Arija Allison Bareikis is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Officer Chickie Brown in the TV crime drama ''

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''. She is also known for the films '' Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' and ''

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Early life and education

Bareikis is Lithuanian. She is a 1988 graduate of Stanford University. Her mother is Carol Harton and her father, Bob Bareikis, is a professor of Germanic literature at

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. She has one sister, Anitra.

Career

Bareikis starred alongside

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as Kate in '' Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' (1999) and played LAPD police officer Chickie Brown in the police drama series ''

'' for its first three seasons. , Bareikis' most recent screen role was a 2016 episode of the television series ''

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Filmography

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bareikis, Arija Actresses from Indiana American film actresses 21st-century American actresses American people of Lithuanian descent American television actresses Living people Stanford University alumni 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)