The only child of voice artist Pat Musick and personal manager and set construction coordinator Jeffrey Whitman, Mae attended Ribet Academy. Whitman is of English and German ancestry.\n', 'She started her career with a voice-over for a Tyson Chicken commercial at the age of two. Acting coach Andrew Magarian helped her memorize lines as she could not read. In 1994, at the age of six, Whitman made her film debut, acting alongside Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), playing Ryan\'s youngest daughter, Casey Green. She beat 700 other girls who were interested in the part. In 1996, Whitman appeared in two films: Independence Day, playing Bill Pullman\'s daughter, Patricia Whitmore and One Fine Day playing George Clooney\'s daughter, Maggie Taylor. The same year, Whitman guest starred in the season three episode of Friends, "The One Where Rachel Quits." In 1998, she played Sandra Bullock\'s daughter, Bernice Pruitt, in Hope Floats. During several guest appearances from 1998 until 2001, Whitman played the role of Chloe Madison on JAG before starring in the Fox Family series State of Grace in which she portrayed Grace, a girl from a Catholic background who befriends Hannah (Alia Shawkat), a Jewish girl.\n', 'From 2004 to 2006, Whitman had a recurring role on Arrested Development, reuniting with Shawkat. Whitman appeared in the 2006 series Thief for FX Networks, playing the stepdaughter of Nick Atwater (Andre Braugher). Whitman made several high-profile guest appearances in 2006 and 2007. She also appeared on Desperate Housewives in the episode "Nice She Ain\'t" as Sarah, an unscrupulous friend of Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen). Whitman also had a recurring role on Chicago Hope (1994–2000), playing the daughter of "Dr. Kate Austin" (played by Christine Lahti), in the series\' later years. Whitman was initially cast in the 2007 series remake of The Bionic Woman, playing the deaf younger sister of the title character. On June 27, 2007, TV Guide reported that Whitman was being replaced in the role of Jaime\'s sister and Lucy Hale was cast as Whitman\'s replacement the following July. An NBC spokesperson confirmed this stating, "The decision was purely creatively driven. It is very common to change storylines, characters, actors after the initial pilot is shot." The sister character\'s hearing was restored after this recasting at the request of an NBC executive. The series\' unaired pilot episode has been released on DVD on April 7, 2008. She also appeared in the season nine episode "Streetwise" of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit in 2008 as an on-the-street-mother who adopts street children forming a homeless family who testifies against her husband after her adopted daughter is found murdered. Whitman gave voice to Katara of the Water Tribe in the animated show Avatar: The Last Airbender and previously Rose in American Dragon: Jake Long. She has appeared in the HBO series In Treatment as Rosie. She plays Cynder in The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night. Whitman voiced the character Tinker Bell in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Disney Tinker Bell films. As part of a deal to promote the production of the first Tinker Bell film, the UK\'s speaking clock started to use her voice at 0100GMT on October 26, 2008.\n', '

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