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Angela Goethals
Goethals in 2019
Born
New York City, U.S.
Alma materVassar College
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present
Notable workHome Alone, Jerry Maguire, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Angela Bethany Goethals (/ˈɡoʊθəlz/ GOH-thəlz;) is an American film, television and stage actress. Goethals made her acting debut in the Broadway production of Coastal Disturbances in 1987, and later played the sister of Macaulay Culkin's character in Home Alone (1990). Throughout the 1990s, Goethals went on to star in several independent films and television shows, including a leading role on the sitcom Phenom (1993), as well as a small role in Jerry Maguire (1996).

In 1999, Goethals graduated from Vassar college with a B.A. in French before returning to acting. In 2005, she landed a recurring guest appearance on 24, and also gained recognition and critical acclaim for her starring role in the black comedy horror mockumentary Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006).

Early life

Goethals was born and raised in New York City, the daughter of Rosalind, a teacher who raised Angela and her sister Sara. She is a great-great-granddaughter of George Washington Goethals, the chief engineer of the Panama Canal, and namesake of New York's Goethals Bridge.

She was a cheerleader at Stuyvesant High School and was introduced to the acting world by actress Jeanie Hackett, a family friend, who took her to several auditions. At the age of nine she got her first professional acting job, as the understudy to Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Widow Claire, an off-Broadway play written by Horton Foote. Two years later [when?] Goethals appeared as the daughter of Edwin Booth, portrayed by David Strathairn, in a workshop production of Booth: A House Divided, at The Players, New York City.

Career

Goethals' first movie role was in Rocket Gibraltar in 1988. Her sister Sara also had a small part. Later that same year, she appeared in Heartbreak Hotel, a film directed by Chris Columbus about the fictional kidnapping of Elvis Presley.

Goethals's first starring role came in the 1993 TV series Phenom. She played Angela Doolan, a young tennis player struggling with the challenges of life including her single mother (Judith Light), obsessive tennis coach (William Devane) and bratty younger sister (Ashley Johnson). It ran for 22 episodes before being cancelled by network ABC in May 1994.

In 1990, Goethals played Linnie, the sister of main character Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), in Home Alone. The blockbuster family comedy, directed by Chris Columbus, is about a young boy facing two inept burglars when he's left home alone. The movie made nearly $500m worldwide.[1] Goethals was one of only three main cast members not to return in the sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, two years later. Her next role in a blockbuster movie came in 1996's Jerry Maguire, a film that starred Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renée Zellweger and Regina King. Goethals played Kathy Sanders, Jerry's client who fakes tears when he calls her to inform her of his departure from the agency.

In 1999, Goethals graduated from the private liberal arts college, Vassar, with a bachelor's degree in French, in which she is fluent, and she rode in the IHSA Zone II Region 1 at the Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter level. In February 2002, she moved back to Los Angeles to pursue film and television. That year, she starred as Polly in Comedy Central's first original movie, Porn 'n Chicken.[2] The movie was based on the true story of the Porn 'n Chicken Club at Yale University. Its members gathered weekly to eat fried chicken and watch porn. The club made headlines in 2001 when members announced plans to make their own porn film, entitled "The StaXXX". Despite a trailer being released for their film, it was never finished and no further footage ever emerged.[3] Later in 2002, she starred in the 1980s based sitcom Do Over. The show featured Penn Badgley as 34-year-old Joel Larsen, catapulted back in time to 1981 and forced to relive his school years. Goethals played Larsen's sister, Cheryl. Between 2003 and 2004, Goethals made guest appearances on the popular TV series Boston Public, Six Feet Under and Without a Trace, as well as playing a minor role in the Adam Sandler romantic comedy, Spanglish.

In 2005, Goethals made a recurring guest appearance on the TV show 24. She played Maya Driscoll, the mentally ill daughter of then Director of CTU Los Angeles, Erin Driscoll. Maya appeared in six episodes (including one uncredited) before committing suicide in a bathroom at CTU between 5pm and 6pm on Day 4. She went on to make guest appearances on Grey's Anatomy, CSI, and Crossing Jordan.

Awards and nominations

She was nominated four times to a Young Artist Award at the Young Artist Awards: in 1989 for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Fantasy for Heartbreak Hotel (1988), in 1991 for Best Young Actress Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Home Alone (1990), in 1992 for Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture for V.I. Warshawski (1991) and in 1994 for Youth Actress Leading Role in a Television Series for Phenom (1993).

Theatre

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director
1988 Rocket Gibraltar Dawn Black Daniel Petrie
1988 Heartbreak Hotel Pam Wolfe Chris Columbus
1990 Home Alone Linnie McCallister Chris Columbus
1991 Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole Bree Levy Amos Poe
1991 V.I. Warshawski Katherine "Kat" Grafalk Jeff Kanew
1996 Jerry Maguire Kathy Sanders Cameron Crowe
2001 Storytelling (segment: "Fiction") Elli Todd Solondz
2002 Changing Lanes Sarah Windsor Roger Michell
2003 Stealing Christmas Noelle Gibson Gregg Champion
2004 Spanglish Gwen James L. Brooks
2006 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Taylor Gentry Scott Glosserman
2018 P.T.A-Holes (short film) Mona Caroline Gordon Elliot
TBA B4TM Taylor Gentry Scott Glosserman
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1989 The Equalizer Amber Sweeny Season 4, Episode 15
1993–94 Phenom Angela Doolan Season 1 (main role, 22 episodes)
2000 Madigan Men Sara Season 1, episode 7
2002 The Education of Max Bickford Danielle Hodges Season 1, episode 21
2003 Boston Public Sheila Mercer Season 3, episode 13
2003 Miss Match Jessica Season 1, episode 11
2003 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire Katie Shaw Season 1 (main role, 7 episodes)
2002–03 Do Over Cheryl Larsen Season 1 (main role, 15 episodes)
2004 Six Feet Under Cindy Season 4, episode 1
2004 Without a Trace Kelly Corcoran Season 3, episode 1
2005 24 Maya Driscoll Season 4 (recurring role – 5 episodes)
2005 Clubhouse Sister Hillary Season 1, episode 10
2005 Grey's Anatomy Kelly Roesch Season 2, episode 3
2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Suzie Gables Season 6, episode 9
2006 Crossing Jordan Deborah Season 5, episode 18
2007 Boston Legal Officer Ellen Belott Season 3, episode 22
2009 Life Patty York Season 2, episode 14
2010 Law & Order Maura Scott Season 20, episode 23
2010 Royal Pains Ginnie Season 2, episode 10
Television Film
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Traitor in My House Louise Van Lew
2002 Porn 'n Chicken Polly Comedy Central film
2003 Stealing Christmas Noelle Gibson USA Network film

References

  1. ^ Home Alone at boxofficemojo.com, retrieved March 3, 2007.
  2. ^ Porn 'n Chicken on the Comedy Central Milestones page (see 10.13.2002) Archived January 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; retrieved March 3, 2007.
  3. ^ Yale Daily News Archived March 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved March 3, 2007.
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