Michaela Conlin (born June 9, 1978) is an American actress, best known
for her role as Angela Montenegro on the Fox crime procedural
comedy-drama Bones.Conlin was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to a
Chinese mother, an accountant, and a father of Irish descent, a
contractor.She performed in her first play at the age of seven, and
continued to appear on stage in numerous Pennsylvania community and
regional productions. She attended Parkland High School, where she
starred in productions of Bye Bye Birdie and The Crucible. After
graduating from high school in 1996, she moved to New York City to
study acting and was accepted into New York University's Tisch School
of the Arts. While working toward her Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Theater, she appeared in several productions at the Atlantic Theater
Company, the Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and Stonestreet
Studios Conservatory, and she traveled to Amsterdam to study with the
Experimental Theatre Wing's International Training Program.[citation
needed]Following her graduation from NYU, Conlin was chosen to be a
part of the cable documentary series The It Factor, which focused on
the lives of young actors in New York City. Soon after, she relocated
to Los Angeles, California, where she landed her first starring role
in the ABC drama series MDs, playing an idealistic young intern taken
under the wing of the hospital's two renegade doctors, played by
William Fichtner and John Hannah. She followed that with a leading
role in the ABC drama series The D.A., playing an outspoken political
consultant to Steven Weber's district attorney.
for her role as Angela Montenegro on the Fox crime procedural
comedy-drama Bones.Conlin was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to a
Chinese mother, an accountant, and a father of Irish descent, a
contractor.She performed in her first play at the age of seven, and
continued to appear on stage in numerous Pennsylvania community and
regional productions. She attended Parkland High School, where she
starred in productions of Bye Bye Birdie and The Crucible. After
graduating from high school in 1996, she moved to New York City to
study acting and was accepted into New York University's Tisch School
of the Arts. While working toward her Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Theater, she appeared in several productions at the Atlantic Theater
Company, the Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and Stonestreet
Studios Conservatory, and she traveled to Amsterdam to study with the
Experimental Theatre Wing's International Training Program.[citation
needed]Following her graduation from NYU, Conlin was chosen to be a
part of the cable documentary series The It Factor, which focused on
the lives of young actors in New York City. Soon after, she relocated
to Los Angeles, California, where she landed her first starring role
in the ABC drama series MDs, playing an idealistic young intern taken
under the wing of the hospital's two renegade doctors, played by
William Fichtner and John Hannah. She followed that with a leading
role in the ABC drama series The D.A., playing an outspoken political
consultant to Steven Weber's district attorney.
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