Angela Funovits (born July 29, 1987) is an American magician,

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, and

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. She has made television appearances in the United States and elsewhere.

Biography

Funovits was born and raised in

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. She became interested in magic at the age of 10 after watching '' Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed'', a

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TV program that revealed the secrets of magicians. Funovits began

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at age 11 after being scouted by an agent from

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and at age 16 she won the Miss Teen

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pageant. She graduated from Avon Lake High School in 2005 and entered the combined B.S./M.D. program at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, later forming a program where magicians teach magic tricks to children at a cancer support center in

. Funovits graduated from

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in the spring of 2013 and completed her

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in Cleveland, Ohio where she served as academic chief resident and was named recipient of the ''American Academy of Dermatology's Presidential Citation Award''. She went on to work as a dermatologist at Allied Dermatology and Skin Surgery, and continues to run a production company, Seraphim One, that she founded in 2006.

Appearances

* In October and November 2007, Funovits was the only female of ten mentalist contestants on the primetime

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series ''Phenomenon'', which was hosted by

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and judged by

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and

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. She finished as first runner-up on the series. * Funovits represented the US in the live German TV special ''Die besten Mentalisten der Welt'' on

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. The special was an addition to the German series '' The Next Uri Geller - Unglaubliche Phänomene live''. It featured Funovits (USA), (Switzerland), Aaron Crow (Netherlands), and

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(Israel). * ''W-1'', a Japanese TV special on the

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Network alongside Japanese magician Mr. Maric. * Funovits was one of the four expert magician "Wizards" on the SyFy series Wizard Wars. * Featured guest on NPR's ''

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'' with Arun Rath. * Featured performer on '' Penn & Teller: Fool Us'' on the CW network. * Featured performer on '' Masters of Illusion'' on the CW Network. * Featured performer on ''Don't Blink'' with guest

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, POPTV network. * Featured guest judge and performer on ' with Deddy Corbuzier on Indonesia's Trans7 network. * Featured guest on Indonesia's '. * Emcee and performer for the

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's 2017 President's Gala. * Featured guest on Germany's Johannes B. Kerner Show * Featured guest on the late-night syndicated radio talk show ''

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'', which often discusses topics of the paranormal. * In 2010 she was a presenter at

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's ideaCity in Toronto, Ontario. * Featured performer on ' on France's

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television network * Featured performer at

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in Hollywood. * Headlining performer at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno, Nevada. * Headlining performer at the

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at West Point. * In her second year of medical school, Funovits produced two fundraiser shows benefiting the

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and the Player's Guild Theatre in

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