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Angie Harmon
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<p>Angela Michelle Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress and model. She won <a href="/facts/Seventeen_(American_magazine)/NxTQl6Xh"><i>Seventeen</i></a>'s modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, signed with <a href="/facts/IMG_Models/PL2pvWE8">IMG Models</a>, and appeared on covers for magazines such as <a href="/facts/Cosmopolitan_(magazine)/s1ms6BvW"><i>Cosmopolitan</i></a> and <a href="/facts/Esquire_(magazine)/cbtwRf8q"><i>Esquire</i></a>. Her acting breakthrough came with the role of Ryan McBride on <i><a href="/facts/Baywatch_Nights/oLIjqno5">Baywatch Nights</a></i> (1995–1997), and she earned four <a href="/facts/Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards/MhpGtGH1">Screen Actors Guild Award</a> nominations for playing <a href="/facts/Abbie_Carmichael/ST4xmE85">Abbie Carmichael</a> on <i><a href="/facts/Law_%2526_Order/AVLVjFnb">Law & Order</a></i> (1998–2001). Harmon also appeared in a number of film roles, which notably include voicing <a href="/facts/Barbara_Gordon/pPz356Q6">Barbara Gordon</a> in the animated <i><a href="/facts/Batman_Beyond%3a_Return_of_the_Joker/tfv479pc">Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker</a></i> (2000) and Ronica Miles in <i><a href="/facts/Agent_Cody_Banks/Tr5PlWc6">Agent Cody Banks</a></i> (2003). </p><p>Following the roles of Rose in the acclaimed-film <i><a href="/facts/Seraphim_Falls/5pLVSmbz">Seraphim Falls</a></i> (2006) and <a href="/facts/Lindsay_Boxer/bdLAa8KH">Lindsay Boxer</a> in the short-lived series <a href="/facts/Women%2527s_Murder_Club_(TV_series)/lw2vmfTa"><i>Women's Murder Club</i></a> (2007–2008), Harmon earned praise for playing <a href="/facts/Jane_Rizzoli/0p7e0Tdc">Jane Rizzoli</a> on the <a href="/facts/TNT_(U.S._TV_network)/uW4vqKNk">TNT</a> series <i><a href="/facts/Rizzoli_%2526_Isles/0p7e0Tdc">Rizzoli & Isles</a></i> (2010–2016), and won the <a href="/facts/Gracie_Awards/kKHGIajD">Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series or Special</a> in 2012 and the <a href="/facts/People%2527s_Choice_Awards/nkPegsIk">People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress</a> in 2015. She has starred in a number of <a href="/facts/Lifetime_(TV_network)/wwxv7sUX"><i>Lifetime</i> network</a>'s original <a href="/facts/List_of_Lifetime_original_programming/reB2myEp">projects</a>, which include the <a href="/facts/Television_special/TzTS0BMM">biographical special</a> <i><a href="/facts/Video_Voyeur/elmC2WhB">Video Voyeur</a></i> (2002) and the critically acclaimed <a href="/facts/Television_film/gsGGUltR">feature</a> <a href="/facts/Living_Proof_(2008_film)/7Fxnjpy4"><i>Living Proof</i></a> (2008). In 2021, she signed an exclusive multi-picture deal with <i>Lifetime</i>. </p>