Jane McNeill-Balter, professionally credited as Jane McNeill, is an
American stage, film and television actress, best known to television
audiences for her recurring role as Patricia on the second season of
The Walking Dead.McNeill is a native of Whiteville, North Carolina, in
Columbus County. She is the daughter of John McNeill and Margaret
Powell McNeill. McNeill first became involved in theater and acting as
a sixth grader. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but began taking drama
classes during her sophomore year at the university. She attended the
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut and interned at the
Arkansas Repertory Theater in Little Rock following college. McNeill
worked as an actor in Wilmington, North Carolina, for one year, and
then relocated to Kentucky, where she joined a repertory theater for
six months.In , McNeill moved to Chicago, Illinois, to pursue acting
and theater. By her own accounts, she "spent eight years doing theater
and waiting tables." McNeill went back to school, earning a master's
degree in education from DePaul University. She taught drama and
English in the Chicago area until she returned to North Carolina in
.McNeill married her husband, Yoel Balter, in . The couple moved to
Wilmington, North Carolina, in December , where McNeill worked in
human resources. They have two children - Abby (born in ) and Ben
(born in ). They relocated to the Chapel Hill area, where her husband
earned a law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in . The entire family
returned to Wilmington in .
American stage, film and television actress, best known to television
audiences for her recurring role as Patricia on the second season of
The Walking Dead.McNeill is a native of Whiteville, North Carolina, in
Columbus County. She is the daughter of John McNeill and Margaret
Powell McNeill. McNeill first became involved in theater and acting as
a sixth grader. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but began taking drama
classes during her sophomore year at the university. She attended the
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut and interned at the
Arkansas Repertory Theater in Little Rock following college. McNeill
worked as an actor in Wilmington, North Carolina, for one year, and
then relocated to Kentucky, where she joined a repertory theater for
six months.In , McNeill moved to Chicago, Illinois, to pursue acting
and theater. By her own accounts, she "spent eight years doing theater
and waiting tables." McNeill went back to school, earning a master's
degree in education from DePaul University. She taught drama and
English in the Chicago area until she returned to North Carolina in
.McNeill married her husband, Yoel Balter, in . The couple moved to
Wilmington, North Carolina, in December , where McNeill worked in
human resources. They have two children - Abby (born in ) and Ben
(born in ). They relocated to the Chapel Hill area, where her husband
earned a law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in . The entire family
returned to Wilmington in .
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