Angelle Brooks

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Angelle Brooks is an actress.

Since the mid-1990s, Brooks has guest-starred in such television shows as NYPD Blue , The Young and the Restless , The Sopranos , The Larry Sanders Show , Strong Medicine , Martin , Family Matters , The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Arli$$ , The King of Queens , The Wayans Bros. , The Jamie Foxx Show , as well as providing the voice of Indira "Indy" Daimonji in the MTV series Spider-Man: The New Animated Series . She also appeared in the films The Brothers (2001), Blue Hill Avenue (2001), Book of Love (2002), and her feature-film debut Cappuccino (1998).

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In 1995, Brooks was one of ten women who appeared in the first mass-market black female swimsuit calendar in the United States, The Darker Image . [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 One Tough Bastard India Adams
Last Exit to EarthWoman #3TV movie
1997 Riot LindaTV movie
In Dark PlacesFemale Guest #1
1998Cappuccino [2] Vanessa Erickson
2000Shafted!Dr. Foxy Brown, PhD
Ritual [3] Teresa Becker
Midnight Blue [4] Jessica SaundersTV movie
2001 The Brothers Judge Carla Williams
Blue Hill Avenue Martine
2002Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are DogsRenee / Date #8
2003 Black Listed MarcellaVideo
MatchupsDr. Portis StovalVideo
2005Can I Get a Pickle?Pamela MichaelsShort
2011CarjackedJudge
2017The Wrong MotherNurse Kerri
2018The Stand Up HitmanTinaShort
2019The AccompanistNadine
2020Taking Your DaughterTeacher

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 The Larry Sanders Show FeliciaEpisode: "Next Stop Bottom"
NYPD Blue TanyaEpisode: "For Whom the Skell Rolls"
1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air AngieEpisode: "Three's a Crowd"
Martin TanyaEpisode: "The Ex-files"
Hang Time Roxanne MyersEpisode: "Full Court Press"
1996 Family Matters MonicaEpisode: "Life in the Fast Lane"
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper BrendaEpisode: "The Curse"
The Young and the Restless Stephanie SimmonsEpisode: "Episode #1.5957"
The Wayans Bros. KimEpisode: "Getting It"
1996–97 Malcolm & Eddie Holly BrooksRecurring cast: Season 1
1997 The Parent 'Hood Restaurant WomanEpisode: "Me and Mrs. Robinson"
1998 The Wayans Bros. AngelEpisode: "Ho's on First"
Arli$$ Camille BalboaEpisode: "Fans First"
1998–02 V.I.P. Maxine de la CruzRecurring cast: Season 1–2, main cast: Season 3-4
1999 The Jamie Foxx Show JoyEpisode: "Forever Your Girl"
2000 Veronica's Closet JournalistEpisode: "Veronica's Perfect Man"
Pensacola: Wings of Gold -Episode: "Brothers"
Arli$$ MeganEpisode: "Making Things Happen"
2001 The Parkers Toni RossRecurring cast: Season 2-3
2002 The King of Queens LeslieEpisode: "Missing Links"
2003 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Indira 'Indy' Daimonji (voice)Recurring cast
2004 Strong Medicine AudreyEpisode: "Selective Breeding"
2006 The Sopranos Liaison WomanEpisode: "Luxury Lounge"

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