in ''Portrait'', a short feature that aired on amazon.com. In Los Angeles in 2004, Anderson founded Design & Style Consulting LLC, a business focused on the art and fashion needs of various corporate and individual clients. After relocating with her family to

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, she undertook large-scale photography installations at serial spaces belonging to Clarian Health. With some of space to program, she created photosforhealth.com, a company that puts photographs on hospital walls. Her efforts were initially not without controversy, with some in the local art community claiming she was displacing the work of professional artists. She launched ''Style Meets Life'' in 2008, a column and website assisting women with choices regarding personal presentation and fashion choices.

Personal life

In 1995, Anderson married museum director

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. They were briefly divorced in 2013 before announcing their re-marriage three months later. They are now no longer married. She and Anderson have two children, Chase and Devon. As the first lady of several

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s, she made a name for herself in the

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Society circuit, culminating in 2003 in a two-page profile in '' W''. A year after the attack on the

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, her fashion sense was cited in the pages of ''

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'' as embodying glamour's return. The New York Times subsequently reported about her to illustrate the challenges of recruiting spouses as part of professional recruitment for museum jobs. While living in Indiana, she undertook an expensive interior redesign of the . official residence of the

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