page_title: Regina Palian
section_title: Early life and education
hierarchical_section_title: Regina Palian / Early life and education
caption_attribution_description: English: Regina Palian, portrait
context_page_description: Regina Palian is an American film, television, and stage actress as well as a singer-songwriter.
context_section_description: Regina Palian was born in Long Island, New York and has spent most of her life in the New York City area.  The youngest of seven children from an Irish-Italian family, Regina became the first in her family to have a career in the arts, which has encompassed dozens of roles in theatre, film and television as well as a budding career as singer-songwriter. She is also an educator, specializing in early childhood education.
  Regina graduated St. John's University with a B.A. in English Literature and in Art History from the American University of Rome.
caption: Regina Palian
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