▁sister , ▁Jen ny , ▁and ▁ex - bro ther - in - law , ▁actor ▁Tim othy ▁Bus field ; ▁Jen ny ▁Bus field ▁predicted ▁the ▁marriage ▁two ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁couple ▁ever ▁met . ▁Mel issa ▁converted ▁to ▁J uda ism ▁under ▁Conserv ative ▁aus p ices . ▁The ▁Mal inas ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁and ▁have ▁two ▁children , ▁Isabel ▁and ▁A vi . ▁ ▁Career ▁Mal ina ' s ▁first ▁job ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁business ▁was ▁as ▁a ▁production ▁assistant ▁on ▁the ▁Che vy ▁Ch ase ▁comedy ▁F let ch ▁L ives , ▁an ▁ill - rece ived ▁sequ el ▁to ▁the ▁star ' s ▁hit ▁movie ▁F let ch . ▁His ▁first ▁on - screen ▁appearance ▁was ▁a ▁three - line , ▁five - word ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁version ▁of ▁A ▁F ew ▁Good ▁Men , ▁where ▁he ▁has ▁said ▁he ▁appreciated ▁the ▁dedic ation ▁that ▁star ▁Jack ▁Nich ol son ▁showed ▁by ▁performing ▁his ▁lines ▁in ▁the ▁scene ▁himself ▁even ▁though ▁his ▁character ▁was ▁off ▁screen ▁and ▁could ▁easily ▁have ▁been ▁played ▁for ▁him ▁by ▁a ▁crew ▁member . ▁In ▁his ▁next ▁film , ▁S ork in ' s ▁The ▁American ▁President , ▁Mal ina ▁had ▁a ▁somewhat ▁larger ▁role ▁as ▁assistant ▁to ▁An net te ▁Ben ing ' s ▁environmental - activ ist ▁character . ▁ ▁Mal ina ▁played ▁two ▁different ▁characters ▁over ▁four ▁episodes ▁on ▁the ▁talk - show ▁sat ire ▁The ▁Larry ▁Sand ers ▁Show . ▁He ▁appeared ▁first ▁in