Angelica Page

Angelica Sue Page (née Torn; February 17, 1964) is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is the only daughter of actors Rip Torn and Geraldine Page. Credited as Angelica Torn in her early career, she legally and professionally changed her name to Angelica Page in September 2011.[1]

Angelica Page
Page in 2015
Born	Angelica Sue Torn February 17, 1964 New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Keith William Burkhardt ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 1992)​ Tim Williams ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2001)​ Dmitry Lipkin ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Rip Torn Geraldine Page

Page began her career as an understudy in the 1993 Broadway revival of Anna Christie, and made her feature film debut in Nobody's Fool (1994). In 1998, she starred in a Broadway production of Side Man, which earned her a Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress. She subsequently appeared in the films The Sixth Sense (1999), and the political drama The Contender (2000).

She continued to appear Off-Broadway throughout the 2000s, returning to Broadway with a supporting part in a 2012 revival of The Best Man. In 2015, she starred as her mother, Geraldine Page, in the touring stage production Turning Page, a biographical play which she also wrote. Additional film credits include Michael Imperioli's The Hungry Ghosts (2009), and the thriller Never Here (2017).

Early life

Page was born Angelica Torn in New York City on February 17, 1964 to actors Rip Torn and Geraldine Page.[2] She was raised in New York City, and has noted that her parents' marriage was turbulent and marked by frequent fighting.[3] Though she was encouraged by her mother to act, Page described herself as a "shy child"[4] and was resistant to pursuing it.[3] For a time, she had considered a career as a chef.[5] Page attended the Bank Street School for Children in Manhattan.[6]

After her mother's death in 1987, Page began exploring acting as a career option, as it had been her mother's "dying wish."[3] She commented: "My mother died before she ever had a chance to see me realize this dream that she apparently had for me, but never spoke of. She wanted me to make my own decisions, but then at the end when she realized she didn't have any time left, she made me promise."[4] Page studied acting at the William Esper Studio and HB Studios.[7]

Career

Page's first professional role was on Broadway as an understudy in the 1993 revival of Gore Vidal's Anna Christie.[8] She subsequently made her feature film debut in Nobody's Fool (1994), and appeared in several independent films before having a supporting role in M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense (1999).[9] Also in 2000, she had a supporting role in Amos Kollek's Fast Food Fast Women (2000), and in the Academy Award-nominated political drama The Contender (2000).[9] The following year, she had a supporting role as Patty opposite John Travolta in the thriller Domestic Disturbance (2001).[9]

On stage, Page received the Helen Hayes Award (Best Actress 2000) for her work in the Tony Award-winning Side Man at the Kennedy Center.[10] This followed closely after being honored with the New York People's Choice Award in the Best Supporting Actress category (1999) for her portrayal of Patsy, a role she originated for the same production.

Nominated for her second Helen Hayes Award (Best Actress 2010) for her portrayal of Ivy Weston in the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County (Broadway and National Tour), her performance was heralded as "revelatory" by the Chicago Tribune. On television, she appeared as Julia Brinn in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005); other television credits include Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Sopranos, 100 Centre Street, and As the World Turns. In 2009, she had a supporting role in the Michael Imperioli-directed drama The Hungry Ghosts.

In 2015, Page developed the one-woman show Turning Page, a biographical play in which she portrayed her mother.[3] The production opened in Los Angeles before touring nationally, and Charles McNulty of the Los Angeles Times praised it, writing: "For those who have been touched by Page's sorcery—and I personally don't know any great actor who hasn't been—Angelica's virtuosic conjuring of her mother's spirit is something to behold."[3] The production continued to tour into 2017.[11]

Other ventures

Page is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio[12] and serves on its board of directors. Actively involved with the charities PAVE and Opening Act, she is developing a foundation for the arts to foster emerging artists in her mother's name.

Personal life

Page married Keith William Burkhardt in 1984, and with him gave birth to a son,[5] Elijah (born 1985),[13] and a daughter. The couple divorced in 1992. She subsequently married to actor Tim Williams in 1998 after the two had met while performing in a 1996 stage production titled Strangers in the Land of Canaan, directed by her father.[7] She married Dmitry Lipkin in 2017.[14]

She had commented that she had a combative relationship with her father, stating: "He's a worthy adversary. He's a very strong personality. He's an amazing person, an amazing father, but sometimes there are certain things we don't see eye to eye on. I call him on it and we fight, just like anybody else."[4]

