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The energy Paula Malcomson brings to acting reflects the self-reliance and passion for life that propelled Paula from her home in Northern Ireland at age 15. She explored Europe for a few years before locating in New York`s East Village in 1991.

Of her childhood in Belfast, Malcomson recalls a constant state of violence and strife, during which `people`s spirits were very intensely alive. What better preparation can you have for acting?` All the same, her first stint before the camera was occasioned by chance, when director Michael Almereyda spotted her bartending and cast her in the award-winning experimental film, `Another Girl Another Planet.` Later that year, writer/director Kevin Jarre cast Malcomson as Allie Earp in `Tombstone,` the hit western in which she appeared opposite Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell and Sam Elliot.

Having been drawn into acting without formal study, Paula proceeded to combine on-the-job training with extensive class work and theater experience. There followed notable performances in Steven Spielberg`s `A.I,; Artificial Intelligence,` opposite Jude Law, and in Frank Darabont`s `The Green Mile,` as well as in Michael Almereyda`s `Hamlet,` opposite Sam Shepard and Ethan Hawke.

Her stage work, much of it with the Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, California, has included many challenging roles, winning her acclaim as Eugene O`Neil`s Anna Christie, G.B. Shaw`s Liza Doolittle, and Euripidies` Electra. `Deadwood` provides Malcomson with a new opportunity to carry a character forward over a long period of time, a character that will provide her and the audience with some of the most dramatic surprises of the television season.

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