Complex sentence: Born into a large family of five siblings, she grew up in Georgia and New York and worked as a secretary before signing with the prestigious Ford Models agency at the age of 19 and eventually making her acting debut on the primetime series The White Shadow.
Split into simpler sentences: Born into a large family of five siblings, she grew up in Georgia and New York. She worked as a secretary before chucking her clerical duties and, at the age of 19, signed with the prestigious Ford Models agency and later made her acting debut on the primetime series The White Shadow.