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'Angela Kinsey' (born June 25, 1971) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, perhaps best known as the uptight accountant Angela Martin on the NBC sitcom ''The Office''.

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Biography

Early life

Career

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Kinsey was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. When she was two, her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia and lived there for twelve years, where she attended the prestigious Jakarta International School. Her family then returned to the United States and settled in Archer City, Texas.^[1]
Kinsey studied English at Baylor, where she was a member of the Chi Omega sorority, "took as many theatre classes as possible", and participated in the "Baylor in London" program. In a 2007 interview with the Baylor student newspaper, she talked about the influence that her years at Baylor had on her:

Career

After graduating from Baylor University in 1993,^[2], she got an internship with ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. She then moved to Los Angeles and took improvisation classes with The Groundlings and Improv Olympic.
Following a one-woman show at Improv Olympic, she was an operator at 1-800-Dentist and made small one-episode appearances in various sitcoms.^[3] She voiced another Angela on two episodes of ''King of the Hill''. In early 2005, she auditioned for the role of receptionist Pam Beesly for the American version of ''The Office''. After producers told her she was "a little too feisty for Pam," she was called back to audition for the Angela Martin role, which she won. In June 2007, Kinsey shared in a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy, for her work on '' webisodes.^[4]
Kinsey is one of several castmembers of ''The Office'' to have a role in ''License to Wed'', a film directed by Ken Kwapis, who often directs episodes of ''The Office''.
Kinsey updates her MySpace blog with behind-the-scenes anecdotes of upcomings episodes of the series.^[5] She has also taken to organizing ''Office'' cast outings: "I remember watching ''Friends'' and thinking, 'They really enjoy each other.' We, in fact, hang out".^[6]

References

1. Murphy, Joel. "One on one with... Angela Kinsey" ''Hobotrashcan.com'' 1-2. Retrieved March 3, 2006.
2. From a Baylor Classroom to the hit ''The Office'' a February 2007 article from the Baylor University website
3. Internet Movie Database, The. "Angela Kinsey" Retrieved March 3, 2006.
4. 34th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Emmy Awards, from the Emmy Awards website
5. Angela Kinsey on MySpace
6. Lynch, Lorrie (2006). "Who's News". USA Weekend, April 14-16, 2006, Page 2

External links

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