Angelica Bridges

{{Infobox person

| name = Angelica Bridges

| image = Angelica Bridges 2014.jpg

| caption = Angelica Bridges, December 4, 2014

| birth_name = Angelica Jo Bridges

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|11|20}}

| birth_place = Harrisonville, Missouri, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|singer}}

| years_active = 1995–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Sheldon Souray|2002|2007|end=divorced}}{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0812/nhl.celebrity.couples/content.15.html |title=Sean Avery and Rachel Hunter - NHL's Celebrity WAGs over the years - Photos - SI.com |access-date=2012-12-04 |archive-date=2013-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118221811/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0812/nhl.celebrity.couples/content.15.html |url-status=dead }}

| children = 2

| URL = {{URL|http://angelicabridges.com}}

}}

Angelica Bridges (born November 20, 1970) is an American actress, model, and singer. Bridges is best known for her role as Lt. Taylor Walsh on Baywatch.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096542/characters/nm0004774 | title=Baywatch (TV Series 1989–2001) - IMDb | website=IMDb }}

Career

Bridges was crowned Miss Missouri Teen. After arriving in Hollywood, Bridges signed with Elite Model Management. Bridges starred opposite Troy Aikman in a Brut cologne commercial directed by Zack Snyder. She was a ballroom dancing ingénue in an Emmy-nominated Super Bowl ad for American Express directed by David Kellog titled American Express – Virtual Reality.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

She was one of the first female models to represent the UFC in an ad campaign titled “Beauty and The Beast" in Maxim magazine. She had a three-year contract with Clairol. She starred alongside Kevin Costner in a print and television ad campaign for Italian shoe company Valverde.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

Bridges was voted as one of the 50 Most Watched Women in the World, by Esquire magazine, one of the 100 Most Beautiful Women in the World by FHM magazine and as one of the, 50 Sexiest Women in the World, by Maxim magazine.

Aside from being a regular on the television series Baywatch, Bridges returned to her character Lt. Taylor Walsh for the made for tv movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, which was filmed in Hawaii and also aired on Fox.{{cite web | url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/baywatch-hawaiian-wedding/cast/2030137464/ | title=Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding }}

Bridges has portrayed Red Sonja on screen, which was on the syndicated television series Conan the Barbarian.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0545492/?ref_=tt_cl_eps_sm_9 | title=Red Sonja | website=IMDb }}

Bridges was given a pictorial spread in Playboy magazine's November 2001 issue and featured as the issue's cover model.{{cite web |last1=Abowitz |first1=Richard |title=The fantastic journey of Angelica Bridges |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/18/fantastic-journey-angelica-bridges/ |website=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=15 October 2023 |language=en |date=18 November 2009}}{{cite web |title=Who Is 'Baywatch' Babe Angelica Bridges on Million Dollar Matchmaker? |url=https://2paragraphs.com/2016/09/who-is-baywatch-babe-angelica-bridges-on-million-dollar-matchmaker/ |website=2paragraphs.com |access-date=15 October 2023}}

Bridges has had recurring roles on The Days of our Lives, The Bold and The Beautiful, and Mortal Kombat. She has guest-starred on television shows, including, NYPD Blue, That 70's Show, Veronica Mars, Kitchen Confidential, Son of the Beach, Quintuplets, VIP, Suddenly Susan, Pacific Blue, Cybill, Metropolitan Hospital, The New Mike Hammer, Ask Harriett and Battle of the Bling on HGTV.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

Bridges appeared in a 2016 episode of Million Dollar Matchmaker (S1E10).{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=cNbKqn-JmWs | title='The Doormat & the Lazy Lion' Free Full Ep. 9 🤪 Million Dollar Matchmaker | website=YouTube | date=2 November 2020 }}

Bridges hosted the weekly series Spice. On VH1 in the UK. She was the series regular host for TBS's Big PlayStation Saturday and hosted an episode of Talk Soup as well as The Elite Model Look of the Year. She has been a correspondent and a red-carpet interviewer for The Young Hollywood Awards, The Breakthrough of the Year Awards. She has hosted her own segments, Top Secret Beaches and Beach Week for the Travel Channel.

Bridges was the lead singer of the pop group Strawberry Blonde. She previously starred in the Luxor show Fantasy in Las Vegas, albeit not as one of the dancers; she was the presenter and headlining singer.{{cite news |last=Abowitz |first=Richard |date=November 18, 2009 |title=The fantastic journey of Angelica Bridges. To court and back to stay onstage in Vegas |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/18/fantastic-journey-angelica-bridges/ |newspaper=Las Vegas Sun |accessdate=August 1, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801110425/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/18/fantastic-journey-angelica-bridges/ |archivedate=August 1, 2024 }}{{cite news |last=Katsilometes |first=John |author-link=John Katsilometes |date=August 1, 2010 |title=The Luxor Incident as seen from the inside; Dave Berns makes return to talk radio |url=https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2010/aug/01/luxor-incident-inside-dave-berns-makes-return-talk/ |newspaper=Las Vegas Sun |accessdate=August 1, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801110435/https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2010/aug/01/luxor-incident-inside-dave-berns-makes-return-talk/ |archivedate=August 1, 2024 }}

