Torn, Angelica 1965(?)–

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Torn, Angelica 1965(?)–

PERSONAL

Born c. 1965; daughter of Rip Torn (an actor and director) and Geraldine Page (an actress). Education: Studied acting with Carol Goodhardt, Anne Jackson, and Joel Rocks.

Addresses: Agent—Cornerstone Talent Agency, 37 West 20th St., Suite 1108, New York, NY 10011.

Career: Actress. Worked as a jewelry designer and a caterer.

Awards, Honors: People's Choice Award, Friends of New York Theatre, 1999, for Side Man; Helen Hayes Award, outstanding actress in a non-resident production, Washington Theatre Awards Society, 2000, for Side Man; Carbonell Award nomination, for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, outstanding solo performance, 2004, for Edge.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Understudy for Anna Christopherson and Marthy Owen, Anna Christie, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Center State Right Theatre, New York City, 1992–93.

Red Devil Battery Sign, Workshop of the Players Art Theatre, New York City, 1996.

Patsy, then Terry, Side Man, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Center Stage Right Theatre, 1998, then (Broadway debut) John Golden Theatre, 1998–99, later Apollo Theatre, London, 2000, and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 2000.

Sylvia Plath, Edge (solo), DR2 Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Also appeared in The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Juilliard Festival, New York City; In the Shadow of the Glen and Strangers in the Land of Canaan, both Sanctuary Theatre Workshop, New York City; Machinal, Actor's Studio, New York City; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Coconut Grove Playhouse, Coconut Grove, FL; and The Vagina Monologues, Westside Theatre Downstairs, New York City.

Film Appearances:

Ruby, Nobody's Fool, Paramount, 1994.

Mary Lou Strauss, The Mouse, Strand Releasing, 1997.

Aberdeen, 1998.

Ruby, Wrestling with Alligators, 1998.

Mrs. Collins, The Sixth Sense, Buena Vista, 1999.

Vitka, Fast Food, Fast Women, Lot 47 Films, 2001.

Bombshell, 2000.

Gina, Brooklyn Sonnet (also known as Borough of Kings), Lions Gate Films/Paragon Film Group, 2000.

Dierdra, The Contender (also known as Rufmordjenseits der moral), DreamWorks, 2000.

Patty, Domestic Disturbance, Paramount, 2001.

Morgana, Fairie, Gryphon Pictures, 2002.

Babe, Music (short film), Atlas International, 2003.

Marilla, Light and the Sufferer, Filmmakers, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Astrid, Songs in Ordinary Time, CBS, 2000.

Betsy Dupree, Ruby's Bucket of Blood, Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Sarah Tabor, "Savages," Law & Order, NBC, 1995.

Kit, As the World Turns, 1997.

Woman at party, "Denial, Anger, Acceptance," The Sopranos, HBO, 1999.

"Love Stories," 100 Centre Street, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Lindsay, "Money Changes Everything," The Education of Max Bickford, CBS, 2002.

Georgina Woods, "Equal Rights," Law & Order, NBC, 2002.

Paula Connors, "Happy Family," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2003.

Angela, "Eminence Front: Part 2," Line of Fire, ABC, 2004.

Julia Brinn, "Quarry," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Capital City, ABC, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Back Stage, September 3, 1999, p. A3.

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