:Angela Jones
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Angela Jones
|image=
|caption=Angela Jones in Curdled, 1996
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1968|12|23}}
|birth_place=Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States
|alma_mater=Point Park University
|occupation=Actress
|years_active= 1991–present
}}
Angela Jones (born December 23, 1968) is an American actress.
Early life and education
Jones was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and then raised in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, where she graduated in 1986. She is a graduate of Point Park College in Pittsburgh.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/896026/Angela-Jones|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117182501/https://movies.nytimes.com/person/896026/Angela-Jones|archivedate=January 17, 2010|title=Angela Jones|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2010|accessdate=2012-04-03}}
Career
While attending graduate school at the Oslo Conservatory of Performing Arts in Sarasota, Florida,{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90104049/|url-access=subscription |title=Keeping Up with Jones|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|page=84|last=Uricchio, Marylynn|date=October 6, 1996|accessdate=September 16, 2017}} Jones was cast in the short film Curdled (1991), directed by Reb Braddock.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE6DC143CF934A1575AC0A960958260|accessdate=2012-04-03|work=The New York Times|title=Mopping Up After Murders|authorlink=Lawrence Van Gelder|author=Van Gelder, Lawrence|date=1996-09-27}} Quentin Tarantino was impressed with her performance and created the role of Esmarelda Villalobos for her in Pulp Fiction, inspired by her earlier role.{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/203250739/ |url-access=subscription |title= Braddock Gains Familiar Fan in Creation of New Film |work= Northwest Herald |page=80 |first= Jeffrey |last= Westhoff |date= October 4, 1996 |accessdate= September 16, 2017}} Tarantino then executive produced a 1996 remake of Curdled, in which she also starred.Bailey, Jason (2013). Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece, Voyageur Press, {{ISBN|978-0760344798}}. p. 88.
In rock musician Slash's 2007 biography Slash, it was mentioned that while recording the soundtrack for the film Curdled, the two had a brief relationship.{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/32621668/Slash-Autobiography-by-Slash|work=Scribd.com |title=Slash Autobiography - pages 211, 212|authorlink= Slash (musician)|author=Slash|date= 2018-05-27}} Jones was the inspiration for Slash's song "Obsession Confession" that he wrote for the Curdled soundtrack, with Slash stating that he and his band were fascinated by her after seeing her in Pulp Fiction.{{cite magazine|author=Llewellyn, Howell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aA4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22angela+jones%22+curdled&pg=PA58|title=Spain's Sánchez Teams Up With Slash|magazine=Billboard|date=March 15, 1997|page=58|accessdate=September 9, 2017}}
Selected filmography
- Curdled (1991, short film) .... Gabriela Ponce
- Strapped (1993) .... Woman at Clinic
- Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Esmeralda Villalobos
- Curdled (1996, executive producer Quentin Tarantino) .... Gabriela Ponce
- Underworld (1996) .... Janette
- Fatal Encounters (1997) .... Monica Wilder
- Morella (1997) .... Dr.Patricia Morella / Sarah Lynden
- Pariah (1998) .... Angela{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Pariah (1998) FILM REVIEW; Entering The Ranks Of Racists|authorlink=A. O. Scott|first=A. O.|last=Scott|date=February 18, 2000|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE7DD1131F93BA25751C0A9669C8B63}}
- Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) .... Charlotte
- Back to Even (1998) .... Kim
- Man on the Moon (1999) .... Hooker
- Family Secrets (2001) .... Mary Drake
- House at the End of the Drive (2006) .... Felicia
- Chillerama (2011) .... Train Passenger
- Butt Boy (2019) .... Doctor Morean
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0427484}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:Actresses from Pennsylvania
Category:People from Jeannette, Pennsylvania
Category:Point Park University alumni