Personal life

Bridges was married to former NHL hockey player Sheldon Souray in 2002. Bridges filed for divorce in 2005, and the divorce was finalized in 2007. They have two daughters, Valentina and Scarlett.{{cite web|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/Actress-Seeks-14-Million-From-NHL-Star-Ex/|first=William|last=Dotinga|date=24 April 2013|accessdate=12 September 2018|title=Actress Seeks $14 Million From NHL Star Ex|publisher=Courthouse News Service}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1995

| California Heat

| Lisa

1999

| Mystery Men

| Furry

rowspan="2"| 2001

| Vegas, City of Dreams

| Masseuse

The Last Will

| Nicole

rowspan="2"| 2002

| Do It for Uncle Manny

| Redhead in Bar

The Month of August

| Emily

2003

| Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding

| Taylor Walsh

| TV movie

2004

| The Least Likely Candidate

| Glory

2014

| The Rent

| Alana

| Short

2015

| Batgirl Rises

| Poison Ivy

| Video

2017

| Axeman 2: Overkill

| Dungie

2018

| Louder

| Stella's Best Friend

rowspan="3"| 2019

| Aurora Chronicles of a Hero

| Carol "Doll Face" Dupont

| TV movie

The Letter Red

| Jenny

Your Family or Your Life

| Erica Hearns

| TV movie

2021

| Sarogeto

| Cindy Warburton

2023

| Axeman at Cutters Creek 2

| Dungie

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
rowspan="6"\| 1996 \| The Young and the Restless \| Melissa \| Episode: "Episode #1.5924"
Days of Our Lives \| Sharon Taylor \| Regular Cast
Silk Stalkings \| Ashley 'Buffy' Dodd \| Episode: "When She Was Bad"
Pacific Blue \| Ginger Delvecchio \| Episode: "Genuine Heroes"
NYPD Blue \| Bartender \| Episode: "Yes, We Have No Cannolis"
Night Stand \| Mary Kate \| Episode: "Militia Babes"
rowspan="2"\| 1997 \| Cybill \| Katrinka \| Episode: "Little Bo Beep"
Sunset Beach \| Girl at Party \| Episode: "Episode #1.61"
1997–98 \| Baywatch \| Taylor Walsh \| Main Cast: Season 8
rowspan="4"\| 1998 \| Ask Harriet \| Herself \| Episode: "Lips That Pass in the Night"
Suddenly Susan \| Anya \| Episode: "The Big Shalom"
Mike Hammer, Private Eye \| Girl in Towel \| Episode: "The Life You Save"
Conan the Adventurer \| Red Sonja \| Episode: "Red Sonja"
1998–99 \| Mortal Kombat Conquest \| Omegis \| Recurring Cast
1999 \| Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular \| Herself \| Episode: "Episode #1.23"
rowspan="2"\| 2000 \| V.I.P. \| Cleo Robbins \| Episode: "Vallery's Secret"
That 70s Show \| Model \| Episode: "Hyde's Father"
rowspan="2"\| 2001 \| The Test \| Herself/Panelist \| Episode: "The Foreplay Test"
Black Scorpion \| Shreik \| Episode: "Face the Music"
2001–02 \| Son of the Beach \| Areola \| Guest Cast: Season 2-3
2003 \| Ripley's Believe It or Not! \| Herself/Judge \| Episode: "Season Premiere!"
rowspan="2"\| 2004 \| Quintuplets \| Lynn \| Episode: "Get a Job"
The Bold and the Beautiful \| Paige \| Regular Cast
rowspan="2"\| 2005 \| Poorman's Bikini Beach \| Benchwarmer Model \| Episode: "Episode #7.2"
Kitchen Confidential \| Mrs. Goldfarb \| Episode: "Dinner Date with Death"
2006 \| Veronica Mars \| Sugar Jones \| Episode: "The Rapes of Graff"
2008 \| I Love the New Millennium \| Herself \| Episode: "2001" & "2003"
2009 \| Hannity \| Herself/Panelist \| Episode: "December 29, 2009"
2014 \| Unusually Thicke \| Tanya's Friend \| Episode: "Off the Grid"
rowspan="2"\| 2016 \| Million Dollar Matchmaker \| Herself \| Episode: "The Doormat and the Lazy Lion"
Deadly Sins \| Kelley Brennan \| Episode: "What's Mine Is Mine"
2017 \| Kicking & Screaming \| Herself \| Episode: "Welcome to the Jungle"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="6"| 1996

| The Young and the Restless

| Melissa

| Episode: "Episode #1.5924"

Days of Our Lives

| Sharon Taylor

| Regular Cast