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THE FOOTBALL SNOB'S DICTIONARY VOLUME 2

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GEORGE WAYNE MEETS COMEDIAN BOB SAGET

AGE AND OCCUPATION: 29, actress. PROVENANCE: Perth, Australia. RUNAWAY SUCCESS: Catch up with George in this month's Derailed, opposite Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. END OF A CA-REAR: A competitive roller skater since she was 5, George cracked her tailbone at 14 before her last big competition. HOME ... : At 16 she joined the cast of the Australian soap Home and Away, proving ground for other Australian stars such as Heath Ledger and Guy Pearce. AND AWAY: George came to L.A. to shoot a pilot, but she'd have gone right back to Perth if Steven Soderbergh hadn't paid for her visa and given her a role in The Limey. Other credits include Mulholland Drive and a season on Alias as evil counterpart to Jennifer Garner. CUNNING LINGUIST: On shooting the upcoming Turistas in Brazil: "By the end of two and a half months, the first A.D. would give directions in Portuguese and I'd go off and do it and the rest would have to wait for a translator."

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