Angie Harmon

Angela Michelle Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress. After winning Seventeen's modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, Harmon signed with IMG Models and appeared on covers for magazines including Cosmopolitan and Esquire. Her first starring role was in the mystery drama series Baywatch Nights (1995–1997). She became known for portraying Abbie Carmichael on the crime drama series Law & Order (1998–2001) and Jane Rizzoli on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016), winning at the Gracie and People's Choice Awards for the latter.

Harmon's film appearances include Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) as Barbara Gordon, Agent Cody Banks (2003), and Seraphim Falls (2006). She also played Lindsay Boxer in the short-lived series Women's Murder Club (2007–2008) and 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 Harmon was born in the Dallas suburb of Highland Park, Texas, the daughter of models, Daphne Demar and Lawrence Paul Harmon, a hospital information network executive in Dallas, Texas. Her father has English, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, German and Irish ancestry, while her mother is of Greek descent. 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 later acquired land in Mercer County, Kentucky. The land is still owned by a distant branch of her family.

Career Harmon worked as a child model, and in 1987 won a Seventeen modeling contest. 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. She then had a leading role in Baywatch Nights and the short-lived C-16: FBI. 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 Assistant District Attorney 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 the role. Harmon left Law & Order to concentrate on her film career, saying that she preferred working in film to television.

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). 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, which did not go to series. 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.

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. 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. She directed the series' 100th episode. Harmon won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series for Rizzoli & Isles at the 2012 Gracie Allen Awards, 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.

In June 2021, Harmon signed a multi-picture development deal with Lifetime. She hosted the documentary series Cellmate Secrets and starred as Hazel King in Buried in Barstow.

Personal life 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, who proposed to her. They were married on June 9, 2001. They have three daughters: In November 2014, Harmon and Sehorn separated after 13 years of marriage.

From 2019 until 2021, Harmon was engaged to actor Greg Vaughan.

Harmon defines herself as a "liberal Republican" who supports feminism and gay rights. She and Sehorn spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention in support of President George W. Bush.

She is a Taekwondo practitioner and also trains in boxing.

She is not related to Mark Harmon despite sharing surnames.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Lawn Dogs Pamela 'Pam' Gregory 2000 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Commissioner Barbara Gordon Voice 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 Glass House: The Good Mother Eve Goode Direct-to-video Seraphim Falls Rose 2009 Hope and Miracles: the Making of Living Proof Herself Video Documentary Short 2016 TNT Original Series: Frozen Moments –"Buried in Barstow"

Television