Angie Harmon Biography

Fast Facts

• Has served as an ambassador for the organization UNICEF
• Supporter of a number of charities and organizations, including Alliance for Children's Rights, Dress for Success, Entertainment Industry Foundation Society and Stand Up to Cancer
• Has three children with professional American football cornerback Jason Sehorn, who she separated from in 2014 after 13 years of marriage
• Pursued a career as a model after graduating high school, working for designers Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani and Donna Karan
• Attended high school with future "Law & Order: SVU" actress Stephanie March
• Discovered by actor David Hasselhoff while riding on a plane with him
• Quote: "The grass is always greener․ When I'm not working, I would kill to have some sort of creative outlet other than, say, a coloring book․ And when I'm working, I want to do all those things I was griping about․"
• Best known for playing Detective Jane Rizzoli in "Rizzoli & Isles" and A․D․A․ Abbie Carmichael in "Law & Order․"
• Former NFL player Jason Sehorn proposed to her while she was taping an interview segment on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno․"
• Beat 63,000 other contestants in a national contest to appear on the cover of "Seventeen" magazine when she was 15