- Nickname
- Ange
- Award winning and multi-award nominated actress Angela Asher began her career in the entertainment industry working internationally as a model before leaping into acting, performing both on the small and big screens.
She first gained recognition for her performance in Ken Finkleman's Married Life, which received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Ensemble In A Comedy.
Angela's turn in George F Walker's This Is Wonderland earned her a Gemini Award nomination for Best Actress- Guest Star In A Drama. Her role would later develop and she returned to the show the following season.
She garnered several Gemini Award nominations for her work on the popular television series 18 To Life, including Best Lead Actress In A Comedy and two concurrent nods for Best Ensemble In A Comedy.
In 2011 Crave Magazine named her one of the " Top Ten Canadian Actresses To Watch ".
Angela also received Canadian Comedy Award nominations for Best Actress In A Film for Touch Of Grey, Best Lead Actress in A Series and Best Ensemble In A Series for 18 To Life and in 2013 the cast of Bill&Sons Towing took home the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Ensemble In A Series.
Angela can be seen starring in the fourth season of the critically acclaimed drama series Hard Rock Medical and in the hit comedy series Workin' Moms.
- IMDb mini biography by: The Characters
- Husky voice
- Los Angeles Times Television critic Mary McNamara: "Angela Asher who may have the best voice in the biz since Kathleen Turner. " August 03, 2010 television review of '18 To Life'.
- Al Waxman nicknamed her Baby Bacall after Lauren Bacall due to a similar speaking voice.
- The daughter of immigrant parents. Her Mother from Brazil and her Father from Scotland. She is a first generation Canadian.
- Angela garnered multiple nominations for her work in 2011, including Two Gemini Awards nominations for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy and Best Ensemble in a Comedy for 18 To Life. At the Canadian Comedy Awards she received three nominations in the categories of Lead Actress in a Film for Touch Of Grey, Lead Actress in a Series and Best Ensemble in a Series for 18 To Life.
- Crave Magazine named Angela one of " The Top 10 Canadian Actresses To Watch " along with the likes of Molly Parker, Erin Karpluk, Krystin Pellerin, Lauren Lee Smith and Grace Lynn-Kung.
- " I am a prostitute of feelings and pretend to be other people for a living. " On acting 2016.
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