<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1998--2012 </Td> </Tr> <P> Natasha Melnick (born April 10, 1984) is an American television and film actress . She is perhaps best known for her role as Cindy Sanders on the short - lived 1999 NBC comedy - drama Freaks and Geeks . </P> <P> Melnick was born in Los Angeles, California . She graduated from San Fernando High School in Southern California's San Fernando Valley, and enrolled in college at age fifteen in the fall of 1999 . Her first film appearance was in Disney's The Parent Trap . Since then, she has appeared in films such as Go and Orange County . </P>

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