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L.A. to Edmond with Rachel Cannon By Amy Dee Stephens
You might recognize Rachel Cannon’s face from television. She’s currently starring in Fresh Off the Boat, and she previously acted in Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, Mad Men and more. Now, you might recognize her around town. The Los Angeles actress has moved to Edmond, and she’s loving her new life. The conviction behind her need to move to Oklahoma came after twenty happy years in California. She had a great acting career and lived in a nice neighborhood--but motherhood changed her perspective. “When I had a baby, I realized that L.A. didn’t have a place for my son to ride a bike or climb a tree,” Cannon said. “The homelessness and drugs were out of control, too. A friend of mine with kids came for a visit, and we walked from my house to a coffee shop. He said, ‘Between your house and here, we passed a lot of scary things. There’s about seven large conversations I would have had with my child during this walk.’ And it’s true—I couldn’t grasp how to teach my child the importance of serving
Rachel Cannon with Jon Hamm on Mad Men
Rachel Cannon with Charlie Sheen and Enrique Iglesias on the set of Two and a Half Men.
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