Angela Kinsey Biography

Angela Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an American actress. She appeared as the uptight accountant Angela Martin on the NBC television series The Office.

Personal life

Kinsey was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. When she was two, her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where her father worked as a drilling engineer. They lived there for twelve years, and she attended the Jakarta International School. During this time she learned Indonesian, a language she still occasionally speaks. Her family then returned to the United States and settled in Archer City, Texas.

Kinsey studied English at Baylor University, where she became a member of the Chi Omega sorority, "took as many theatre classes as possible", and participated in the "Baylor in London" program. In a 2007 interview with the Baylor student newspaper, she discussed the influence of her years at the university:

Kinsey served as an intern on the NBC late night talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which she described as an "awesome" experience. She worked for the show's drummer Max Weinberg. The experience inspired Kinsey to take a coast-to-coast road trip with a friend from New York City to California.

She married Warren Lieberstein on June 18, 2000. He is the brother of Paul Lieberstein, who plays Toby Flenderson on The Office. She gave birth to their first child, Isabel Ruby Lieberstein, on May 3, 2008. On February 18, 2009, Us Weekly reported that Kinsey and her husband had separated. Her representative stated that the two continue to be friends. In June 2010, it was announced that Kinsey had filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences."

Blogging as her The Office character, Angela Martin, she has stated on MySpace that her hero is co-star Kate Flannery.

Kinsey said her grandmother, Lena May, does not watch The Office because she feels the protagonist Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, is too "vulgar". Kinsey said, "She'll say to me, 'Baby, we're so proud of you, I'm proud of you, but I do not care for the show and I do not watch it.'"

Kinsey is Presbyterian and attends Bel-Air Presbyterian Church.

Kinsey's character on The Office feeds feral cats in the office parking lot. In real life, Kinsey supports Alley Cat Allies, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to transforming communities to protect and improve the lives of cats.

Kinsey and The Office costar Jenna Fischer are close friends. Fischer is the godmother to Kinsey's daughter Isabel.

Career

After graduating from Baylor University in 1993, she got an internship with Late Night with Conan O'Brien, working for Max Weinberg. She then moved to Los Angeles and took improvisation classes with The Groundlings and at iO WEST (formerly known as "Improv Olympic West").

Following a two-woman show at iO, she was an operator at 1-800-Dentist and made small one-episode appearances in various sitcoms. She voiced the character "Angela" on two episodes of King of the Hill. In early 2005, she auditioned for the role of receptionist Pam Beesly for the American version of The Office. After producers told her she was "a little too feisty for Pam", she was called back to audition for the role of Angela Martin, which she won. She also appeared on Monk as a murderer named Arlene Boras in Mr. Monk and the Naked Man (2007) and Mr. Monk's 100th Case (2008).

In June 2007, Kinsey shared in the Daytime Emmy Award "Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy", for her work on The Office: Accountants, which is a series of webisodes.

Kinsey is one of several cast members of The Office to have a role in License to Wed, a film directed by Ken Kwapis, who often directs episodes of The Office.

Kinsey updated her MySpace blog with behind-the-scenes anecdotes of upcoming episodes of the series. She has also taken to organizing The Office cast outings:

Since summer 2011 she is the new spokesperson for Clairol hair products, appearing in television ads for Clairol Nice 'n Easy.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Career Suicide	Tammy	Short film
2007	License to Wed	Judith the Jewelry Clerk
2009	Tripping Forward	Jennifer
2010	Furry Vengeance	Felder
2012	Struck by Lightning	Counselor
2012	'	Hillbilly	Short film
2013	Hot Bot		Post-production
2013	All Stars	Debbie Shipman	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	King of the Hill	Angela (voice)	Episode: "How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying"
1998	King of the Hill	Angela (voice)	Episode: "Peggy's Pageant Fever"
1998	Step by Step	Simone	Episode: "Goin' to the Chapel"
2002	King of the Hill	(voice)	Episode: "I'm with Cupid"
2003	Run of the House	Maxine	Episode: "The Party"
2003	All of Us	Blanche Whitefish	Episode: "Tia Moves In"
2005-2013	'	Angela Martin	Main role (187 episodes)
2006	'	Angela Martin	Main role (10 episodes)
2007	Monk	Arlene Boras	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Naked Man"
2008	Monk	Arlene Boras	Episode: "Mr. Monk's 100th Case"
2008	'	Angela Martin	Episdoe: "The Explanation"
2009	'	Rachel	TV film
2010	'	Angela Martin	TV series
2010	American Dad!	Mia (voice)	Episode: "Merlot Down Dirty Shame"
2010	'	Angela Martin	Episode: "Lights, Camera, Action!"
2012	First Dates with Toby Harris	April	Episode: "Foreplay"
2013	Wilfred	Heather Williger	Episode: "Uncertainty"
2013	'	Gail Gabriel	TV film, post-production

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Won	Work
2007	Daytime Emmys	Outstanding Broadband Program	Yes	The Office
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Yes
2008	Screen Actors Guild Awards		Yes
	TV Land Awards	Future Classic Award	Yes