Angela Harry (born April 12, 1963) is an American model, actress and voice actress.
Early life and career
Angela Harry was born in 1963 while her father, a colonel in the
US Air Force
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, was stationed in
Japan. Her mother was born in
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
.
She has a younger brother and a younger sister.
Harry was subjected to racial insults during school. Her family moved throughout the
United States
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, back to Japan and then to Korea by the time she was six. During this time she took piano lessons and briefly ballet.
While working at
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue (originally Saks & Company; colloquially Saks) is an American luxury department store chain headquartered in New York City and founded by Andrew Saks. The original store opened in the F Street shopping district of Washington ...
, Harry secured her first modelling job at the age of eighteen and went on to appear in several ad campaigns. After joining the Nina Blanchard Agency in 1984, Harry bought an apartment in
Irvine.
In 1997, Harry played
Jan Ors in ''
Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight'', who was modeled to look like Harry in subsequent appearances.
Personal life
Harry was briefly involved with a male model and writer whom she met in a club in
Tokyo
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.
She enjoys gardening and goes to a gym most nights.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
American female models
American film actresses
American television actresses
American video game actresses
American voice actresses
American actresses of Korean descent
People from Fukuoka
21st-century American women