Biography

Angela Sarafyan is a young actress who is most well known for her appearance in a Cingular Cell Phone commercial, so she's often referred to as the "Cingular Umbrella Girl".

Angela was born in 1983 and is currently single.

One of her earliest roles was on the TV series Judging Amy (2000). She then went on to do guest roles on series such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer (2002), The Shield (2004), The Division (2004), 24 (2006), and recently CSI:NY (2006).

For 2007, Angela guest starred in an episode of Cold Case. Also for 2007, she was involved in two feature film productions: On The Doll, and Kabluey (with Lisa Kudrow and Teri Garr), and A Beautiful Life with Dana Delany and Debi Mazar.

In 2008, Angela worked on a film with Billy Bob Thornton called The Informers, and will be appearing in a recurring role in a new USA Network series In Plain Sight.

 

I was recently able to ask Angela some questions, so please enjoy what she generously shared:

Angela's interest in movies and acting very early on:
Ever since I was four years old, I loved movies. This may sound ridiculous, but some of the very first films that had a profound affect on me were The Terminator, Terminator 2, and Robocop. I remember watching Arnold Schwartzenegger die and thinking, "that’s where I want to be, in a different world, in this other life, even if I must die for it".

My father told me it wasn’t real, but I wouldn’t believe him. I did see Arnold die with blood. But the next thing you know, he is playing Danny DeVito's twin. I tried to convince my father that he must have done the movie before The Terminator; but eventually I believed my dad. And decided that I wanted to be an actor.

My father was an actor, and he did not take me seriously - I also wanted to be a ballerina, a truck driver, a teacher, doctor, a store clerk, mother, a pediatrician, a mechanic, a cook, an astronaut, a scientist, an angel, a smurf (I liked where the smurfs live).

I loved all the cartoons, - Tom and Jerry, certainly Tom was my favorite - and I wanted to be a part of that family. Maybe Tom could be my cat, and I could be Donald Duck's girlfriend; I loved Donald from the Disney Cartoons, and the Looney Tunes.

So, now you can understand the mind of a four year old, or maybe just my mind, and why my dad didn’t take me seriously. But you see, through acting I could live these lives. OK, maybe not Donald Duck’s girlfriend, but it’s always fun to live in my imagination.

Training as an actress:
In terms of pursuing acting as a career, I must say it is fairly recent. In terms of training, I am always in pursuit; I study with a teacher who trained with Lee Strasberg at The Actor’s Studio as an actor and teacher and has been teaching for over 20 years. I have been studying with him for 3 years.

What does Angela do for fun?
I don’t know. Live. Be around people. There is no real good answer for that.

I don’t go to clubs, I don’t really have the typical fun that you would normally consider fun; I love to walk, and be around nature. I love nature.

I want to get a hybrid, or a nature loving car, so maybe I may drive more often. I just prefer walking.

I love to read.

You see, the most fun I have in my life, is being on Stage. I grew up on the stage: playing the piano classically, dancing ballet, singing in the choir, acting. I loved the communion between the audience and me. To be able to affect a single person, to be able to touch someone, to get them to forget all responsibility and just be in a different world for a moment. It is the most fun.

Tech much?
Well, I have a cell phone, and a computer, and an i-Pod. All of the above.

 

Last page update - 2007.05.15