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词条 Angela Rockwood
释义

  1. Early years

  2. Car accident

  3. Post-accident career

  4. Personal life

  5. References

  6. External links

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|3|14}}
| birth_place = Clovis, New Mexico, U.S.
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| notable works = The Fast and the Furious
| occupation = Actress, model
| spouse = {{marriage|Dustin Nguyen|2002|2011|end=divorced}}
}}Angela Rockwood is an American model and actress, best known for her roles in The Fast and the Furious and the syndicated television series V.I.P.

Early years

Rockwood is the oldest of four children of German-Thai descent and was raised overseas in the Philippines, Spain, and Guam. At the age of 22, she moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles, to finish art school and work with Michelle Bohbot and Bijan. She would later turn down a job as a composite sketch artist for the LAPD, and instead accepted a modeling job for designer Michelle of Bisou Bisou.

Car accident

On September 3, 2001, Rockwood was involved in a car accident on California's Interstate 5 Highway between San Francisco and Los Angeles during a labor day weekend. While they were returning late at night from visiting her maid of honor for her then-upcoming marriage to Dustin Nguyen, the driver (also one of her bridesmaids) lost control. The car swerved into the roadside rock face, flipped, hit the safety rail and plunged down an embankment. Vietnamese actress Thuy Trang (who was 27 years old) was tragically killed in the crash after she sustained internal injuries.

Rockwood was thrown out of the vehicle through a window before its final impact, but was rendered a quadraplegic.[1] Doctors gave her a 3% chance of regaining motor skills and feeling below her neck. Through physical therapy, she regained partial motion in her left index finger two months after the accident. Three months after the accident, she could touch the top of her head. In 2003, Rockwood received Stem cell treatments in Portugal that allowed her to eventually use a manual wheelchair.

Post-accident career

In 2012, The Sundance Channel announced the creation of the series Push Girls, a reality television series about living with paralysis in Hollywood produced by Gay Rosenthal, which cast Rockwood among "four dynamic, outspoken and beautiful women" in the Los Angeles area.[2][3]

Personal life

Rockwood was married to actor Dustin Nguyen in February 2002. They separated and divorced in 2011.[4]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.modelmayhem.com/602020|title=NAMFAH-Angela Rockwood|publisher=|accessdate=3 February 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/push-girls/about/|title=About|publisher=|accessdate=3 February 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2087916/Push-Girls-Meet-wheelchair-bound-stars-groundbreaking-new-reality-show.html|title=Sexy, spirited... and paralysed: Meet the wheelchair-bound stars of a groundbreaking new reality show|publisher=|accessdate=3 February 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/push-girls/profiles/angela-rockwood/|title=Angela Rockwood|publisher=|accessdate=3 February 2017}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|2776641}}
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