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My Take
What draws me to Tina Majorino is the unusual arc of her career. Plenty of child stars burn out after early peaks like Waterworld and When a Man Loves a Woman, but she stepped back, then quietly returned at eighteen as Deb in Napoleon Dynamite. That tells me she values the work over the spotlight. There's a craftsman's patience to how she picks roles, moving between film, television, and music on her own terms. I have a real soft spot for performers who choose longevity over hype, and she strikes me as exactly that kind of steady, self-possessed talent.
Overview
Albertina Marie Majorino ( may-joh-REE-noh; born February 7, 1985) is an American actress. She started her career as a child actress, starring in films such as When a Man Loves a Woman, Corrina, Corrina, Andre, Waterworld and Alice in Wonderland. After her early success as a child actress, she returned to acting at age 18 as the character Deb in the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tina Majorino
- Name (Japanese)
- ティナ・マジョリーノ
- Reading
- てぃな・まじょりーの
- Born
- February 7, 1985 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Ox
- Origin
- Westlake, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.