On-screen, this actress seemed to have it all — fame, charm, and a picture-perfect life. But off-screen, her story began with something few would expect: a baby no one planned to keep,

Before she became a beloved TV star, she was given up at birth by parents who couldn’t raise her, she was then handed to a family who hadn’t even intended to adopt. She spent her childhood believing a comforting story — a tale of brilliant, accomplished parents who placed her for adoption out of love and circumstance.