As of 2018, Page resided in Los Angeles, California.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Nobody's Fool	Ruby	Credited as Angelica Torn
1996	The Mouse	Mary Lou Strauss	Credited as Angelica Torn
1998	Wrestling with Alligators	Ruby	Credited as Angelica Torn
1999	Side Man	Patsy	Credited as Angelica Torn
1999	The Sixth Sense	Mrs. Collins	Credited as Angelica Torn
2000	Fast Food Fast Women	Vitka	Credited as Angelica Torn
2000	The Contender	Deirdre	Credited as Angelica Torn
2000	Songs in Ordinary Time	Astrid Haddad	Television film Credited as Angelica Torn
2000	Brooklyn Sonnet	Gina	Credited as Angelica Torn
2001	Domestic Disturbance	Patty	Credited as Angelica Torn
2001	Ruby's Bucket of Blood	Betsy Dupree	Television film Credited as Angelica Torn
2002	Fairie	Morgana	Credited as Angelica Torn
2003	Music	Babe	Short film Credited as Angelika Torn
2007	Light and the Sufferer	Marilla	Credited as Angelica Torn
2007	The Grand Inquisitor	Lady Di Jesus	Short film Credited as Angelica Torn
2008	Lucky Days	Virginia	Credited as Angelica Torn
2008	Nothing but the Truth	Molly Meyers	Credited as Angelica Torn
2008	The Golden Boys	Melissa Busteed	Credited as Angelica Torn
2009	The Hungry Ghosts	Roberta	Credited as Angelica Torn
2010	Mint Julep	Deirdre	Credited as Angelica Torn
2016	'79 Parts	Frick
2017	Never Here	Cleo Flitcraft
2018	Bonds	Doc
2018	The Turner Exhibit	Jeanette Turner	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Law & Order	Sarah Tabor	Episode: "Savages" Credited as Angelica Torn
1997	As the World Turns	Kit	1 episode Credited as Angelica Torn
1999	The Sopranos	Woman at Party	Episode: "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" Credited as Angelica Torn
2000	Deadline	Nurse	Episode: "Shock" Credited as Angelica Torn
2001	100 Centre Street		Episode: "Love Stories" Credited as Angelica Torn
2002	The Education of Max Bickford	Lindsay	Episode: "Money Changes Everything" Credited as Angelica Torn
2002	Law & Order	Georgina Woods	Episode: "Equal Rights" Credited as Angelica Torn
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Paula Connors	Episode: "Happy Family" Credited as Angelica Torn
2004	Line of Fire	Angela	Episode: "Eminence Front: Part 2" Credited as Angelica Torn
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Julia Brinn	Episode: "Quarry" Credited as Angelica Torn
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mrs. Evans	Episode: "Melancholy Pursuit"

Stage credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	Anna Christie	Marthy Owen (understudy) Anna Christopherson (understudy)	Criterion Center Stage Right	[8]
1996	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Regional production	[15]
1996	Strangers in the Land of Canaan		Off-Broadway	[7]
1998	Side Man	Patsy Terry (replacement)	John Golden Theatre Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress	[8]
2000	The Vagina Monologues	Ensemble	Off-Broadway	[16]
2003–2007	Edge	Sylvia Plath	Off-Broadway; touring production	[17]
2009	August: Osage County	Ivy Weston	Regional production Nominated—Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress	[18]
2011	The Radiant	Marie Curie	Regional production	[19]
2012	Psycho Therapy	Lily	Off-Broadway	[20]
2012	The Best Man	Catherine Mabel Cantwell (understudy) Alice Russell (understudy / replacement)	Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre	[8]
2014	My Old Lady	Chloe	Palm Beach Drama Works	[21]
2015	Turning Page	Geraldine Page	Touring production	[3]
2018	Because I Could Not Stop	Emily Dickinson	Off-Broadway	[22]

References

1. "Angelica's Torn No More". New York Post. September 8, 2011. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013.
2. Houseman, Victoria (1991). Made in Heaven: The Marriages and Children of Hollywood Stars. Los Angeles, California: Bonus Books. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-929-38724-6.
3. McNulty, Charles (March 8, 2015). "Angelica Page's 'Turning Page' a beguiling, uncanny tribute". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018.
4. Erstein, Hap (December 27, 2014). "Actress Angelica Page finds her own identity". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
5. Scheck, Frank (October 22, 2012). "A Page from her mother's life". New York Post. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018.
6. Brown, Dennis (February 24, 2010). "Angelica Torn, the daughter of Rip Torn and Geraldine Page, forges her own stage path". The Riverfront Times. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
7. "WEDDINGS; Angelica Torn, Timothy Williams". The New York Times. September 27, 1998.
8. "Angelica Page". Playbill. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
9. "Angela Torn Credits". TV Guide. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
10. BroadwayWorld Newsdesk (August 29, 2018). "Angelica Page to Lead Cast of Emily Dickinson Tale BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
11. Weinreich, Regina (February 28, 2017). "Angelica Page's Anxiety of Influence: Turning Page". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
12. Callahan, Dan (October 24, 2012). "A Torn Page: Angelica Page, NYC Theater Royalty". L Magazine. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
13. Beaufort, John (March 21, 1985). "Quest for English hearts -- and throne. N.Y.'s Mirror Rep tackles history; also, a slick comedy of relationships". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018.
14. Hoffman, Barbara (October 12, 2018). "Stage star Angelica Page gets smacked with leaves at Turkish baths". New York Post.
15. Playbill Staff (December 30, 1996). "Liz Ashley To 'Get the Guests' in FL Virginia Woolf Dec. 31". Playbill. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
16. Playbill Staff (November 7, 2000). "Jong, Torn and Velez Join Vagina Monologues OB, Nov. 7-26". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018.
17. Gans, Andrew (July 8, 2003). "Angelica Torn Is Sylvia Plath in Edge, July 8-Sept. 20". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018.
18. Marks, Peter (December 1, 2009). "Estelle Parsons is a force of nature in 'August: Osage County'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
19. Goyanes, Ily (March 23, 2011). "Angelica Torn Blinds Us With Science as Marie Curie in The Radiant at New Theatre". Miami New Times. Miami, Florida. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
20. Haun, Harry (February 5, 2012). "Once Known as Angelica Torn, the Daughter of American Acting Royalty Takes a "Page" Out of Her Mother's Book". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018.
21. Gans, Andrew (December 24, 2014). "THEIR FAVORITE THINGS: My Old Lady Star Angelica Page Shares Her Theatregoing Experiences". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018.
22. Brantley, Ben (October 3, 2018). "Review: A Captive Emily Dickinson in 'Because I Could Not Stop'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

External links

• Angelica Page at IMDb
• Angelica Page at AllMovie