Angela Michelle Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress
and model. She is known for her role as Ronica Miles in Agent Cody
Banks and was a professional model before gaining international fame
for her roles in Baywatch Nights and as New York A.D.A. Abbie
Carmichael on Law & Order. She also starred as Detective Jane Rizzoli
on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles.She was born on August 10, 1972, in
Highland Park, Texas, the daughter of Daphne Demar (née Caravageli)
and Lawrence Paul "Larry" Harmon, a hospital information network
executive in Dallas, Texas. Her father has German and Irish ancestry,
while her mother is of Greek descent. In an episode of Who Do You
Think You Are?, Harmon found that she had a German ancestor who served
in George Washington's army during the Revolutionary War, and that
ancestor later acquired land in Mercer County, Kentucky. The land is
still owned by a distant branch of her family.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 1990's. 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.
and model. She is known for her role as Ronica Miles in Agent Cody
Banks and was a professional model before gaining international fame
for her roles in Baywatch Nights and as New York A.D.A. Abbie
Carmichael on Law & Order. She also starred as Detective Jane Rizzoli
on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles.She was born on August 10, 1972, in
Highland Park, Texas, the daughter of Daphne Demar (née Caravageli)
and Lawrence Paul "Larry" Harmon, a hospital information network
executive in Dallas, Texas. Her father has German and Irish ancestry,
while her mother is of Greek descent. In an episode of Who Do You
Think You Are?, Harmon found that she had a German ancestor who served
in George Washington's army during the Revolutionary War, and that
ancestor later acquired land in Mercer County, Kentucky. The land is
still owned by a distant branch of her family.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 1990's. 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.
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