Is Angie Harmon related to Mark Harmon?
HOLLYWOOD is filled with famous families, with children often following in their parents' footsteps, and younger siblings catching the acting bug from an older relative.
Angie and Mark share the same last name and played similar roles in the shows NCIS and Rizzoli & Isles, leaving TV fans wondering whether the actors are related.
Who is Angie Harmon?
Angie Harmon is an American actress and model.
She was born on August 10, 1972, in Highland Park, Texas.
She is best known for her role as Detective Jane Rizzoli on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles.
The crime drama earned her a Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series or Special in 2012, along with a People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress in 2015.
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Before hitting it big with her TNT series, Angie also played Ronica Miles in Agent Cody Banks, and had roles on Baywatch Nights and Law & Order.
Before gaining international fame, Angie was a professional model, who won the 1987 Seventeen modeling contest.
She became a well-known model in the early 1990s, as she walked the runway for high-end fashion brands like Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, and Donna Karan.
Angie was previously married to former NFL player Jason Sehorn, with whom she shares three children: daughters Finley, Avery, and Emery.
The couple announced their separation in November 2014, after 13 years of marriage.
After separating from Sehorn, Angie was in a relationship with – and even engaged to – fellow actor Greg Vaughan.
Vaughan is known for his roles on the soap operas The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, and Days of Our Lives.
The duo broke off their engagement in 2021.
On April 1, 2024, Harmon shared some devastating news on her Instagram.
She revealed that her beloved dog, Oliver, was allegedly shot and killed by an Instacart driver delivering groceries to the actress's home.
Who is Mark Harmon?
Mark Harmon is an American actor, producer and former football quarterback.
He was born on September 2, 1951, in Burbank, California.
Despite being the starting quarterback for the 1972 and 1973 UCLA Bruins, Mark never entered the NFL Draft.
Instead, he garnered international attention with his role on St Elsewhere – which led to him being named Sexiest Man Alive by People in 1986.
After spending the majority of the 1990s as a character actor, he played Secret Service special agent Simon Donovan in The West Wing, where he received an Emmy Award nomination in 2002.
His character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, was introduced on NCIS in 2003.
After portraying Gibbs on NCIS for 18 seasons, Mark left the show in October 2021.
Mark has been married to fellow actress Pam Dawber since 1986.
The longterm couple share two sons together, including Sean, who played a young Gibbs in several NCIS episodes.
Are Angie Harmon and Mark Harmon related?
Despite the coincidence that both Angie and Mark have the same last name, the actors are not related.
Mark, the youngest of three children, was born to two famous parents.
His mother was Hollywood starlet Elyse Knox and appeared in films like The Mummy’s Tomb and Army Wives.
Mark’s father was an American Heisman Trophy-winning football player and a decorated war hero named Tom Harmon.
On the other hand, Angie was born to Daphne and Lawrence Paul "Larry" Harmon, a hospital information network executive.
Her mother is of Greek descent while her father has German and Irish ancestry.
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She rose to fame by working as a child model, eventually winning a Seventeen modeling contest in 1987 along with a Spectrum Model Search contest in the 1990s.
Angie was reportedly "discovered" in a chance encounter on a plane by David Hasselhoff, leading to her role in Baywatch Nights.