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Angie Harmon Biography
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Angie finished high school at the Highland Park High School in 1991. Like her parents Angie is an accomplished model. In 1988 she won the Seventeen magazine modeling contest. After high school she won the Spectrum Model Search contest. This launched her career in modeling and became one of the well known models in the early 90s. She worked fir Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani and other top international designers. She had graced the cover of Elle, Esquire, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and other fashion magazines.
In 1995, her career in acting began when she starred in the television series Baywatch Nights. She also appeared in C-16: FBI and in Baywatch. In 1998 she was seen in the movie Lawn Dogs. Then in 2000 she appeared in the drama series Law and Order as Abbie Carmichael. Her role made her one of the most recognized actresses in television. She starred in Law and Order from 1988 to the year 2001. During her stint in Law and Order she leant her voice as Commissioner Barbara Gordon, replacing Stockard Channing, in the animated Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. She also appeared in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
After her appearance in Law and Order, she decided to concentrate on acting on movies. In 2001 she appeared in Good Advice a direct to video film. Then in 2003 she appeared in Agent Cody Banks, she played a CIA handler to teenager agent played by Frankie Muniz. The film was an instant hit and grossed over $45 million. She did not reprise her role in the sequel for Cody Banks and instead she appeared opposite James Wooed and Cuba Gooding, Jr. in another direct to video film End Game.
In 2006, she was once again seen on television for the pilot of ABCs Secrets of Small Town. And in 2007 she appeared in another pilot for ABC in Womens Murder Club.
Angie is married to football star Jason Sehorn. They got engaged in 2000 when Sehorn proposed to her on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They got married in 2001 and now have two beautiful daughters.