{{Short description|New Zealand actress}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Angela Dotchin | birth_name = Angela Marie Dotchin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|03|31}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | occupation = Actress (formerly), personal assistant | years_active = 1992–2005 | website = | spouse = | partner = | children = }} '''Angela Marie Dotchin''' (born 31 March 1974 in Auckland) is a retired actress best known for her roles as Kirsty Knight in ''Shortland Street'', and as Emilia Rothschild in ''Jack of All Trades'' and for starring as Kora on ''Young Hercules''.

==Personal life== Dotchin was born on 31 March 1974. Her father is a businessman of Welsh ancestry, with whom she travelled extensively, before the family returned to New Zealand in 1985. Dotchin also has an older sister. She attended Meadowbank Primary, in Meadowbank, Auckland and Selwyn College, in Kohimarama, Auckland.

Dotchin was in a relationship with New Zealand actor, Temuera Morrison for six years.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tony Wall |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/2904634/Temuera-Morrison-waiting-for-the-Next-Big-Thing |title=Temuera Morrison – Waiting for the next big thing |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=27 September 2009 |accessdate=15 March 2011}}</ref>

==Career== In 1990, at the age of sixteen, Dotchin began modelling. Her first audition was for the role of Kirsty Knight in the long-running soap opera ''Shortland Street''. Shortland Street was set in a private hospital, and Kirsty was one of the two receptionists. Later she moved 'upstairs', where she became PA to the clinic's medical director.

North American audiences were introduced to Angela by her roles in the ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' series, as well as the Hercules spin-off show ''Young Hercules''. Her popularity from these roles helped her land a starring role opposite Bruce Campbell in the short-lived television series ''Jack of All Trades''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/person/angela-dotchin|title=Angela Dotchin {{!}} NZ On Screen|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en|others=NZ On Screen|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref>

Subsequently, she has appeared as Auckland private investigator Jodie Keane in a trilogy of made-for-TV thrillers: ''Lawless'', ''Lawless: Dead Evidence'' and ''Lawless: Beyond Justice''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/angela_marie_dotchin/|title=Angela Marie Dotchin|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref>

Dotchin moved to the United Kingdom in 2002, and currently works as a personal assistant in the fashion industry.<ref>{{cite web|author=Elmo |url=http://www.throng.co.nz/2007/04/where-are-they-now/ |title=Where are they now |publisher=Throng.co.nz |date=22 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024073621/http://www.throng.co.nz/2007/04/where-are-they-now/ |accessdate=15 March 2011|archive-date=24 October 2018 }}</ref>

== Filmography ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1992–1998 |''Shortland Street'' |Kirsty Knight |TV series |- |1998 |''Xena: Warrior Princess'' |Soraya |Episode: "Tsunami" |- |1998–1999 |''Young Hercules'' |Kora |18 episodes |- |1999 |''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' |Nautica |Episode: "Love on the Rocks"<br>Episode: "My Best Girl's Wedding" |- |1999 |''Lawless'' |Jodie Keane |TV movie |- |1999–2001, 2002–2005, 2009 |''Chart Choice'' |Host |Music show |- |2000–2001 |''Jack of All Trades'' |Emilia Smythe Rothschild |22 episodes |- |2000 |''Lawless: Dead Evidence'' |Jodie Keane |TV movie |- |2001 |''Lawless: Beyond Justice'' |Jodie Keane |TV movie |- |2004 |''Serial Killers'' |Chrissy |Episode: "Product Placement" |- |2005 |''Maiden Voyage'' |Renee Price |TV movie |}

==Awards==

===Wins=== ;1999 :New Zealand Television Award, for ''Lawless''<ref>{{citation |last = |first= |title= Dotchin and TV cop show scoop awards |periodical = Sunday Star Times |date= 21 November 1999 |url= }}</ref>

===Nominations=== ;1997 :NZ Film and Television Awards, for ''Shortland Street'' ;1994 :NZ Film and Television Awards, for ''Shortland Street''

== References ==

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0234521|name=Angela Marie Dotchin}}

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