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Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n Jodie Sweetin credits Jason Bateman for helping her land her Full House<\/em> role after working with him on Valerie<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Sweetin joined Full House<\/em> without an audition and played Stephanie Tanner from 1987 to 1995<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n She later reprised the role on Netflix’s Fuller House<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Jodie Sweetin<\/a> is sharing how she landed her role Full House <\/em>\u2014 without an audition \u2014 and how Jason Bateman<\/a> helped.<\/p>\n Appearing in a new episode of Hyperfixated with Joseph Shepherd<\/em><\/a>, Sweetin, 44, was asked if it’s true that “Jason Bateman deserves partial credit for your career.”<\/p>\n “Sure,” she replied.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s <\/strong>\u00a0free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n Jason Bateman and Jodie Sweetin on Valerie Sweetin worked with Bateman, now 57, in her first on-screen role, on the show Valerie <\/em>(later changed to The Hogan Family<\/em>), which followed Valerie Harper<\/a> as Valerie Hogan, a mother juggling raising three sons, her job at an auction house and her marriage to an absent pilot husband.<\/p>\n The three brothers were played by Bateman as David, Jeremy Licht<\/a> as Mark and Danny Ponce as Willie.\u00a0<\/p>\n Following her guest appearance on the show with Bateman, Sweetin landed her role on Full House <\/em>without an audition. She played Stephanie Tanner on Full House<\/em> from 1987 until 1995, reprising her role in Netflix’s Fuller House<\/em><\/a>, which ran from 2016 until 2020.<\/p>\n The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now<\/strong><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n In another recent interview, Sweetin opened up about filming the first episode of Full House<\/em> without Bob Saget<\/a>, who would ultimately become the show’s fictional patriarch.<\/p>\n\n
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