Vanessa Angel | |
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 Angel in 2009 | |
| Born | Vanessa Madeline Angel 10 November 1966 London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse | Rick Otto (m. 1996;div. 2019) |
| Children | India Otto |
Vanessa Madeline Angel (born 10 November 1966) [1] is an English actress and former model. She played the role of the computer generated genie Lisa on the television series Weird Science . She is also known for her role as Claudia in the film Kingpin .
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 ]
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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1985 | Spies Like Us | Soviet Rocket Crewperson | |
| 1989 | Another Chance | Jackie Johanson | |
| 1990 | King of New York | 'British Female' bodyguard of Frank White | |
| 1991 | Killer Instinct | Deborah Walker | |
| 1993 | The Cover Girl Murders | Rachel | |
| 1994 | Sleep with Me | Marianne | |
| Cityscrapes: Los Angeles | Trouble | ||
| 1996 | Kingpin | Claudia | |
| 1998 | Kissing a Fool | Natasha | |
| 1999 | Made Men | Debra | |
| 2000 | Enemies of Laughter | Jennifer | |
| G-Men from Hell | Gloria Lake | ||
| 2001 | Camouflage | Cindy Davies | |
| Firetrap | Beth Hooper | ||
| 2004 | The Perfect Score | Anita Donlee | |
| Out for Blood | Susan Hastings | Video | |
| Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Jean Bobbins | ||
| 2005 | Raging Sharks | Linda Olsen | Video |
| The Good Humor Man | Ms. Barlass | ||
| Popstar | Diane | ||
| 2006 | Monster Night | Claire Ackerman | Video |
| 2008 | Blind Ambition | Autumn milestone | |
| 2009 | Endless Bummer | Brenda | |
| 2011 | Hall Pass | Missy Frankinopoulos | |
| Cougar Hunting | Ursula | ||
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft | Ms. Keegan | |
| National Lampoon Presents: Surf Party | Brenda | ||
| 2015 | Lockhart | Lilith | |
| Lycan | Prof. Anderson | ||
| Trouble Sleeping | Vanessa | video | |
| 2018 | Behind the Walls | Kathy Harper |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Equalizer | Christine Hayes | "Video Games" |
| 1991 | Baywatch | Megan | "The One That Got Away", "The Trophy: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1992 | On the Air | Chorus Girl | "The Lester Guy Show" |
| Raven | Flight Attendant | "The Unseen Enemy" | |
| Lady Boss | Christie | TV miniseries | |
| 1992–1993 | Reasonable Doubts | Det. Peggy Elliott | Recurring role |
| 1993 | Melrose Place | Karen | "Carpe Diem", "State of Need" |
| Murder, She Wrote | Kathryn Scofield | "The Phantom Killer" | |
| The Cover Girl Murders | Rachel | TV film | |
| 1994 | Time Trax | Jane Hawkins | "The Gravity of It All" |
| 1994–1998 | Weird Science | Lisa | Main role |
| 1997 | Veronica's Closet | Suzanne | "Veronica's Best Buddy", "Veronica's a Doll" |
| 2000 | Partners | Angel | TV film |
| Stargate SG-1 | Anise / Freya | "Upgrades", "Crossroads", "Divide and Conquer" | |
| 2002 | Sabretooth | Catherine Viciy | TV film |
| 2003 | The Division | Mary Turner | "Body Double" |
| 2004 | Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys | Erica Sharpe | TV film |
| 2005 | Criminal Intent | Susan Grace | |
| Entourage | Herself | "I Love You Too" | |
| 2007 | Planet Raptor | Dr. Anna Rogers | TV film |
| 2009 | Saving Grace | Pauline Hoover | "The Heart of a Cop" |
| 2011 | Christmas Spirit | Hope | TV film |
| 2012 | Californication | Alison | "The Way of the Fist" |
| 2014 | Hello Ladies: The Movie | McCadams | TV film |
| 2016 | My Summer Prince | Queen Rosalind | |
| 2019 | Crown Lake | Dr. Lewis | Web series |
| 2023 | Sins of the Preacher's Wife | Marion | TV film |
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I almost changed it because I worried people thought of me as this triple-x girl.
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;
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