Vanessa Madeline Angel (born 10 November 1966) is an English actress
and former model. She played the role of Lisa on the television series
Weird Science. She is also known for her role as Claudia in the film
Kingpin. She gained worldwide recognition by playing Megan on the hit
show Baywatch in 1991.Angel, who has said this is her birth name and
not a stage name, was born 10 November 1966 in London, the daughter of
Elizabeth and Peter Angel, a stockbroker. She was discovered by a
model-management agent in a London cafe as a teenager. At 16, she was
signed by Ford Models and moved to New York City. During her modelling
stint, Angel appeared on the covers of Vogue and Cosmopolitan. She was
also contracted as the Diet Pepsi Girl.Angel's first film role was in
the 1985 American comedy, Spies Like Us, in which she played a soldier
in the Soviet Strategic Missile Forces who sleeps with Dan Aykroyd's
character; she also appears in the accompanying Paul McCartney video.
In 1990, she appeared in a small role in the film King of New York.
Angel continued to appear in films throughout the early 1990s. After a
leading guest-spot on TV's The Equalizer, she played the recurring
roles of Megan on Baywatch and Detective Peggy Elliott on Reasonable
Doubts. She guest-starred in two episodes of Melrose Place, playing
what she described as "this crazy, drugged out, bisexual supermodel
who kissed [the character played by] Daphne Zuniga!"
and former model. She played the role of Lisa on the television series
Weird Science. She is also known for her role as Claudia in the film
Kingpin. She gained worldwide recognition by playing Megan on the hit
show Baywatch in 1991.Angel, who has said this is her birth name and
not a stage name, was born 10 November 1966 in London, the daughter of
Elizabeth and Peter Angel, a stockbroker. She was discovered by a
model-management agent in a London cafe as a teenager. At 16, she was
signed by Ford Models and moved to New York City. During her modelling
stint, Angel appeared on the covers of Vogue and Cosmopolitan. She was
also contracted as the Diet Pepsi Girl.Angel's first film role was in
the 1985 American comedy, Spies Like Us, in which she played a soldier
in the Soviet Strategic Missile Forces who sleeps with Dan Aykroyd's
character; she also appears in the accompanying Paul McCartney video.
In 1990, she appeared in a small role in the film King of New York.
Angel continued to appear in films throughout the early 1990s. After a
leading guest-spot on TV's The Equalizer, she played the recurring
roles of Megan on Baywatch and Detective Peggy Elliott on Reasonable
Doubts. She guest-starred in two episodes of Melrose Place, playing
what she described as "this crazy, drugged out, bisexual supermodel
who kissed [the character played by] Daphne Zuniga!"
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