Angela Martin
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| Angela Martin | |
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| First appearance | Pilot |
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| Gender | Female |
| Age | early 30s |
| Occupation | Accountant |
| Portrayed by | Angela Kinsey |
| Created by | Greg Daniels |
Angela Martin is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. She is played by Angela Kinsey.
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[edit] Overview
Angela Martin is the head of the accounting department at the fictitious paper distributor Dunder-Mifflin. Judgmental and uptight, Angela frowns upon all frivolous activity in the office and appears to have a particular dislike for office receptionist Pam Beesly.
[edit] Biography
In addition to heading the accounting department, Angela is also the office safety officer. She is a constant source of complaints to Human Resources, although she "redacts" those lodged against Dwight Schrute at the onset of their secret romance. Angela lives with several cats, adores posters of infants posed as adults, is a vegetarian and a singer. When she makes a mistake, Angela's first response is usually to shift the blame to someone else. Despite being homophobic, she is a secret fan of Will and Grace and Harry Connick Jr. She is a former child beauty pageant contestant, and says that she enjoys being judged. Angela bottles up her emotions to the point that, on occasion, she has private, emotional outbursts over relatively trivial matters. She claims to weigh ninety pounds. Angela drives a Ford Focus. Angela also seems to be somewhat of a Fundamentalist Christian. She states that the two books she would bring with her if stranded on a desert island are the Bible and A Purpose Driven Life. Further, she would bring The Da Vinci Code, "to burn it."
Angela has a sister, whom she has not spoken to in sixteen years over a disagreement she does not even remember.
[edit] Season 1
Angela is established as a strict and stubborn office worker, who needs things to be perfect. She appears to be a prime example of an authoritarian personality. She is also in charge of the Party Planning Committee and is often at odds with Phyllis Lapin. She clashes with Phyllis over decorations and details of office parties, and is shocked when Phyllis bluntly tells her, "I don't like you." When it is noted that red streamers are bad during Meredith Palmer's party, she blames it on Phyllis, though it seems to be her fault.
[edit] Season 2
Angela refuses to accept the "Tight Ass" award at the 8th Annual Dundie Awards. When she sees Kelly give Dwight (her secret love interest) a small kiss in the episode "Christmas Party", she gets angry and throws Christmas ornaments outside the building. Though she is a constant source of complaints to Human Resources (she and Oscar Martinez fight over her poster of babies playing instruments, which she got from Toby Flenderson for Christmas), she redacts those lodged against Dwight—who calls her "monkey"—at the onset of their secret romance. She has a bobblehead doll made in Dwight's likeness as a Valentine's Day gift, and receives a key to his house in return. Angela hints that she has a crush on Pam's fiance Roy and admits that she would choose Roy over Jim if pressed on the matter. She oversees the Party Planning Committee of the branch with Pam and Phyllis (and at one time, Ryan, the office temp), which she rules with an iron fist. Usually when a committee member suggests an idea, Angela immediately shoots it down with a mean comment or sharp rebuke.
[edit] Season 3
Angela is disgusted at the revelation that Oscar is gay, and does not bother to hide it. In "The Convention", she secretly follows Dwight to the office supply convention in Philadelphia under the name "Jane Doe" and gets a room which Jim accidentally enters, though it does not appear he knows it is her. She also forces the idea onto Dwight to overthrow Michael as Regional Manager, which does not work. She has a good first impression of Andy Bernard when he shows up on his first day with a cat screensaver. When Angela rudely shoots down an idea proposed by Karen Filippelli, the Party Planning Committee defiantly splits into two groups and two parties. Angela holds the less popular one, to which only Kevin, Phyllis, and Hannah come, while Pam and Karen lead the more popular one. Eventually the two parties merge back into one. In "Travelling Salesmen", it is suggested that Angela's middle name might be Noelle.
Her refusal to allow Dwight to publicize their relationship prevented him from exonerating himself against suspicion of disloyalty and forced his resignation. Dwight returns to Dunder-Mifflin after she clears his name while preserving the secrecy of their relationship.
| Characters of The Office (US version) |
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Main characters |
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Michael Scott | Jim Halpert | Pam Beesly | Dwight Schrute | Ryan Howard |
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Minor characters |
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Accounting: Angela Martin | Oscar Martinez | Kevin Malone |
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Miscellaneous characters |
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Katy | Devon | Carol Stills | Bob Vance | Josh Porter | Billy Merchant | Tony Gardner | Martin Nash | Hannah Smoterich-Barr | Stacy | Brenda Matlow | Hank Tate | Ed Truck | Mose Schrute |
