Angie Harmon
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Angela Michelle "Angie" Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress and model. After winning Seventeen's modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, Harmon signed with IMG Models and appeared on covers for magazines including Cosmopolitan and Esquire. Her first starring role was in the mystery drama series Baywatch Nights (1995–1997). She became known for portraying Abbie Carmichael on the crime drama series Law & Order (1998–2001) and Jane Rizzoli on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016), winning at the Gracie and People's Choice Awards for the latter.
Harmon's film appearances include Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) as Barbara Gordon, Agent Cody Banks (2003), and Seraphim Falls (2006). She also played Lindsay Boxer in the short-lived series Women's Murder Club (2007–2008) and starred in a number of Lifetime network's original projects, which include the biographical special Video Voyeur (2002) and the critically acclaimed feature Living Proof (2008). In 2021, she signed an exclusive multi-picture deal with Lifetime.
Early life
Harmon was born in the Dallas suburb of Highland Park, Texas, the daughter of models,<ref name="encyclopedia/angie-1972">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="texasmonthly/angie">Template:Cite news</ref> Daphne Demar (née Caravageli) and Lawrence Paul "Larry" Harmon, a hospital information network executive in Dallas, Texas. Her father has English, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, German and Irish ancestry,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while her mother is of Greek descent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, Harmon found she had a German ancestor who served in George Washington's army during the American Revolutionary War and the ancestor later acquired land in Mercer County, Kentucky. The land is still owned by a distant branch of her family.
Career
Harmon worked as a child model, and in 1987 won a Seventeen modeling contest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She attended Highland Park High School until 1990, where she was a member of the Highland Belles. She won a Spectrum Model Search contest shortly afterward, subsequently pursued a successful modeling career, and became well known in the early 1990s. She worked as a runway model for Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, and Donna Karan and appeared on the covers of ELLE, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire. She is signed with IMG Models in New York City.
Harmon began acting in 1995 after being discovered on a plane by David Hasselhoff.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She then had a leading role in Baywatch Nights and the short-lived C-16: FBI.<ref>Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008), p.331.</ref> She also appeared in the 1997 film Lawn Dogs, which received a limited theatrical release.
In the late 1990s, Harmon became better known when she joined the NBC series Law & Order, playing ADA Abbie Carmichael from 1998 to 2001. During this time, she also voiced Barbara Gordon in the animated film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, succeeding Stockard Channing in that role. Harmon left Law & Order to concentrate on her film career, saying that she preferred working in film to television.<ref name="tv">Template:Cite web</ref>
After appearing in the 2001 direct-to-video film Good Advice, she had a supporting role in Agent Cody Banks (2003), playing the CIA handler of a teenage agent (Frankie Muniz).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2006, Harmon co-starred with Cuba Gooding Jr. and James Woods in the direct-to-DVD political suspense drama End Game, and appeared as Rose in the acclaimed Western film Seraphim Falls.
In 2006, Harmon starred in an ABC pilot Secrets of a Small Town,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> which did not go to series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She also starred in another failed television show on NBC, Inconceivable, which was canceled after two episodes. The following year, she starred in another ABC pilot, Women's Murder Club, which aired for thirteen episodes. Harmon was one of five actresses who posed discreetly nude for the May 2008 issue of Allure magazine, alongside Gabrielle Union, Zoe McLellan, Jill Scott, and Ana Ortiz.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2010, Harmon hosted an infomercial for "UpLiv", a stress-management program, and also appeared in an infomercial for Olay "Pro-X" wrinkle cream.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> From 2010 to 2016, she co-starred with Sasha Alexander in the TNT crime-drama series Rizzoli & Isles, playing Boston police detective Jane Rizzoli. The show premiered July 12, 2010.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She directed the series' 100th episode.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Harmon won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series for Rizzoli & Isles at the 2012 Gracie Allen Awards,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and also won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress in 2015.
Harmon appeared in the music video for Craig Morgan's "This Ole Boy", released in January 2012. In July 2012, during promotions for a new season of Rizzoli and Isles, Harmon revealed on Conan O'Brien's late night series that she was a fan of and very interested in playing a film version of She-Hulk should such a film become available.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In June 2021, Harmon had signed a multi-picture development deal with Lifetime where she hosted the documentary series Cellmate Secrets and starred as Hazel King in Buried in Barstow.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
On March 13, 2000, Harmon became engaged to former NFL player Jason Sehorn. She was appearing as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno when Leno called Sehorn out as a surprise guest. Sehorn immediately walked up to her, knelt down on one knee, and proposed.<ref name="Hollywood.com">Template:Cite news</ref> They were married on June 9, 2001.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They have three daughters:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Finley,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Avery,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Emery.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=people12182008>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In November 2014, Harmon and Sehorn announced their separation after 13 years of marriage.
From 2019 until 2021, Harmon had been engaged to actor Greg Vaughan before it was called off.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Despite her surname, Harmon is not related to the actor Mark Harmon, nor to his family, the Harmon–Nelson family (a well-known California show business family).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
She is also a Taekwondo practitioner & also trains in Boxing.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Lawn Dogs | Pamela 'Pam' Gregory | |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | Commissioner Barbara Gordon | Voice<ref name="btva">Template:Cite web A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> |
| The Acting Class | Herself | ||
| 2001 | Good Advice | Page Henson | |
| 2003 | Agent Cody Banks | Ronica Miles | |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Veronica Cleeman | |
| 2006 | End Game | Kate Crawford | |
| Glass House: The Good Mother | Eve Goode | Direct-to-video | |
| Seraphim Falls | Rose | ||
| 2009 | Hope and Miracles: the Making of Living Proof | Herself | Video Documentary Short |
| 2016 | TNT Original Series: Frozen Moments | – | "Buried in Barstow" |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The More You Know | Herself | |
| 1995 | Renegade | Debbie Prentice | Episode: "Offshore Thunder" |
| 1995–1997 | Baywatch Nights | Ryan McBride | Main cast, 44 episodes |
| 1996 | Baywatch | Ryan McBride | Episode: "Sail Away" |
| 1997–1998 | C-16: FBI | Amanda Reardon | Main cast, 13 episodes |
| 1998–2001 | Law & Order | A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael | Main cast (seasons 9–11); 72 episodes |
| 1999–2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 6 episodes | |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Commissioner Barbara Gordon | Voice, 3 episodes<ref name="btva" /> |
| 2002 | Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story | Susan Wilson | Television film |
| 2005 | Inconceivable | Dr. Nora Campbell | Main cast, 10 episodes |
| 2006 | Secrets of a Small Town | Bethany Steele | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Herself | Episode: "Red State, Blue State" | |
| 2007–2008 | Women's Murder Club | Inspector Lindsay Boxer | Main cast, 13 episodes |
| 2008 | Living Proof | Lilly Tartikoff | Television film |
| 2009 | Samantha Who? | Gigi | Episode: "The Other Woman" |
| 2010 | Chuck | Sydney Prince | Episode: "Chuck Versus Operation Awesome" |
| 2010–2016 | Rizzoli & Isles | Jane Rizzoli | 105 episodes Lead role Won—Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable Television Actress |
| 2015 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Herself | Episode: "Angie Harmon" |
| 2017–2018 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Lady Trigel | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2021 | Cellmate Secrets | Herself | Narrator |
| 2022 | Buried in Barstow | Hazel King | Television film |
| 2023 | Beat Bobby Flay | Herself | Episode: "Kitchen Crime Scene" |
Awards and nominations
References
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