Candice Kristina Patton is an American actress. She portrayed Iris West-Allen in the television series The Flash (2014–2023), earning a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2017.
Years active: 2004–present
Born age: June 24, 1985, 39 years old and 5 months, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Sun Sign: Cancer
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark black
Height: 5’4″ (1.63m)
Measurements: 35-25-34 in or 89-63.5-86 cm
Bra size: 34A US – 75A EU
actress Candice Patton
Candice Kristina Patton
Ethnicity
Candice has African American ancestry on her mom’s side while she is of European-American descent on her dad’s side.
Early life
Education: Education: Southern Methodist University, Plano East Senior High School.
Patton was raised in Plano, Texas. She attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, graduating with a BFA in Theatre.
Parents: Arianna Jackson, Paul Patton.
Career
In May 2004, following her first year in university, Patton took part in CBS’ Soap Star Screen Test, a nationwide audition contest for university students to win a role on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. Patton won the contest alongside Ethan Rains. In 2008, Patton had a starring role in The WB’s web series Sorority Forever and a role in the independent film Commander and Chief.
Patton was cast for many television series including the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She portrayed Iris West in The Flash for The CW. The role led to her appearing on other Arrowverse shows including Arrow, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow. In the third-season episode “Duet“, she played Millie Foss, the daughter of gangsters, in a dream world scenario. Her role as Iris West garnered her a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2017.
Charity work
In 2017, along with her Arrowverse co-stars Patton co-founded Shethority (“She + Authority”), an online global collective described as “a positive place for women and the feminine to inspire, empower, and share.” Active members of the initiative include Melissa Benoist, Nicole Maines, Chyler Leigh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe, Emily Bett Rickards, Juliana Harkavy, Katie Cassidy and Danielle Panabaker. Through social media, women share their own stories and experiences on dealing with self-acceptance, homophobia, sexual harassment at the workplace and so on. Shethority has its own clothing line, from which all the money collected will be donated to non-profit organizations fighting for girls and women rights, such as Girls Not Brides and Girls, Inc..
In May and June 2019, Patton, DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee, writer Tom King, and fellow CW series actresses Nafessa Williams and Danielle Panabaker toured five U.S. military bases in Kuwait with the United Service Organizations (USO), where they visited the approximately 12,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in that country as part of DC’s 80th anniversary of Batman celebration.
First Film
In 2009, she first appeared in a short thriller film Lateral Us for her role as a female hostage.
Her first feature film appearance was in Commander and Chief as Dana in 2012.
First TV Show
From 2004 to 2005, Candice was seen on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Robin in 5 episodes.
Candice Patton Favorite Things
Food – Cinnamon Roll
TV Shows – The Good Wife (2009-2016), Louie
Restaurant – South Beverly Grill, Kreation.
Candice Patton Facts
She doesn’t like photoshoots.
Patton worked for 2 days at Bubba Gump Shrimp. There was a long list of different types of shrimp names in the menu and she couldn’t memorize all of them. Hence, she quit.
She worked for a year at Pinkberry before becoming popular as an actress.
Growing up, she idolized actress Lucille Ball.
She is an introvert and likes to spend time alone when she is free like watching Netflix or taking a bath.
She likes funny and kind guys and would want to date a sweet, nerdy, and quiet guy.
She was 61st Hottest Woman of Maxim magazine in 2015.
The Flash was her second superhero TV show. The first one was Heroes where she had a 2-episode appearance as Olivia in 2009.
She is a dog person and prefers dogs over cats.
In 2017, she was featured in the music video of Australian Keiynan Lonsdale‘s song, Good Life in 2017.
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