Angelica Page (née Angelica Torn; February 17, 1964) is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is the only daughter of the 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.
Page began her career 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 on February 17, 1964, to actors Rip Torn and Geraldine Page. She was raised in New York City, and has noted that her parents' marriage was turbulent and marked by frequent fighting. Though she was encouraged by her mother to act, Page described herself as a "shy child" and was resistant to pursuing it. Page attended the Bank Street School for Children in Manhattan.
After her mother's death in 1987, Page began exploring acting as a career option, as it had been her mother's "dying wish". 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." Page studied acting at the William Esper Studio and HB Studio.
Career Page's first professional role was on Broadway as an understudy in the 1993 revival of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie. 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). 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). The following year, she had a supporting role as Patty opposite John Travolta in the thriller Domestic Disturbance (2001).
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. 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. 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." The production continued to tour into 2017.
Personal life Page married Keith William Burkhardt in 1984, and with him gave birth to a son and a daughter. The couple divorced in 1992.
She subsequently married 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. The marriage ended in divorce in 2001.
She married television creator Dmitry Lipkin (FX, HBO) in 2017 in a private ceremony at Soniat House in New Orleans.
She has commented that she had a loving yet 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."
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 filmCredited 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 filmCredited as Angelica Torn 2002 Fairie Morgana Credited as Angelica Torn 2003 Music Babe Short filmCredited as Angelika Torn 2007 Light and the Sufferer Marilla Credited as Angelica Torn 2007 The Grand Inquisitor Lady Di Jesus Short filmCredited 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 episodeCredited 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 1993 Anna Christie Criterion Center Stage Right 1996 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Honey Regional production 1996 Strangers in the Land of Canaan Off-Broadway 1998 Side Man John Golden TheatreHelen Hayes Award for Best Actress 2000 The Vagina Monologues Ensemble Off-Broadway 2003–2007 Edge Sylvia Plath Off-Broadway; touring production 2009 August: Osage County Ivy Weston Regional productionNominatedHelen Hayes Award for Best Actress 2011 The Radiant Marie Curie Regional production 2012 Psycho Therapy Lily Off-Broadway 2012 The Best Man Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 2014 My Old Lady Chloe Palm Beach Drama Works 2015 Turning Page Geraldine Page Touring production 2018 Because I Could Not Stop Emily Dickinson Off-Broadway
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