Angela Michelle "Angie" Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an
American fashion model and
television/
film actress. She became a well-known model in the 1990s and developed a career as a television star after roles on
Baywatch Nights and
Law & Order. She most recently starred in
ABC's Tuesday evening drama
Women's Murder Club.
Biography
Early life
Harmon was born in
Highland Park,
Texas, the daughter of
models Daphne Demar (
née Caravageli) and Lawrence Paul "Larry" Harmon, who was also a hospital information network executive in
Dallas.
[www.filmreference.com/film/84/Angie-Harmon.html] Her mother is of
Greek descent and her father is of
Irish and
Cherokee Native American ancestry.
[Jenson, Wendy. "Time for the...Glamourous Actress Reality Check." ""Glamour". Apr. 2000: 288+] Both of her parents were models in the 1970s. They
divorced in 1982 and her father later remarried.
Harmon worked as a
child model and in 1988, won a
Seventeen modeling contest. 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 pursuing a successful modeling career and becoming 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 to
IMG Models in
New York City.
Career
Harmon began acting in 1995 after being discovered on a plane by
David Hasselhoff.
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She then starred in several television series, including
Baywatch Nights,
Baywatch and
C-16: FBI; she also appeared in the 1998 film,
Lawn Dogs, which received only a limited theatrical release. In the early 2000s, Harmon became better known as playing
Abbie Carmichael on the series
Law & Order, a role she played from 1998 to 2001. During this time, she also voiced
Barbara Gordon in the animated film,
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, replacing
Stockard Channing, as well as appearing on
Law & Order.
Harmon left
Law & Order to concentrate on her film career, saying that she preferred working in film to television.
After appearing in the 2001
direct-to-video film
Good Advice, she had a major role in
Agent Cody Banks, playing the
CIA handler of a teenage agent (
Frankie Muniz). The film opened in March 2003 and became a minor hit, grossing $47 million.
Although Harmon was originally scheduled to appear in the sequel, the producers chose to take a more comedic approach, and replaced Harmon with
Anthony Anderson.
In 2006, Harmon co-starred with
Cuba Gooding Jr. and
James Woods in the direct-to-DVD political suspense drama
End Game.
In 2006, Harmon starred as the lead in the ABC
pilot Secrets of a Small Town. Despite testing highly with focus groups, the pilot was not picked up by ABC due to its high budget. She also starred in another failed television show on
NBC,
Inconceivable. The program was canceled after two episodes.
In 2007, she starred in another ABC pilot,
Women's Murder Club.
[www.shape.com/lifestyle/entertainment_and_celebrities/cover_models/online_bonus] The police drama was picked up, but cancelled after the first season with only 13 episodes produced and aired.
In April 2008
Angie Harmon Goes Naked for Allure Magazine is among five actresses who strip down to their birthday suits for the May issue of Allure magazine. She appears nude along with
Gabrielle Union;
Zoe McLellan (of ABC's "
Dirty Sexy Money"); singer and actress
Jill Scott; and "
Ugly Betty" co-star
Ana Ortiz.
[www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351959,00.html]
Wizard of Oz stage show
In 1998, Angie Harmon was
Dorothy, in a blue and white gingham dress and braided pigtails in the
Wizard of Oz stage show. As with Harmon was
Lara Teeter as the
Scarecrow, J. Stephen Coyle as the
Tin Man,
Jay Leno as the
Wizard,
Julia Roberts as Glinda the
Good Witch of the North,
Eartha Kitt as the
Wicked Witch of the West,
Auntie Em was performed by
Sonia Manzano, and
Uncle Henry is performed by Emilio Delgiado.
Personal life
Harmon is married to former
professional football player Jason Sehorn. The two were engaged on March 13, 2000. Harmon was taping an interview segment on the
Tonight Show with Jay Leno when Leno called Sehorn out as a surprise guest. Sehorn immediately walked up to where Angie was sitting, and knelt down on one knee in front of her chair and proposed. (She thought that he was in New York at the time.) They were married on June 9, 2001, and have three daughters; Finley Faith (born October 14, 2003 in
Dallas, Texas), Avery Grace (born June 22, 2005, also in Dallas), and Emery Hope (born December 18, 2008).
[Ingrassia, Lisa. - "Angie Harmon Gives Birth to Third Daughter". - People. - (c/o People.com). - December 18, 2008.]
When it comes to parenting, Harmon's goal is to raise her daughters with a healthy dose of good manners as well as religion. "I don't think they get the concept of God yet, but we're working it in slowly. You have to make it fun," she says in a
Cookie interview. She also makes sure she teaches her girls to have a sense of humor because in the end, everyone gets made fun of. With that, she and Sehorn affectionately refer to their tall daughters as Sasquatches. "We're hoping if they hear it at home, it won't hurt when they hear it at school."
[Angie Harmon Celebrity Profile - Cookiemag.com]
She is
left-handed.
Harmon is a
Republican. She and her husband delivered a speech at the
2004 Republican National Convention,
[Follman, Mark. - "RNC bloggers gone wild!" - Salon.com. - September 1, 2004.]
—Pugh Clifford. - "Star Wattage Dimmer at GOP Convention- Republicans Attracting B-list of Entertainers". - Houston Chronicle. - August 31, 2004. and supported
John McCain for president in 2008.
[Dinan, Stephen, and Ralph Z. Hallow. - "Hollywood Conservatives to Rally for McCain - Event Coincides with Democratic Convention". - The Washington Times. - August 22, 2008.]
—Hayes, Stephen F. - "Celebrities for McCain". - The Weekly Standard. - August 26, 2008.
The couple reportedly lives in
Hidden Hills, California, a
gated community in the Los Angeles area.
Filmography
