Fátima Ptacek is an American child actress and model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

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Career

Ptacek has appeared in more than 50 television commercials and on the covers of numerous national magazines. She is also one of the few child models who has had the privilege of walking the runway at Bryant Park

Bryant Park

Bryant Park is a 9.603 acre privately managed public park located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan...

 during the annual Fall Fashion Week in New York City

New York City

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. In 2009, she was cast in the comedy film The Rebound

The Rebound

The Rebound is a 2009 romantic comedy film directed by Bart Freundlich, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha. The film was released in theaters in several countries in late 2009...

. After landing small roles in several other films, she has landed a lead role in the upcoming movie The Miracle of Spanish Harlem. Television shows she has appeared in include Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

 and Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

, where she appeared with First Lady Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States...

 in the 40th Anniversary episode of Sesame Street. She is currently signed with the New York modelling agency Wilhelmina Models

Wilhelmina Models

Wilhelmina Models is a modeling agency founded in 1967 by the model Wilhelmina Cooper and her husband Bruce Cooper in Manhattan Starting in 2010, Wilhelmina Models started a sub-brand called "Digital Empire Modeling" for new digital-era modeling talents....

. For her acting career, she is represented by the Abrams Artists Agency, also in New York City.

In September 2011, Ptacek co-starred in the Film Anything is Possible the Movie, as Jessee. The film is Scheduled to be released in 2012. Her other co-stars were Ethan Bortnick

Ethan Bortnick

Ethan Bortnick is a pianist, singer, composer, songwriter, actor, musician and one of the youngest philanthropists in the world.- History :...

, Lacey Chabert

Lacey Chabert

Lacey Nicole Chabert is an American actress and voice actress, known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls...

 and Jonathan Bennett.

Personal life

Ptacek resides with her parents in New York City. Her mother is Ecuadorian. Her father is Norwegian, Czechoslovakian, Irish and Colombian.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2008	One Last Beat	Little Girl
2009	Speed Grieving	Lucy
	Sweet Flame	Amber's friend
2010	The Rebound The Rebound The Rebound is a 2009 romantic comedy film directed by Bart Freundlich, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha. The film was released in theaters in several countries in late 2009...	Mozambique Girl
2011	Anything is Possible the Movie	Jesee

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