Angela Goethals
Angela Goethals | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Vassar College |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1987–present |
Notable work | Home Alone, Jerry Maguire, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon |
Angela Bethany Goethals (/ˈɡoʊθəlz/ GOH-thəlz;) is an American film, television and stage actress. Goethals made her acting debut in the Broadway production of Coastal Disturbances in 1987, and later played the sister of Macaulay Culkin's character in Home Alone (1990). Throughout the 1990s, Goethals went on to star in several independent films and television shows, including a leading role on the sitcom Phenom (1993), as well as a small role in Jerry Maguire (1996).
In 1999, Goethals graduated from
Early life
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Goethals was born and raised in New York City, the daughter of Rosalind, a teacher who raised Angela and her sister Sara. She is a great-great-granddaughter of George Washington Goethals, the chief engineer of the Panama Canal, and namesake of New York's Goethals Bridge.
She was a
Career
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Goethals' first movie role was in Rocket Gibraltar in 1988. Her sister Sara also had a small part. Later that same year, she appeared in Heartbreak Hotel, a film directed by Chris Columbus about the fictional kidnapping of Elvis Presley.
Goethals's first starring role came in the 1993 TV series
In 1990, Goethals played Linnie, the sister of main character Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), in
In 1999, Goethals graduated from the private liberal arts college, Vassar, with a bachelor's degree in French, in which she is fluent, and she rode in the IHSA Zone II Region 1 at the Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter level. In February 2002, she moved back to Los Angeles to pursue film and television. That year, she starred as Polly in Comedy Central's first original movie, Porn 'n Chicken.[2] The movie was based on the true story of the Porn 'n Chicken Club at Yale University. Its members gathered weekly to eat fried chicken and watch porn. The club made headlines in 2001 when members announced plans to make their own porn film, entitled "The StaXXX". Despite a trailer being released for their film, it was never finished and no further footage ever emerged.[3] Later in 2002, she starred in the 1980s based sitcom Do Over. The show featured Penn Badgley as 34-year-old Joel Larsen, catapulted back in time to 1981 and forced to relive his school years. Goethals played Larsen's sister, Cheryl. Between 2003 and 2004, Goethals made guest appearances on the popular TV series Boston Public, Six Feet Under and Without a Trace, as well as playing a minor role in the Adam Sandler romantic comedy, Spanglish.
In 2005, Goethals made a recurring guest appearance on the TV show
Awards and nominations
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She was nominated four times to a Young Artist Award at the
Theatre
- Coastal Disturbances (Broadway, 1987) .... Miranda Bigelow
- Approaching Zanzibar (Off-Broadway, 1989) .... Pony Blossom
- The Good Times Are Killing Me (Off-Broadway, 1991) .... Edna Arkins
- Four Baboons Adoring the Sun (Broadway, 1992) .... Halcy
- Picnic (Broadway, 1994) .... Millie Owens
- Hazelwood Jr. High (Off-Broadway, 1998)
- True History and Real Adventures (Off-Broadway, 1999)
- Be Aggressive (2001) .... Hannah
- Blur (2001) .... Dot DiPrima
- The Mandrake Root (2001) .... Kate Randall/Young Man
- As You Like It (2002) .... Rosalind
- House of Blue Leaves(2008) .... Little Nun
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Off-Broadway, 2009) .... Honey
- Nothing Sacred (2010) .... Becky Shaw
- Long Day's Journey into Night (2017) .... Kathleen
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | Dawn Black | Daniel Petrie |
1988 | Heartbreak Hotel | Pam Wolfe | Chris Columbus |
1990 | Home Alone | Linnie McCallister | Chris Columbus |
1991 | Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole | Bree Levy | Amos Poe |
1991 | V.I. Warshawski | Katherine "Kat" Grafalk | Jeff Kanew |
1996 | Jerry Maguire | Kathy Sanders | Cameron Crowe |
2001 | Storytelling (segment: "Fiction") | Elli | Todd Solondz |
2002 | Changing Lanes | Sarah Windsor | Roger Michell |
2003 | Stealing Christmas | Noelle Gibson | Gregg Champion |
2004 | Spanglish | Gwen | James L. Brooks |
2006 | Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | Taylor Gentry | Scott Glosserman |
2018 | P.T.A-Holes (short film) | Mona | Caroline Gordon Elliot |
TBA | B4TM | Taylor Gentry | Scott Glosserman |
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1989 | The Equalizer | Amber Sweeny |
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1993–94 | Phenom | Angela Doolan |
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2000 | Madigan Men | Sara |
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2002 | The Education of Max Bickford | Danielle Hodges |
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2003 | Boston Public | Sheila Mercer |
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2003 | Miss Match | Jessica |
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2003 | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire | Katie Shaw |
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2002–03 | Do Over | Cheryl Larsen |
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2004 | Six Feet Under | Cindy |
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2004 | Without a Trace | Kelly Corcoran |
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2005 | 24 | Maya Driscoll |
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2005 | Clubhouse | Sister Hillary |
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2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Kelly Roesch |
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2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Suzie Gables |
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2006 | Crossing Jordan | Deborah |
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2007 | Boston Legal | Officer Ellen Belott |
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2009 | Life | Patty York |
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2010 | Law & Order | Maura Scott |
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2010 | Royal Pains | Ginnie |
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Traitor in My House | Louise Van Lew | |
2002 | Porn 'n Chicken | Polly | Comedy Central film |
2003 | Stealing Christmas | Noelle Gibson | USA Network film |
References
- ^ Home Alone at boxofficemojo.com, retrieved March 3, 2007.
- ^ Porn 'n Chicken on the Comedy Central Milestones page (see 10.13.2002) Archived January 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; retrieved March 3, 2007.
- ^ Yale Daily News Archived March 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved March 3, 2007.
External links
- Angela Goethals at IMDb