Angela Goethals
Angela Goethals was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 20th, 1977 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 47, Angela Goethals biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Angela Bethany Goethals (GOH-th?lz) is an American film, television, and stage actress who was born in May 20, 1977.
Goethals made her acting debut in Coastal Disturbances in 1987, and later appeared in Home Alone (1990).
Goethals went on to appear in numerous independent films and television shows, including a leading part in the sitcom Phenom (1993) and a small role in Jerry Maguire (1996). Goethals received a Bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1999. Before returning to acting in French, the actor will return to acting.
She appeared on 24 and gained acclaim for her role in Leslie Vernon's Rise (2005), a black comedy horror film.
Early life
Goethals was born and raised in New York City, New York, the daughter of Rosalind, a teacher and single mother who raised Angela and her sister Sara. She is a great-granddaughter of George Washington Goethals, the Panama Canal's chief engineer, and the namesake of New York's Goethals Bridge. Goethals, a cheerleader at Stuyvesant High School, was introduced to acting by actress Jeanie Hackett, a family friend who took her to several auditions. She began performing understudy to Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Widow Claire, an off-Broadway play written by Horton Foote at the age of nine. In a workshop performance of Booth: A House Divided, two years later, Goethals appeared as the daughter of Edwin Booth, portrayed by David Strathairn.
Career
Goethals appeared in her first movie, drama Rocket Gibraltar, two years later. The cast included Burt Lancaster, Kevin Spacey and Macaulay Culkin. Her sister Sara also had a small part. Later that year Goethals also 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 Phenom. She played Angela Doolan, a young tennis player struggling with the challenges of life including her single mother (Judith Light), obsessive tennis coach (William Devane) and bratty younger sister (Ashley Johnson). It ran for 22 episodes before being cancelled by network ABC in May 1994.
In 1990, Goethals played Linnie, the sister of main character Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), in Home Alone. The blockbuster family comedy, directed by Chris Columbus, is about a young boy facing two inept burglars when he's left home alone. The movie made nearly $500m worldwide. Goethals was one of only three main cast members not to return in the sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, two years later.
Goethals's next role in a blockbuster movie came in 1996's Jerry Maguire, a film that starred Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Renée Zellweger. Goethals played Kathy Sanders, Jerry's client who fakes tears when he calls her to inform her of his departure from the agency.
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.
2002 saw Goethals star as Polly in Comedy Central's first original movie, Porn 'n Chicken. 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. Later in 2002, Goethals also 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 life. Goethals played his 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 24. She played Maya Driscoll, the mentally ill daughter of then Director of CTU Los Angeles, Erin Driscoll. Maya appeared in six episodes (including one uncredited) before committing suicide in a bathroom at CTU between 5pm and 6pm on Day 4. Since then, Goethals has gone on to make guest appearances on the TV series Grey's Anatomy, CSI and Crossing Jordan.