Angela Robinson Witherspoon

Angela started her acting journey when she was cast in her first speaking role opposite Eddie Murphy in "48 Hours", by famed producer Joel Silver. Walter Hill was the director and he subsequently cast Angela in another movie, "Crossroads", opposite Ralph Macchio. She then joined the Rainbow Theatre Company and worked closely with Juney Smith and Reed McCants performing classic plays of the African American experience. In 1983 she traveled to Cuernavaca, Mexico where she spent five weeks filming "Jungle Warriors" for German director, Ernst R. Von Theumer. She did all her own stunts and had the pleasure of working with Dennis Hopper and firing an AK47.

In 1985 she traveled to the Cannes Film Festival and had dinner with director Howard Avedis, who later cast her in "Kidnapped", a Warner Bros. film starring David Naughton, where she would meet her future husband, John Witherspoon. Angela, always looking to grow as an artist, started doing stand-up comedy. Angela asked John to help her with her stand-up routine and according to the story he did: He got her to stand right next to him for the next 30 years. Angela gave birth to two beautiful boys, and continued to work in film and television in "Ugly Betty", "Joan of Arcadia", "Soul Plane", "The Wayans Bros. ", "3rd Rock From The Sun", "L. A. Law", "The Meteor Man" and a starring role in "The Moment After", which she considers one of her proudest moments as an actress. Angela returned to the stage when she did a full production of the Theresa Rebeck play, "Loose Knit", at the Jewel Box Theatre. Today she is creating evidence and delivering product while studying at the Richard Lawson Studios under Richard Lawson. Richard teaches that artists are more interesting when they become content creators.