Celebrity Nooz: Mindy Cohn

Mindy Cohn (Actress) as Natalie Green - The Facts of Life

Updated: 8/12/09

Name: Mindy Cohn

Born: May 20, 1966, Los Angeles, California

Claim To Fame: She is best known for her role as Natalie Green on the TV show The Facts of Life.

Family Life: She said in an interview that she keeps her personal life private.

Info: Actress Charlotte Rae discovered Cohn when Rae and other producers of The Facts of Life were doing research forthe show at Westlake School in North Hollywood, California. Cohn was chosen to play the role of Natalie Green and stayed with the show for its entire run, from 1979-1988, as well as in the reunion movie of 2001.

Trivia: Earned a degree in cultural anthropology from Loyola Marymount University.

Is a founding member of the weSpark cancer support center.

Was ranked 43 on VH1's List of 100 Greatest Kids Stars.

Said that one of the reasons she did The Facts of Life Reunion film in 2001 was because the actors in the long-running series have been wrongly denied a cut of the syndication and DVD profits from the series.

Where Are They Now: Since 2002, Cohn has provided the voice of Velma Dinkley for the Scooby Doo cartoons. In 2003, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the show. In 2007, she played the role of Trixie in the feature film Sex and Death 101, directed by Daniel Waters. She continues to separate herself from her Facts of Life fame, turning down reality shows like The Surreal Life and Celebrity Fit Club.

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