The British-born actress Vanessa Angel began her career at
age 16 as a model when she was discovered by world renown agent Eileen
Ford. She admits to gaining life experience when, at such an early age,
she relocated to New York, traveled the world and appeared on magazine
covers from "Cosmopolitan" to "Vogue." Angel's
transition from modeling to acting came rather suddenly when, in 1985, she
was chosen by director John Landis to play a Russian spy in the film,
"Spies Like Us." She quickly mastered a Russian accent and was
later featured in the Paul McCartney video of the same name. A versatile
actress who has studied under Sondra Lee and Frank Casaro at The Actors
Studio in New York, Angel has had roles in the feature films, "Killer
Instinct, " "King of New York, " "Stop Or My Mom Will
Shoot" with Sylvester Stallone and "Sleep With Me" with
Eric Stoltz and Meg Tilly. In 1994, she co-starred on the theatrical film,
"Cityscrapes" - a tragic story of young adults with
dysfunctional relationships who live in Los Angeles, and she just finished
a co-starring role in the upcoming feature film "Kingpin, " with
Woody Harrelson and Randy Quaid. In addition to her work on film, Angel
has guest starred on several television series including, "Melrose
Place, " on which she played the recurring role of a bisexual model,
and "Reasonable Doubts." She was also featured in the Jackie
Collins mini-series "Lady Boss" and the high-rated USA Network
movie, "The Cover Girl Murders." |