Arija Bareikis was born on 21 July 1966 in Bloomington, Indiana. She attended Bloomington High School South from 1980-1984. After graduating from Stanford University in 1988, she moved to Southern California to take care of horses for a brief period of time. Next, Arija moved to New York City first working as a paralegal while contemplating which ...
Did Summer stock in Williamstown Massachusetts early in her career.
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Is of Lithuanian descent on her father's side.
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Niece, Arija Bareikis, is an honors graduate of Indiana University.
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Has a sister named Anitra three year's Arija's junior.
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Lives in New York City in the West Village.
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During the 1985-1986 school year, her sophomore year, she was a Stanford Dolly (a dancer with the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band).
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She appeared in the original MTV short-film Joe's Apt. (1992) which served as the basis for the 1996 movie, starring Jerry O'Connell. She played the original part of the 'unfortunate' date which Joe brings to his place and is accidentally terrorized by Joe's roommates [1,000 cockroaches].
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Has dogs named Dizzy, Zodie and Ozark.
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Her father was a professor of Germanic literature at Indiana University and later taught at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. Her parents are divorced and her stepfather is a psychology professor at IU. Her mother is a practicing clinical psychologist in Bloomington, IN.
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Studied in Berlin during her third year in college.
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Was homecoming queen and a cheerleader in high school.
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Name pronounced "Ah-ree-uh Ba-ray-kiss".
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While appearing in a Broadway play, "Last Night Of Ballyhoo", in 1997, took six weeks' leave to make a movie; no trace of it has been found.