Complex sentence: Born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Florida, she appeared in a series of local stage plays, which earned her the notice of a casting director for Nickelodeon's "Clarissa Explains It All".
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Florida. She appeared in a series of local stage plays, which earned her the notice of a casting director for Nickelodeon's "Clarissa Explains It All".