Angela Bettis
| Angela Bettis | |
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Angela Bettis, March 26, 2007
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Angela Marie Bettis January 9, 1973 Austin, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Education | Westlake High School |
| Alma mater | American Musical and Dramatic Academy |
| Occupation | Actress, producer, director |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Notable work | Janet Weber in Girl Interrupted (1999) May Dove Canady in May (2002) Carrie White in Stephen King's Carrie (2002) Belle Cleek in The Woman (2011) |
| Spouse(s) | Kevin Ford (divorced) |
| Parent(s) | Richard Joseph Bettis (father) Mary Lyn Guthrie (mother) |
| Relatives | Joseph Bettis (brother) |
Angela Marie Bettis (born January 9, 1973) is an American film and stage actress, film producer, and director best known for her lead roles in the 2002 TV adaptation of the Stephen King novel Carrie, the title character in May (2002), and in Girl, Interrupted as an anorexic psychiatric patient Janet Webber.
In addition to her work in film, Bettis also starred in two Broadway productions: The Father in 1996 with Frank Langella, and as Abigail Williams in a 2002 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible alongside Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
Bettis was born in Austin, Texas, to Mary Lynn (née Guthrie) and Richard Joseph Bettis, and graduated from Westlake High School. Her debut role was a lead in the romantic tragedy, Sparrow, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, at the age of eighteen. After that film she attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She later went on to star in a film called The Last Best Sunday, before supporting Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted and Kim Basinger in Bless the Child.
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