All About Angela Kinsey

Personal life Kinsey was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. When Angela Kinsey was two, her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where her father worked as a drilling engineer. They lived there for twelve years, and Angela Kinsey attended the Jakarta International School. During this time Angela Kinsey learned the Indonesian language, which Angela Kinsey still knows. Her family then returned to the United States and settled in Archer City, Texas.

Kinsey studied English at Baylor University, where Angela Kinsey was a member of the Chi Omega sorority, "took as many theatre classes as possible", and participated in the "Baylor in London" program. In a 2007 interview with the Baylor student newspaper, Angela Kinsey discussed the influence of her years at the university: “It was the perfect place for me to grow into who I am and take the belief system that I had and incorporate it into my life.

It was a great place to go to school.” Angela Kinsey married Warren Lieberstein on June 18, 2000. He is the brother of Paul Lieberstein, who plays Toby Flenderson on The Office. Angela Kinsey gave birth to their first child, Isabel Ruby Lieberstein, on May 3, 2008. Present at the hospital was co-star and best friend Jenna Fischer.

On February 18, 2009, Us Weekly reported that Kinsey and her husband had separated. Her representative stated that the two continue to be friends. Blogging as her The Office character, Angela Martin, Angela Kinsey has stated on MySpace that her hero is co-star Kate Flannery. After graduating from Baylor University in 1993, Angela Kinsey got an internship with Late Night with Conan O'Brien, working for Max Weinberg. Angela Kinsey then moved to Los Angeles and took improvisation classes with The Groundlings and at iO WEST (formerly known as "Improv Olympic West").

Following a one-woman show at iO, Angela Kinsey was an operator at 1-800-Dentist and made small one-episode appearances in various sitcoms. Angela Kinsey voiced the character "Angela" on two episodes of King of the Hill. In early 2005, Angela Kinsey auditioned for the role of receptionist Pam Beesly for the American version of The Office. After producers told her Angela Kinsey was "a little too feisty for Pam", Angela Kinsey was called back to audition for the role of Angela Martin, which Angela Kinsey won.

In June 2007, Kinsey shared in the Daytime Emmy Award "Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy", for her work on The Office: Accountants, which is a series of webisodes. Kinsey is one of several cast members of The Office to have a role in License to Wed, a film directed by Ken Kwapis, who often directs episodes of The Office. Kinsey updates her MySpace blog with behind-the-scenes anecdotes of upcoming episodes of the series.

Angela Kinsey has also taken to organizing The Office cast outings: "I remember watching Friends and thinking, 'They really enjoy each other.' We, in fact, hang out" Kinsey is Presbyterian and attends Bel-Air Presbyterian Church