Vanessa Angel

Born: November 10 1966
Where: London, UK

The former model and Baywatch babe first attracted attention when she mastered a Russian accent to appear in her feature debut Spies Like Us.

Subsequent career highlights for the Vogue and Cosmopolitan cover girl include Kissing A Fool and The Perfect Score.

A versatile actress, she studied under Sondra Lee and Frank Casaro at The Actors Studio in New York.

After Spies Like Us, roles included King of New York and Stop or My Mom Will Shoot opposite Sylvester Stallone as well as Kingpin with Eric Stoltz.

Angel, who considered changing her name because she thought it sounded like a porn star, was also first choice for the role of Xena: Warrior Princess.

On the big screen, she also appeared alongside Leslie Neilsen in Camouflage and Partners with Caspar Van Dien.

Recent work includes the art house movie The Perfect Score with Scarlett Johanssen.