Vanessa Angel
Highest Rated: 83% Single Mother by Choice (2021)
Lowest Rated: 0% Johnny & Clyde (2023)
Birthday: Dec 21, 1993
Birthplace: Jakarta, Indonesia
This British-born beauty came to America and became known to cable viewers as Lisa, the virtual-reality goddess created by two geeky teen males in "Weird Science," the USA Network series based on the 1986 feature. (The role was originated by another model-turned-actress, Kelly LeBrock). Pouty-lipped and honey blonde, Vanessa Angel was born and raised in the London area. By her teens, she had been signed to a modeling contract and was on magazine covers (Vogue, Cosmopolitan). In 1985, she made her feature film debut in the small role of a Russian rocket crew member in "Spies Like Us." Other roles were small at first, as in Abel Ferrara's "King of New York" (1990) and in "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" (1992) as a flight attendant. Angel graduated to leads in the B-movie "Homicidal Impulses" (1992), playing a deadly beauty who seduces Scott Valentine. It took another four years before she landed on the A-list, cast as the street-smart lass teaching Woody Harrelson the true art of the hustle in the Farrelly brothers' "Kingpin" (1996). The small screen also provided opportunities for Angel. In the late '80s, she began making guest appearances on series like "The Equalizer," eventually landing the recurring role of a cop on "Reasonable Doubts" (NBC, 1992-93) and a bisexual supermodel on the soapy "Melrose Place" (Fox, 1992-93). She found time to make sporadic appearances in longforms like the NBC miniseries "Jackie Collins' 'Lady Boss'" (1992) and "The Cover Girl Murders" (USA Network, 1993).
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Vanessa Angel
Filmography
Movies
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Johnny & Clyde | Susan (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sins of the Preacher's Wife | Marion (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Merry Ex-Mas | Emma (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trouble Sleeping | Vanessa (Character) | - | 2022 |
83% |
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Single Mother by Choice | mom (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hustle Down | Maria (Character) | - | 2021 |
60% |
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Hot Water | Nancy (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Courting Mom and Dad | Chelsea Dwyer (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweet Inspirations | Valerie (Character) | - | 2019 |
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Behind the Walls | Kathy Harper (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Lycan | Professor Anderson (Character) | $9.1K | 2017 |
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My Summer Prince | Queen Rosalind (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lockhart: Unleashing the Talisman | Lilith (Character) | - | 2015 |
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National Lampoon Presents: Surf Party | Brenda (Character) | - | 2013 |
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Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft | Ms. Keegan (Character) | - | 2013 |
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Cougar Hunting | Ursula (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Christmas Spirit | Hope (Character) | - | 2011 |
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Planet Raptor | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
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Monster Night | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Criminal Intent | Susan Grace (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Raging Sharks | Linda Olsen (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys | Erica Sharpe (Character) | - | 2004 |
0% |
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SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Jean Bobbins (Character) | $9.1M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Out for Blood | Susan Hastings (Character) | - | 2004 |
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Sabretooth | Catherine Viciy (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Camouflage | Cindy Davies (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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G Men From Hell | Gloria Lake (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners | Angel (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Firetrap | Beth Hooper (Character) | - | 2000 |
57% | No Score Yet | Enemies of Laughter | Jennifer (Character) | - | 2000 |
20% |
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Made Men | Debra (Character) | - | 1999 |
29% |
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Kissing a Fool | Natasha (Character) | $4.0M | 1998 |
49% |
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Kingpin | Claudia (Character) | $25.0M | 1996 |
21% |
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Sleep With Me | Marianne (Character) | $152.2K | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cityscrapes: Los Angeles | Trouble (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer Instinct | Deborah Walker (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Another Chance | Jackie Johanson (Character) | - | 1988 |
TV
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57% | 78% | Californication | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
76% | 67% | Saving Grace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
65% | 82% | Entourage | Vanessa Angel (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weird Science | Lisa (Character) | 1994-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Veronica's Closet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
40% | No Score Yet | Time Trax | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Kathryn Scofield (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baywatch | Megan (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Christine Hayes (Guest Star) | 1988 |