Ginnifer Goodwin has been seen as a regular on NBC-TV's "Ed" and made her film debut in Porn 'n Chicken, the first feature from Comedy Central in collaboration with Tribeca Films. She will next be seen in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

Goodwin began her acting career as a child in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. She first trained with the theater department of a small Midwestern liberal arts college where she was given the opportunity as a freshman to join an acting program at Stratford-upon-Avon's Shakespeare Institute, in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She immediately joined Boston University's School for the Arts acting conservatory and then earned an Acting Shakespeare Certificate at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she played Joan of Arc, Ophelia in "Hamlet" and Jessica in "The Merchant of Venice." After attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in 2000, Goodwin returned to Boston to perform at the Huntington Theater in such productions as "Dead End" and "As You Like It" (playing Rosalind) at Boston University.

Goodwin was subsequently presented with the Excellence in Acting: Professional Promise Award by the Bette Davis Foundation. Upon graduation, Goodwin moved to New York and soon landed the role of bookish cynic Diane Snyder in NBC's comedy series "Ed."