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You Will Never Guess How Pam From ‘The Office’ Got Her First Break As An Actress

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Jenna Fischer had a tough time landing roles in Hollywood before she rose to fame as Pam in “The Office,” and her first role as an actress will likely come as a shock to most of her fans.

In an essay published by The New York Times on Tuesday, Fischer revealed that after living in Los Angeles for about a year she was on the brink of giving up on her acting dreams and ended up taking a job as a receptionist.

“The thought of quitting was constant,” Fischer wrote. “But I was too embarrassed to go back to St. Louis. I’d basically told everyone I was going to be this big star in Hollywood, and after almost a year I hadn’t booked a single job. I was humbled and humiliated.”

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Fischer had just about given up on her dream of becoming an actress but finally landed her first role in a sexual education video for mental health patients. She made just $100 for the job but, it inspired her to keep pursuing a career that would eventually take off with the hit comedy.

“It was important to me; it gave me the courage to keep going, to stay in Los Angeles and chase my dream,” Fischer wrote. “Until eight years later, when I eventually got to say a line that would change my life forever: ‘Dunder Mifflin, this is Pam.’”

Nobody would be surprised if this is how Angela got her career going, but nobody saw this coming from Pam.

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