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On the addictive ABC dramaLaura Prepon plays Hannah Daniels, a single mom knocked off balance when Nick, her charming cad of a high school sweetheart, moves back to their tiny Massachusetts town. (He told her he was leaving on a six-week post-graduation trip and never returned.) As if disappearing weren't obnoxious enough, Nick has also trashed Hannah and all their friends in a best-selling book based on their lives. "It's an interesting role," Prepon says, "because it addresses what it's like to look at the choices youmake."In real life, 27-year-old Prepon has few regrets. The youngest of five (she has three sisters and a brother) in a tight-knit clan in Watchung, New Jersey, she started acting at age 15, studying in New York and earning a decent living as a model before heading out to Los Angeles and, in 1998, landing her breakout role as Donna Pinciotti on Fox's. Like both Donna and Hannah, Prepon comes across as incredibly comfortable in her skin. You get the sense that she knows who she is and likes who she is -- and doesn't much care if other people don't. Some people might call that smug; we call it confident.Amazing, actually. And we have a lot of extended family. My mom's a fantastic chef, so she makes all this gourmet food. And -- now, this is going to sound kind of weird, but it's true -- we act out Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light." It's tradition, no matter what the occasion. My aunt got married last year, and all of us were together, my entire family. I brought my boyfriend [actor Christopher Masterson] and one of my friends with me, and they were standing there, mouths agape, watching my entire clan sing Meat Loaf. All of the girls sing, "I want to know right now! Do you love me?" The whole deal. It's hysterical.It's weird. When I first came out to L.A., everyone would ask me where I was from, and when I told them " New Jersey ," they'd be like, "Oh my God, I am so sorry." But I love it. I think a lot of times people leave [New York] and see the surrounding towns, with factories and stuff -- so they turn around and go right back into the city. But if you actually drive into New Jersey, it's absolutely beautiful. And I love the people, I love the up-frontness. In New Jersey, they come right up: "I love your show, blah blah blah!" In L.A., you always get the sideways glance.Anyone who knows me is just like, "Wow, if Laura is a Scientologist, then there has to be something to this." When I hear something negative, I don't get defensive. I know what's true for me and what works for me.I spin and do a lot with medicine balls and bands, which is great for toning. And dancing. I love ballet; I'm also taking salsa lessons. But with my schedule, it's tough -- some mornings I have to be up at 4. But I like waking up, drinking coffee, and getting on the elliptical machine -- it shakes off the sleep fog.I love what I do so much that even when I have time off, I'm working on something. Right now I'm in preproduction on a music video I'm directing for Charlie Wadhams. He's on an indie label and he's a friend of mine. The video is going to be awesome: It's a take on an old-fashioned prison break,kind of thing. Or I'm writing or taking a film class. That stuff to me is de-stressing because whenever I'm creating something, I'm stress-free. The other thing I love is just hanging out at my house, playing poker with my guy friends.I don't know! It's just been like that my entire life. I play poker. I'm a huge USC fan. I ride dirt bikes. So I always hung out with guys.Well, they named me the Red Dragon, so I guess that says something. You know, you can't name yourself in poker; your name has to evolve. I can definitely hold my own against them. I have taken their money many times.Lately I've been wearing more dresses. Well, [] not really, but kind of. My closet is so ridiculous. I live out of a pile of clothes and just grab the first clean thing I can find. I tend to wear the same jeans and a different T-shirt every day, pretty much.Ifsays I'm wearing the same thing, I really couldn't care less.I have this pair of Fidelity jeans that are this relaxed kind of trouser, but they don't make them anymore! I wear them all the time. Sevens [7 For All Mankind] are also really good, and Sacred makes some great jeans. I don't clothes-shop much, so when I like something, I tend to buy four pairs of them.Now that I'm blonde, yeah, totally. People are asking, "Do blondes really have more fun?" My hair can be any color and I'llhave fun.I love character-driven films that I can relate to personally.She gave us so much freedom, there was nothing to rebel against. I owe her for that.I'd love to be there for them and be able to say I raised them all well.Talk about relieving stress. You're not thinking about anything but catching fish.I used to play when I was a kid. The piano is so graceful and beautiful.