Jennifer attend the Rebecca Minkoff Shop in Shop event at Confederacy on July 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, California

Candids of Jennifer out having breakfast with a unidentified male at La Conversation restaurant in West Hollywood, CA.

  

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The modern American TV family comes in all shapes and sizes – and species.

Six actors gathered for a roundtable recently to discuss the elastic definition of “family” on television. The actors spoke about what drew them to their roles, the identity of their characters in relation to others and how their own lives have been informed by their performances.

Following are edited excerpts – moderated by Los Angeles Times television critic Mary McNamara – with Emmy Rossum (“Shameless“), Katey Sagal (“Sons of Anarchy“), Peter Krause (“Parenthood“), Cloris Leachman (“Raising Hope“) and Jennifer Carpenter (“Dexter“).
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