Angie Harmon | |
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Born | Angela Michelle Harmon (1972-08-10)August 10, 1972 (age 52)[1] Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
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Years active | 1987–present |
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Partner | Greg Vaughan (2019–2021) |
Children | 3 |
Angela Michelle Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress and model. She wonSeventeen's modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, signed withIMG Models, and appeared on covers for magazines such asCosmopolitan andEsquire. Her acting breakthrough came with the role ofRyan McBride onBaywatch Nights (1995–1997), and she earned fourScreen Actors Guild Award nominations for playingAbbie Carmichael onLaw & Order (1998–2001). Harmon also appeared in a number of film roles, which notably include voicingBarbara Gordon in the animatedBatman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) and Ronica Miles inAgent Cody Banks (2003).
Following the roles of Rose in the acclaimed-filmSeraphim Falls (2006) andLindsay Boxer in the short-lived seriesWomen's Murder Club (2007–2008), Harmon earned praise for playingJane Rizzoli on theTNT seriesRizzoli & Isles (2010–2016), and won theGracie Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series or Special in 2012 and thePeople's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress in 2015. She has starred in a number ofLifetime network's originalprojects, which include thebiographical specialVideo Voyeur (2002) and the critically acclaimedfeatureLiving Proof (2008). In 2021, she signed an exclusive multi-picture deal withLifetime.
Harmon was born in theDallas suburb ofHighland Park, Texas, the daughter of Daphne Demar (née Caravageli) and Lawrence Paul "Larry" Harmon, a hospital information network executive inDallas, Texas.[2] Her father has English, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, German andIrish ancestry,[3] while her mother is of Greek descent.[4] In an episode ofWho Do You Think You Are?, Harmon found she had a German ancestor who served inGeorge Washington's army during theAmerican Revolutionary War and the ancestor later acquired land inMercer County, Kentucky. The land is still owned by a distant branch of her family.
Harmon worked as achild model, and in 1987 won aSeventeen modeling contest.[5] She attendedHighland 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 forCalvin Klein,Giorgio Armani, andDonna Karan and appeared on the covers ofELLE,Cosmopolitan, andEsquire. She is signed withIMG Models inNew York City.
Harmon began acting in 1995 after being discovered on a plane byDavid Hasselhoff.[6] She then had a leading role inBaywatch Nights and the short-livedC-16: FBI.[7] She also appeared in the 1997 filmLawn Dogs, which received a limited theatrical release.
In the late 1990s, Harmon became better known when she joined theNBC seriesLaw & Order, playing ADAAbbie Carmichael from 1998 to 2001. During this time, she also voicedBarbara Gordon in the animated filmBatman Beyond: Return of the Joker, succeedingStockard Channing in that role. Harmon leftLaw & Order to concentrate on her film career, saying that she preferred working in film to television.[8]
After appearing in the 2001direct-to-video filmGood Advice, she had a supporting role inAgent Cody Banks (2003), playing theCIA handler of a teenage agent (Frankie Muniz).[9] In 2006, Harmon co-starred withCuba Gooding Jr. andJames Woods in the direct-to-DVD political suspense dramaEnd Game, and appeared as Rose in the acclaimed Western filmSeraphim Falls.
In 2006, Harmon starred in an ABCpilotSecrets of a Small Town,[10] which did not go to series.[11] She also starred in another failed television show onNBC,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 ofAllure magazine, alongsideGabrielle Union,Zoe McLellan,Jill Scott, andAna Ortiz.[12]
In 2010, Harmon hosted aninfomercial for "UpLiv", a stress-management program, and also appeared in an infomercial forOlay "Pro-X" wrinkle cream.[13] From 2010 to 2016, she co-starred withSasha Alexander in theTNT crime-drama seriesRizzoli & Isles, playingBoston police detective Jane Rizzoli. The show premiered July 12, 2010.[14] She directed the series' 100th episode.[15] Harmon won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series forRizzoli & Isles at the 2012Gracie Allen Awards,[16] and also won aPeople's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress in 2015.
Harmon appeared in the music video forCraig Morgan's "This Ole Boy", released in January 2012. In July 2012, during promotions for a new season ofRizzoli and Isles, Harmon revealed onConan O'Brien'slate night series that she was a fan of and very interested in playing a film version ofShe-Hulk should such a film become available.[17]
In June 2021, Harmon had signed a multi-picture development deal withLifetime where she hosted the documentary seriesCellmate Secrets and starred as Hazel King inBuried in Barstow.[18]
On March 13, 2000, Harmon became engaged to formerNFL playerJason Sehorn. She was appearing as a guest onThe 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.[19] They were married on June 9, 2001.[20] They have three daughters:[21] Finley;[22][23] Avery,[24] and Emery.[25][26][27] In November 2014, Harmon and Sehorn announced their separation after 13 years of marriage.
From 2019 until 2021, Harmon was engaged to actorGreg Vaughan.[28]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Lawn Dogs | Pamela 'Pam' Gregory | |
2000 | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | CommissionerBarbara Gordon | Voice[29] |
2000 | 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 | |
2006 | Glass House: The Good Mother | Eve Goode | Direct-to-video |
2006 | Seraphim Falls | Rose | |
2009 | Hope and Miracles: the Making of Living Proof | Herself | Video Documentary Short |
2016 | TNT Original Series: Frozen Moments | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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, 72 episodes |
1999–2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | A.D.A.Abbie Carmichael | 6 episodes |
2000 | Batman Beyond | CommissionerBarbara Gordon | Voice, 3 episodes[29] |
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" |
2006 | 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" |
Finley Faith Sehorn was born at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday in Dallas. None of the baby's vital statistics were released, but publicist Troy Mankin said Harmon, 31, and child "were doing fine."
The 32-year-old actress gave birth Wednesday [June 22, 2005] to Avery Grace Sehorn in her hometown of Dallas, publicist Troy Nankin said.
Emery Hope Sehorn was born Thursday, said Harmon's publicist, Nicole Perna.