Angela Denise Trimbur (born July 19, 1981) is an American actress, writer, dancer, choreographer, and former reality television participant.

Personal life

Trimbur was born in

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, on July 19, 1981. She attended

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and graduated in 1999. Prior to attending high school, She was

homeschooled Homeschooling or home schooling, also known as home education or elective home education (EHE), is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or an onlin ...

. She grew up a

Jehovah's Witness Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The group reports a worldwide membership of approximately 8.7 million adherents involved in ev ...

, though she has stated she no longer practices the religion. Trimbur is a member of the

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-based basketball team Pistol Shrimps, alongside actress

Aubrey Plaza Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She began her career performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She starred as April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom '' Par ...

. In 2014 she created the L.A. City Municipal Dance Squad, a team of dancers to perform a

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for the Los Angeles Women's Community Basketball pickup league, which quickly grew a large following. Angela began offering workshops and created events called "Slightly Guided Dance Party" hosted by the

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with 300+ in attendance. Trimbur was featured in ''Time'' magazine in 2018, for building a unique community for women. In July 2018, Trimbur was diagnosed with

breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a re ...

. After undergoing treatment, Trimbur began hosting breast cancer support groups on

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to help others.

Career

Before acting, Trimbur was a contestant on the thirteenth season of

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's '' Road Rules: X-Treme''. She was a replacement for Kina Dean, and went on to help her team win the Final Reward. It was revealed in the "Stunt School" challenge that Trimbur wanted to be an actress. She also participated in the '' Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2''. Trimbur began her acting career training in scene study at

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's Playhouse West, and improv at the

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (shorter UCB Theatre) is an American improvisational theatre company and training center founded by the Upright Citizens Brigade troupe members Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh. Prior t ...

in Los Angeles. She has guest starred in episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Workaholics ''Workaholics'' is an American sitcom created and predominantly written by Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck, all of whom star in the series. ''Workaholics'' originally ran on Comedy Central from April 6, 2011, to Marc ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Hand of God'', and '' CSI: Cyber''. Her appearance on ''

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'' was featured in the opening credits for Season 6. Trimbur starred as Harley David in the 2009 slasher horror '' Halloween II''. The following year, she portrayed the supporting role of Sassy in the 2010 comedy film '' Freak Dance''. Also in 2010, Trimbur debuted an autobiographical show at the Los Angeles Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on her childhood titled ''Trapped: Life As A Homeschooled Jehovah's Witness''. She then co-starred in the 2011 drama film '' The Future'' and the 2013 comedy-drama ''

The Kings of Summer ''The Kings of Summer'' is a 2013 American independent coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Nick Robinson, Moisés Arias, Gabriel Basso, and Nick Offerman. The film premiered under its original title ''Toy's ...

''. In 2012, she played

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in the YouTube series ''

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''. In 2015, Trimbur gained praise for her supporting role as Tina in the horror comedy ''

The Final Girls ''The Final Girls'' is a 2015 American comedy horror film directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson and written by M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller. The film stars Taissa Farmiga and Malin Åkerman, with supporting performances from Adam DeVine, Tho ...

''. On April 28, 2015,

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bought an untitled comedy series created by Trimbur, Amanda Lund, and

Maria Blasucci Maria Blasucci is an American actress and comedy writer. She is best known for roles in television shows including ''Family Tree'' on HBO and ''Ghost Ghirls'' on Yahoo Screen. Her basketball team is the subject of ''The Pistol Shrimps'', a docum ...

, which focuses on a misfit, all-female basketball team in Los Angeles. , Trimbur and Blasucci have appeared in the 2016

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

The Pistol Shrimps ''The Pistol Shrimps'' is a 2016 Canadian-American documentary film about the all-female recreational basketball team of the same name, written and directed by Brent Hodge. The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Molly Hawkey, Angela Trimbur, Melissa Stetten ...

'', about the actual recreational basketball team of the same name, but no further news regarding the possible Comedy Central series is available.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trimbur, Angela 1981 births Living people 21st-century American actresses American film actresses American television actresses People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Actresses from Pennsylvania Road Rules cast members The Challenge (TV series) contestants