Angela Funovits
{{short description|American magician, mentalist, and physician}}
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Angela Funovits (born July 29, 1987) is an American magician, mentalist, and dermatologist. She has made television appearances in the United States and elsewhere.
Biography
Funovits was born and raised in Avon Lake, Ohio. She became interested in magic at the age of 10 after watching Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed, a Fox Network TV program that revealed the secrets of magicians.{{cite news | url= http://itricks.com/news/?p=457 | title=The iTricks Valentine: Angela Funovits | publisher=iTricks |date=2007-02-14 | access-date =2008-02-10}} Funovits began modeling at age 11 after being scouted by an agent from Elite Model Management and at age 16 she won the Miss Teen Cleveland pageant.{{cite news | url=http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-reveals-identities-of-phenomenon-contestants-and-host-5912.php | title=NBC reveals the identities of 'Phenomenon' contestants and host | publisher=Reality TV World |date=2007-10-11 | access-date =2008-02-10}}
She graduated from Avon Lake High School in 2005 and entered the combined B.S./M.D. program at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, later forming a program where magicians teach magic tricks to children at a cancer support center in Cleveland.{{cite news | url=http://burr.kent.edu/archives/2007/spring/controversy.htm | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080925060212/http://burr.kent.edu/archives/2007/spring/controversy.htm |archive-date= September 25, 2008 |title=Miss Controversy | publisher=The Burr |date=Spring 2007 | access-date = February 10, 2008}} Funovits graduated from Northeast Ohio Medical University in the spring of 2013{{cite news|url=http://neomed.meritpages.com/Angela-Funovits/810110?expand=2011562|title=Angela Funovits Achievements|date=Spring 2013|access-date=2014-02-08|publisher=Merit Pages}} and completed her dermatology residency at Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio where she served as academic chief resident and was named recipient of the American Academy of Dermatology's Presidential Citation Award. She went on to work as a dermatologist at Allied Dermatology and Skin Surgery, and continues to run a production company, Seraphim One, that she founded in 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.angelafunovits.com/about-1/|title=About Angela Funovits}}
Appearances
- In October and November 2007, Funovits was the only female of ten mentalist contestants on the primetime NBC series Phenomenon, which was hosted by Tim Vincent and judged by Criss Angel and Uri Geller.{{cite news | url=http://www.nbcumv.com/entertainment/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20071010000000-nbcannouncestimvi.html | title=Identities of the 10 Carefully Selected Mystifying Contestants Revealed | publisher=NBC Universal Media Village |date=2007-10-10 | access-date =2008-02-10}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} She finished as first runner-up on the series.
- Funovits represented the US in the live German TV special Die besten Mentalisten der Welt on ProSieben. The special was an addition to the German series The Next Uri Geller - Unglaubliche Phänomene live. It featured Funovits (USA), {{Interlanguage link multi|Vincent Raven (mentalist)|de|3=Vincent Raven (Mentalist)|lt=Vincent Raven}} (Switzerland), Aaron Crow (Netherlands), and Lior Suchard (Israel).{{cite news | url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196724/
| title= Die besten Mentalisten der Welt (2008) | publisher=IMDB |date=2008-03-04 | access-date =2008-03-14}}
- W-1, a Japanese TV special on the Fuji Television Network alongside Japanese magician Mr. Maric.{{cite news
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|archive-date=2008-04-11
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- Funovits was one of the four expert magician "Wizards" on the SyFy series Wizard Wars.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/08/17/340633697/on-wizard-wars-contestants-must-make-magic-from-the-mundane|title=Angela Funovits on NPR|website=NPR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818235914/http://www.npr.org/2014/08/17/340633697/on-wizard-wars-contestants-must-make-magic-from-the-mundane|archive-date=2014-08-18|url-status=dead}}
- Featured guest on NPR's All Things Considered with Arun Rath.
- Featured performer on Penn & Teller: Fool Us on the CW network.{{Cite web|url=http://www.angelafunovits.com/filmography/|title=Angela Funovits Filmography}}
- Featured performer on Masters of Illusion on the CW Network.
- Featured performer on Don't Blink with guest Matthew Moy, POPTV network.
- Featured guest judge and performer on {{Interlanguage link multi|The Next Mentalist|id|The Next Mentalist}} with Deddy Corbuzier on Indonesia's Trans7 network.
- Featured guest on Indonesia's {{Interlanguage link multi|Hitam Putih|id|Hitam_Putih_(acara_TV)}}.
- Emcee and performer for the American Academy of Dermatology's 2017 President's Gala.
- Featured guest on Germany's Johannes B. Kerner Show{{cite news | url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199989/ | title= Johannes B. Kerner Show, Die: Episode dated 11 March 2008 (2008) | publisher=IMDB |date=2008-03-11 | access-date =2008-03-14}}
- Featured guest on the late-night syndicated radio talk show Coast to Coast AM, which often discusses topics of the paranormal.
- In 2010 she was a presenter at Moses Znaimer's ideaCity in Toronto, Ontario.{{cite web|url=http://www.ideacityonline.com/speaker/angela-funovits/|title=Angela Funovits|website=ideacity}}
- Featured performer on {{Interlanguage link multi|La Soirée de l'étrange|fr|La_Soirée_de_l'étrange}} on France's TF1 television network
- Featured performer at The Magic Castle in Hollywood.
- Headlining performer at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno, Nevada.
- Headlining performer at the United States Military Academy at West Point.{{Cite web |url=http://angelafunovits.com/home.html |title=.: Angela Funovits :: Internationally Renowned Mentalist & Illusionist |access-date=2011-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707142403/http://www.angelafunovits.com/home.html |archive-date=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead }}
- In her second year of medical school, Funovits produced two fundraiser shows benefiting the American Cancer Society and the Player's Guild Theatre in Canton, Ohio.{{cite news|url=http://www.neoucom.edu/releases.php?release=247 |title=NEOUCOM student to demonstrate mystical talents at fundraiser |publisher=NEOUCOM News Releases |date=Fall 2010 |access-date=2011-03-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126073219/http://neoucom.edu/releases.php?release=247 |archive-date=2010-11-26 }}
References
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External links
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Category:Kent State University alumni
Category:People from Avon Lake, Ohio
Category:Northeast Ohio Medical University alumni
Category:21st-century American women physicians
Category:21st-century American physicians