| Intro | American actress | ||
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Actor Television actor Film actor |
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| From | United States of America | ||
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||
| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 14 March 1975, Clovis, United States of America | ||
| Age: | 45 years | ||
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Angela Rockwood is an American model and actress, best known for roles in the syndicated television series V.I.P. and for the reality Television series Push Girls.
Early life
Born in Clovis, New Mexico, Rockwood is the oldest of four children of German-Thai descent and was raised in the Philippines, Spain, and Guam. At the age of 22, she moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles to finish art school and work with Michelle Bohbot and Bijan. She later turned down a job as a composite sketch artist for the LAPD and instead accepted a modeling job for designer Michelle of Bisou Bisou.
Car crash
On September 3, 2001, Rockwood was involved in a car crash on California’s Interstate 5 Highway between San Francisco and Los Angeles during a Labor Day weekend. While they were returning late at night from visiting her maid of honor for her then-upcoming marriage to Dustin Nguyen, the driver (also one of her bridesmaids) lost control of the car. It swerved violently across the road before hitting a rock face and flipping several times before hitting the safety rail and plunging over the bank. Vietnamese actress Thuy Trang (who was 27 years old) was killed in the crash after she sustained internal injuries.
Rockwood was thrown from the vehicle before its final impact and was rendered a quadraplegic. Doctors gave her a 3% chance of regaining motor skills and feeling below her neck. Through physical therapy, she regained partial motion in her left index finger two months after the crash. Three months later, she could touch the top of her head. In 2003, she received stem cell treatments in Portugal that allowed her to eventually use a manual wheelchair.
Post-crash career
In 2012, The Sundance Channel announced the creation of Push Girls, a reality television series about living with paralysis in Hollywood produced by Gay Rosenthal, which cast Rockwood among “four dynamic, outspoken and beautiful women” in the Los Angeles area.
Personal life
Rockwood was married to actor Dustin Nguyen in February 2002. They separated and divorced in 2011.
Filmography
| Year | Name | Type | Directors | Writers | Stars |
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| 2012 | CinemAbility | Documentary | Ben AffleckMichael AptedAdam Arkin | ||
| 2012 | The Jeff Probst Show | TV Series | Jeff ProbstLisa Ann RussellYvette Nicole Brown | ||
| 2013 | Katie | TV Series | Katie CouricJimmy Kimmel | ||
| 2012-2013 | Push Girls | TV Series | Tiphany AdamsAuti Angel | ||
| 2013 | Walking in My Sleep | Documentary | Tiphany AdamsAuti Angel | ||
| 2014 | Angela Rockwood Interview | Short | |||
| 2014 | Daniel J. Baker: Well | Short | Jensen Atwood | ||
| 2015 | Beverly Hills Royal | TV Series documentary | Estella Sneider | ||
| 2018 | CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Documentary | Ben AffleckBryan CranstonJane Seymour (actress) | ||
| My Next Breath | Documentary | Geri JewellJamie BrewerNorman Lear | |||
| My Next Breath | Documentary | Geri JewellJamie BrewerNorman Lear | |||
| 2001 | The Fast and the Furious | uncredited | Rob Cohen | Gary Scott Thompson | Vin DieselPaul WalkerMichelle Rodriguez |
| 2001 | V.I.P. | TV Series | Pamela AndersonMolly CulverShaun Baker | ||
| 2015 | Handy Man: Mummy | Short | |||
| 2018 | This Close | TV Series | Shoshannah SternZach Gilford | ||
| Pen pals | filming |