Dianna Elise Agron is an American actress, singer, dancer, and music video director. In 2006, Agron made her television debut as Jessica Grant on CSI NY. From 2006 to 2007, Agron had recurring roles on Veronica Mars as Jenny Budosh, and Heroes as Debbie Marshall.
Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in San Antonio, Texas, and San Francisco, California. She is the daughter of Mary and Ronald S. Agron, a general manager of Hyatt hotels. Due to this, Agron said she and her family lived in different hotels growing up. She has a younger brother, Jason. Agrons fathers family is originally from Russia, and according to Agron their original surname, Agronsky, was altered by Ellis Island officials. Her father was born to a Jewish family, while her mother converted to Judaism. Agron attended Hebrew school and had a bat mitzvah. When she was 15, she found out that her father had multiple sclerosis. In an interview for Cosmopolitan, she revealed, Quite a bit changed after that. At that age, you dont see mortality in your parents. The disease caused her parents relationship to fall apart, and they decided to separate, which was devastating for her and her younger brother. She stated, I had to play therapist to my family... be the glue. Those kind
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