Angela Featherstone
Angela Featherstone (born 3 April 1965) is an actress and writer.
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Born | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | 3 April 1965
Occupation | Actress, Writer, Curator |
Years active | 1991- present |
Career
Featherstone began her career as a fashion model, working with photographers such as Irving Penn, David Bailey, and Bruce Weber. She is best known for playing Chloe in Friends, the Maid on Seinfeld, and the fiancée (Linda) who left Adam Sandler's character (Robbie) at the altar in The Wedding Singer. Most recently, she played the role of Maggie on Showtime's Ray Donovan, as well as Jame on Girls for HBO.
Angela lives in Los Angeles, where she is a screenwriter. She's written sitcoms for Sony, DreamWorks, and NBC television, and published nonfiction in Time, Jane, Flare, The Huffington Post, DAME and Zoomer. Her essay, God Said No, published in the 2014 edition of Gargoyle Magazine, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
In 2011, she curated the critically acclaimed photographic exhibit, Fuck Pretty at the Robert Berman Gallery.
Angela, a survivor of foster care, has been a foster care reform activist since 2011. She curated the Heart Gallery for the Children's Action Network 2011–2018, and mentors a child in foster care through KIDSAVE.
In 2015, Angela lectured at the ICAN Nexus 2015 Training Conference ‘Violence in the Home and its Effects on Children’ and recently, was a consultant on the important Netflix documentary, Cracked Up directed by Michelle Esrick.
Proud alumni of UCLA Extension Writer's Program; Personal Essay & Memoir, she is currently completing her memoir.
In 2020, Angela created CA 501(c)(3)https://www.theppp.us; a healing school for youth transitioning from foster care.
Featherstone appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on 30 November 2016.
Filmography
Movies
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Frantic | Extra | Uncredited |
1992 | Army of Darkness | Girl in S Mart | Uncredited |
1994 | Dark Angel: The Ascent | Veronica | Direct to Video |
1995 | The Pompatus of Love | Times Square Kisser | |
1996 | Illtown | Lilly | |
1997 | Con Air | Ginny | |
1998 | Zero Effect | Jess | |
1998 | The Wedding Singer | Linda | |
1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Caitlyn | |
1999 | Rituals and Resolutions | Mirabell | Short |
2000 | Takedown | Julia | |
2000 | The Guilty | Tanya Duncan | |
2000 | Skipped Parts | Delores | |
2000 | Ivans Xtc | Amanda Hill | |
2001 | Soul Survivors | Raven | |
2002 | Pressure | Amber | |
2002 | One Way Out | Gwen Buckley | |
2003 | Reeseville | Judith Meyers | |
2006 | Mother | Carolyn | Short |
2006 | Love Hollywood Style | Cathy Sherman | |
2008 | What Doesn't Kill You | Katie | |
2009 | The Soloist | Commuter #1 | Uncredited |
2010 | Beneath the Dark | Sandy | |
2016 | My Dead Boyfriend | Norma |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | The Kids in the Hall | Strip Club On-looker | 1 Episode, Episode #3.1 |
1993 | Northern Exposure | Carla | 1 Episode, Jaws of Life |
1994 | New York Undercover | Angela Mancini | 1 Episode, Garbage |
1995 | The Wright Verdicts | Michelle Farnon | 1 Episode, Sins of the Father |
1995 | Family of Cops | Jackie Fein | TV Movie |
1997 | Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops 2 | Jackie Fein | TV Movie |
1997 | Friends | Chloe | 2 Episodes |
1997–1999 | Cracker | Det. Hannah Tyler | 14 Episodes |
1998 | Seinfeld | Cindy | 1 Episode, The Maid |
2000 | Jack & Jill | Lucy | 3 Episodes |
2000 | Providence | Andi Paulsen | 9 Episodes |
2002 | Federal Protection | Leigh Kirkindall | TV Movie |
2003 | Dragnet | Amy Halsted | 1 Episode, Let's Make a Deal |
2003 | The Twilight Zone | Kate Graham | 1 Episode, Burned |
2003–2004 | The Guardian | Suzanne Pell | 10 Episodes |
2006 | Caved In: Prehistoric Terror | Samantha Palmer | TV Movie |
2006–2009 | Exes & Ohs | Kris | 14 Episodes |
2010 | Huge | Teal | 2 Episodes |
2013 | Girls | Jame | 1 Episode, Bad Friend |
2016 | Ray Donovan | Mental Patient | 1 Episode, The Texan |