Paula Cale is an American actress best known for her role as Joanie Hansen on the television series Providence.
Background
Her father, Tom C. Korologos, worked as a top Capitol Hill lobbyist. A Congressional liaison during the Nixon and Ford presidential administrations. And managed the confirmation of Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush.
Education
Cale attended Langley High School and interned in the Ronald Reagan-era White House.
Career
She has an older sister, Ann, and an older brother, Philip. From 2004 to 2007, he served as the United States Ambassador to Belgium. Cale"s mother, Joy, was a homemaker and chairwoman of the Fairfax County School Board, who died in 1997 from brain cancer.
Following college, Cale originated the role of Suzanne in the Steppenwolf Theatre production of Steve Martin"s Picasso at the Lapin Agile in Chicago and came to Los Angeles with the production in 1995, where Candice Bergen spotted her and offered Cale the recurring role of McGovern, a reporter in Murphy Brown.
Soon after, Cale was simultaneously appearing in two comedy series on different networks: as a sassy waitress in Local Heroes and as the neurotic wife of comedian Dave Chappelle in Buddies. She then went to New York City to appear onstage, including The Night of the Iguana on Broadway and as Gilda Radner in off-Broadway"s Bunny, Bunny.
When she returned to Los Angeles, she guest-starred in two episodes of National Broadcasting Company"s The Naked Truth as Téa Leoni"s sister and Cybill as Cybill Sheridan"s long-lost niece. Wanting to continue comedic roles, she first hesitated when asked to audition for the drama Providence.
After Providence ended in 2002, Cale appeared as Dean Martin"s first wife Betty in Martin and Lewis, and in the 2008 television movie Living Proof on Lifetime.
In 2015, she appeared alongside Jennifer Aniston in Cake as Carol.