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Byline: Sarah Haight
This is the true story of seven strangers, picked to live in a
house. . . ." If you recognize those words, you probably remember Jacinda Barrett, the free-spirited Australian who streaked naked through a London street in MTV's 1995 season of The Real World. Long before The Bachelor contenders became tabloid staples, Barrett lived the fishbowl life for five months in Notting Hill. "I honestly had no idea it would become such a phenomenon," says the actress, now 32 and living far more quietly in Los Feliz with her fiance, actor Gabriel Macht. In the decade since the show ended, Barrett has fought to shed the distinct stigma of a model turned reality-show star turned actress. "I took myself off the radar because I wanted to go to acting school," she explains. The retreat paid off: she ...