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Angie Harmon
Harmon in 2011
Born
Angela Michelle Harmon

(1972-08-10) August 10, 1972 (age 52)[1]
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1987–present
Spouse
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(m. 2001; div. 2016)​
Children3

Angela Michelle Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress and model. She won Seventeen's modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, signed with IMG Models, and appeared on covers for magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Esquire. Her acting breakthrough came with the role of Ryan McBride on Baywatch Nights (1995–1997), and she earned four Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for playing Abbie Carmichael on Law & Order (1998–2001). Harmon also appeared in a number of film roles, which notably include voicing Barbara Gordon in the animated Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) and Ronica Miles in Agent Cody Banks (2003).

Following the roles of Rose in the acclaimed-film Seraphim Falls (2006) and Lindsay Boxer in the short-lived series Women's Murder Club (2007–2008), Harmon earned praise for playing Jane Rizzoli on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016), and won the Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series or Special in 2012 and the People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress in 2015. She has 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

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Harmon was born in the Dallas suburb of Highland Park, Texas, the daughter of Daphne Demar (née Caravageli) and Lawrence Paul "Larry" Harmon, a hospital information network executive in Dallas, Texas.[2] Her father has German and Irish ancestry,[3] while her mother is of Greek descent.[4] 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

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Harmon worked as a child model, and in 1987 won a Seventeen modeling contest.[5] 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.[6] She then had a leading role in Baywatch Nights and the short-lived C-16: FBI.[7] 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.[8]

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).[9] 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,[10] which did not go to series.[11] 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.[12]

Harmon, to the right, on set of Rizzoli & Isles

In 2010, Harmon hosted an infomercial for "UpLiv", a stress-management program, and also appeared in an infomercial for Olay "Pro-X" wrinkle cream.[13] 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.[14] She directed the series' 100th episode.[15] Harmon won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series for Rizzoli & Isles at the 2012 Gracie Allen Awards,[16] 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.[17]

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.[18]

Personal life

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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.[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 actor Greg Vaughan.[28]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 Lawn Dogs Pamela 'Pam' Gregory
2000 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Commissioner Barbara 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

Television

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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, 72 episodes
1999–2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael 6 episodes
2000 Batman Beyond Commissioner Barbara 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"

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with Benjamin Bratt, Steven Hill, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, and Sam Waterston) Law & Order Nominated
2000 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with Benjamin Bratt, Steven Hill, Jesse L. Martin, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, and Sam Waterston) Nominated
2001 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with Steven Hill, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston, and Dianne Wiest) Nominated
2002 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Elisabeth Röhm, Sam Waterston, and Dianne Wiest) Nominated
2010 Women's Image Network Awards Actress Drama Series Rizzoli & Isles Nominated
2012 Gracie Awards Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series or Special[30] Won
2014 People's Choice Awards Favorite Cable TV Actress Nominated
TV Guide Award Favorite Duo (shared with Sasha Alexander) Nominated
2015 People's Choice Awards Favorite Cable TV Actress Won

References

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  4. ^ Varikos, Joanna (October 23, 2014). "Angie Harmon to Trace Her Roots on 'Who Do You Think You Are?'". Greek Reporter. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  5. ^ "Seventeen's most iconic covers!". Seventeen. October 19, 2011. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
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  7. ^ Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008), p.331.
  8. ^ Chavel, Sean (March 18, 2003). "Interview: Angie Harmon on 'Agent Cody Banks'". Cinema Confidential. Archived from the original on March 29, 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  9. ^ "'Agent Cody Banks' Movie Credits". MGM via About.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
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  12. ^ "Actresses Go Naked for Magazine". Daily News. April 20, 2008. Archived from the original on January 27, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  13. ^ "Angie Harmon, How Do You Keep Your Figure? Especially When You 'Just Don't Work Out Anymore?!'". Hollywood Life. February 12, 2010. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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  17. ^ Team Coco (July 31, 2012). "Angie Harmon Wants To Be A Lusty, Big-Busted She-Hulk - CONAN on TBS". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
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  22. ^ Errico, Marcus (October 14, 2003). "Angie Harmon's New Angel". E! News. 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."
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  24. ^ "Harmon, Sehorn Welcome Birth of Daughter". Associated Press. June 27, 2005 – via Fox News. The 32-year-old actress gave birth Wednesday [June 22, 2005] to Avery Grace Sehorn in her hometown of Dallas, publicist Troy Nankin said.
  25. ^ "Angie Harmon gives birth to third daughter". Associated Press. December 19, 2008 – via Today. Emery Hope Sehorn was born Thursday, said Harmon's publicist, Nicole Perna.
  26. ^ Ingrassia, Lisa (December 18, 2008). "Angie Harmon Gives Birth to Third Daughter". People. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008.
  27. ^ "QA: Angie Harmon on Raising Three Girls and 'Coming Out' as a Republican in Hollywood". Fox News. March 26, 2015.
  28. ^ "Angie Harmon and Greg Vaughan Are Engaged: 'Marry Christmas!". People. December 29, 2019.
  29. ^ a b "Angie Harmon (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 26, 2023. 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.
  30. ^ "2012 Gracies Winners - Alliance for Women in Media". Alliance for Women in Media. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
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