English actress and former model
Vanessa Angel
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/VanessaAngelJul2009.jpg/220px-VanessaAngelJul2009.jpg) Angel in 2009
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Born
| Vanessa Madeline Angel
(
1966-11-10
)
10 November 1966
(age 57)
London, England
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Occupation(s)
| Actress, model
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Years active
| 1985?present
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Spouse
|
Rick Otto
(
m.
1996;
div.
2019)
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Children
| India Otto
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Vanessa Madeline Angel
(born 10 November 1966)
[1]
is an English actress and former model. She played the role of Lisa on the television series
Weird Science
. She is also known for her role as Claudia in the film
Kingpin
.
Early life
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Angel, who has said this is her birth name and not a stage name,
[2]
was born 10 November 1966
[1]
in London, the daughter of Elizabeth and Peter Angel, a stockbroker.
[
citation needed
]
She was discovered by a model-management agent in a London cafe as a teenager.
[3]
At 16, she was signed by
Ford Models
and moved to New York City.
[4]
During her modelling stint, Angel appeared on the covers of
Vogue
[5]
and
Cosmopolitan
.
[6]
She was also contracted as the
Diet Pepsi
Girl.
[
citation needed
]
Career
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Angel's first film role was in the 1985 American comedy
Spies Like Us
, in which she played a soldier in the Soviet
Strategic Missile Forces
who sleeps with
Dan Aykroyd
's character; she also appears in the accompanying
Paul McCartney
video.
[2]
In 1990, she appeared in a small role in the film
King of New York
. Angel continued to appear in films throughout the early 1990s. After a leading guest-spot on TV's
The Equalizer
, she played the recurring roles of Megan on
Baywatch
and Detective Peggy Elliott on
Reasonable Doubts
.
[2]
She guest-starred in two episodes of
Melrose Place
, playing what she described as "this crazy, drugged out, bisexual supermodel who kissed [the character played by]
Daphne Zuniga
!"
[2]
From 1994 to 1998, she starred in the television series
Weird Science
as Lisa, the computer-generated genie role originated by
Kelly LeBrock
in the
1985 film upon which the series is based
. In 1995, Angel was cast in the role of
Xena
, a guest spot on
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
, but due to an illness was unable to take the role, which eventually went to
Lucy Lawless
.
[7]
During the series run of
Weird Science
, Angel landed the female lead in the
Farrelly brothers
film,
Kingpin
.
[8]
She played roles in
Kissing a Fool
with
David Schwimmer
, followed by a role in the 1999 film
Made Men
. In 2004, she appeared in
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
, as
Scott Baio
's wife.
[9]
Angel has also had roles in the
Sci-Fi Pictures Original
telefilm
Sabretooth
(2002) and
The Perfect Score
(2004).
In 2000, she guest starred in three episodes of the
Sci-Fi Channel
's
Stargate SG-1
, playing
Anise
, a
Tok'ra
archaeologist
/scientist whose host is named Freya. Her first appearance is in the season-four episode "
Upgrades
", and she appeared in the two following episodes, "
Crossroads
" and "
Divide and Conquer
". In 2005, Angel played herself in the season-two episode of
Entourage
entitled "
I Love You Too
". In 2007, she completed the
independent film
Blind Ambition
, and later appeared in the Farrellys'
Hall Pass
. She played a guest role as Alison in the fifth season of
Californication
.
Angel started a clothing line in 2009, VANE LA.
[
citation needed
]
On 15 October 2014, Angel appeared on
Ken Reid
's podcast
TV Guidance Counselor
.
Filmography
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Film
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Television and web
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Year
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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1988
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The Equalizer
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Christine Hayes
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"Video Games"
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1991
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Baywatch
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Megan
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"The One That Got Away", "The Trophy: Parts 1 & 2"
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1992
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On the Air
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Chorus Girl
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"The Lester Guy Show"
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1992
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Raven
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Flight Attendant
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"The Unseen Enemy"
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1992
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Lady Boss
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Christie
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TV miniseries
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1992?1993
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Reasonable Doubts
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Det. Peggy Elliott
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Recurring role
|
1993
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Melrose Place
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Karen
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"Carpe Diem", "State of Need"
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1993
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Murder, She Wrote
|
Kathryn Scofield
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"The Phantom Killer"
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1993
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The Cover Girl Murders
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Rachel
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TV film
|
1994
|
Time Trax
|
Jane Hawkins
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"The Gravity of It All"
|
1994?1998
|
Weird Science
|
Lisa / Various
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Main role
|
1997
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Veronica's Closet
|
Suzanne
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"Veronica's Best Buddy", "Veronica's a Doll"
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2000
|
Partners
|
Angel
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TV film
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2000
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Stargate SG-1
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Anise / Freya
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"Upgrades", "Crossroads", "Divide and Conquer"
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2002
|
Sabretooth
|
Catherine Viciy
|
TV film
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2003
|
The Division
|
Mary Turner
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"Body Double"
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2004
|
Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys
|
Erica Sharpe
|
TV film
|
2005
|
Criminal Intent
|
Susan Grace
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TV film
|
2005
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Entourage
|
Herself
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"I Love You Too"
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2007
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Planet Raptor
|
Dr. Anna Rogers
|
TV film
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2009
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Saving Grace
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Pauline Hoover
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"The Heart of a Cop"
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2011
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Christmas Spirit
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Hope
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TV film
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2012
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Californication
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Alison
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"The Way of the Fist"
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2014
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Hello Ladies: The Movie
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McCadams
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TV film
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2016
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My Summer Prince
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Queen Rosalind
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TV film
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2019
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Crown Lake
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Dr. Lewis
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Web series
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2023
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Sins of the Preacher's Wife
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Marion
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TV film
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References
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Further reading
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- Polan, Brenda (1983). "Models". In Brenda Polan (ed.).
The Fashion Year
. Jackie Modlinger, Terence Donovan (First ed.). London: Zomba Books. p. 183.
ISBN
0946391033
.
They are: Vanessa Angel from Harrow-on-the-Hill currently working in New York, contracted as the Diet Pepsi Girl, a commercial contract that makes her hundreds of thousands of pounds and the first British model in ages to make the cover of Vogue;
External links
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