Angelica Page (née Angelica Sue Torn; February 17, 1964) is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is the only daughter of actors

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and

Geraldine Page Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924June 13, 1987) was an American actress. With a career which spanned four decades across film, stage, and television, Page was the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Geraldine Page, numer ...

. Credited as Angelica Torn in her early career, she legally and professionally changed her name to Angelica Page in September 2011. Page began her career in the 1993

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revival of ''

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'', and made her feature film debut in '' Nobody's Fool'' (1994). In 1998, she starred in a Broadway production of ''

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'', which earned her a

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for Best Actress. She subsequently appeared in the films ''

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'' (1999), and the political drama '' The Contender'' (2000). She continued to appear

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throughout the 2000s, returning to Broadway with a supporting part in a 2012 revival of '' The Best Man''. In 2015, she starred as her mother, Geraldine Page, in the touring stage production '' Turning Page'', a biographical play which she also wrote. Additional film credits include

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's ''

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'' (2009), and the thriller ''

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'' (2017).

Early life

Page was born Angelica Sue Torn on February 17, 1964, in New York City to actors

and

. She was raised in New York City, and has noted that her parents' marriage was turbulent and marked by frequent fighting. Though she was encouraged by her mother to act, Page described herself as a "shy child" and was resistant to pursuing it. Page attended the Bank Street School for Children in Manhattan. After her mother's death in 1987, Page began exploring acting as a career option, as it had been her mother's "dying wish". She commented: "My mother died before she ever had a chance to see me realize this dream that she apparently had for me, but never spoke of. She wanted me to make my own decisions, but then at the end when she realized she didn't have any time left, she made me promise." Page studied acting at the

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and

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Career

Page's first professional role was on

as an

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in the 1993 revival of

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's ''

''. She subsequently made her feature film debut in '' Nobody's Fool'' (1994), and appeared in several independent films before having a supporting role in

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's ''

'' (1999). Also in 2000, she had a supporting role in

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's '' Fast Food Fast Women'' (2000), and in the

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-nominated political drama '' The Contender'' (2000). The following year, she had a supporting role as Patty opposite

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in the thriller ''

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'' (2001). On stage, Page received the

(Best Actress 2000) for her work in the Tony Award-winning ''

'' at the

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. This followed closely after being honored with the New York People's Choice Award in the Best Supporting Actress category (1999) for her portrayal of Patsy, a role she originated for the same production. Nominated for her second Helen Hayes Award (Best Actress 2010) for her portrayal of Ivy Weston in the

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- and

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-winning '' August: Osage County'' (Broadway and National Tour), her performance was heralded as "revelatory" by the ''

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''. On television, she appeared as Julia Brinn in '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2005); other television credits include '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2009, she had a supporting role in the

-directed drama ''

''. In 2015, Page developed the one-woman show '' Turning Page'', a biographical play in which she portrayed her mother. The production opened in Los Angeles before touring nationally, and Charles McNulty of the ''

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'' praised it, writing: "For those who have been touched by Page's sorcery—and I personally don't know any great actor who hasn't been—Angelica's virtuosic conjuring of her mother's spirit is something to behold." The production continued to tour into 2017.

Other ventures

Page is a lifetime member of the

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who actively supports charities and is considered acting royalty.

Personal life

Page married Keith William Burkhardt in 1984, and with him gave birth to a son, Elijah, and a daughter named Tana. The couple divorced in 1992. She subsequently married actor Tim Williams in 1998 after the two had met while performing in a 1996 stage production titled ''Strangers in the Land of Canaan'', directed by her father. The marriage ended in divorce in 2001. She married television creator Dmitry Lipkin (FX, HBO) in 2017 in a private ceremony at Soniat House in New Orleans. She has commented that she had a loving yet combative relationship with her father, stating: "He's a worthy adversary. He's a very strong personality. He's an amazing person, an amazing father, but sometimes there are certain things we don't see eye to eye on. I call him on it and we fight, just like anybody else."

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage credits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Angelica 1964 births Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Manhattan American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses American people of Austrian descent American people of Czech descent American people of German descent American people of Moravian-German descent Bank Street College of Education alumni