to see her resume
and acting credits as well as her a visual demo of her work).
Angel’s one-woman show, Starting Over, placed in the finals of
the playwright division in the 1995 Talent Fest Competition. She is
currently working on a rewrite of the show in preparation for an
industry showcase in 2001. She is a winner of America’s Funniest
People and she has appeared on BET’s Comic View and Show
Me the Funny.
Harper is the founder of Smile Productions and
produced the comedy showcase, Comedy Flavors. She is active in
the Comedians Caucus. (Proverbs 17:22): "A cheerful heat is good
medicine." Her comic style has been labeled, "Classy comedy
with a cutting edge." She has stepped back from comedy this last
year to create a new approach that will be a mixture of her former
comedy style and topical and conscious technique.
Harper is an award-winning voice-over performer.
She received two consecutive awards (Achievement In Radio Awards) for
her outstanding work in the voice-over industry. Her voice versatility
ranges from commercials, narrations, ADR work and cartoons such as Rug
Rats, Monsters, and Captain Planet, to name a few. Her voice will be
heard in Denzel Washington’s new film, Hurricane. Weekdays her
comedic voice can be heard on the Tom Joyner Morning Show as Doctor
Cotton and Coral in the zany radio soap It’s Your World (www.voicedatabase.com/angelharper).
Harper is an active member of WIA (Women in Animation). She is in the
process of producing an animation for the 2nd annual
Christian Film Festival in June 2001.
In addition, she received an award for Outstanding
Achievement from the American Women in Radio and Television for
producing the documentary, Due Process of the Law.
Harper is also a writer. Her book, Master the
Art of Cold Reading, is available at Barnes &
Noble or Samuel French Bookshop (www.coldreading.com).
She is planning a book tour to colleges in 2001. Angel is a member of
both AFTRA and SAG unions.
Harper is very excited about her latest venture
with Behealthylifestyles.com. She is the entertainment health reporter
for this new website. In this role, she will be investigating the latest
health tips for actors. She will also be a movie critic; "Eyes
on the Movies" will be one of her feature reports. Visit
Behealthylifestyles.com and click on Health-E!
for a complete overview.
Like most actors, Harper has other career
interests. She has had a lucrative career in broadcast sales and
marketing. She has worked in radio, television, and cable TV. She also
is a graduate of The Urban League School of Technology, where she
studied computer programming. Currently she is working part-time for
Investment Relations for Exchangemall.com.
She is originally from Harlem, in New York City.
Her mother was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. Her
father is from Hookerton, North Carolina. She enjoys her ethnic mix and
shares the humor of her heritage with her audience.
Harper graduated from Cornell University, with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Radio and Television Production. Following
her education, she moved to Washington, D.C. There, she enjoyed success
in both broadcast sales and acting. Currently, Angel is single, born
again Christian. She attends church at the International Church of
Christ in Hollywood, California and she is active with the NAACP in
Hollywood.
Harper believes: (Proverbs 6:13) Submit to the
Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."
