<P> Whitman was born on June 9, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Pat Musick, a voice artist, and Jeffrey Whitman, a personal manager and set construction co-ordinator . Her parents divorced when she was three years old . She attended Ribet Academy, but later transferred to Whitefish Bay High School from where she graduated . Whitman is of English and German ancestry . </P> <P> She started her career with a voice - over for a Tyson Chicken commercial at the age of three . Acting coach Andrew Magarian helped her memorize lines as she could not read . </P> <P> 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 as the President's daughter; and One Fine Day playing George Clooney's daughter, Maggie Taylor . The same year, Whitman guest starred in the episode "The One Where Rachel Quits" of the sitcom Friends . In 1998, she was Sandra Bullock's daughter, Bernice Pruitt, in Hope Floats . </P> <P> During several guest appearances from 1998 until 2001, Whitman played the role of Chloe Madison on JAG . In 2001 and 2002, Whitman starred in the Fox Family series State of Grace in which she portrayed Grace from a Catholic background who befriends Hannah, a Jewish girl (Alia Shawkat). </P>

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