[1][2][3] Angela was encouraged to pursue modeling as a young child by an acquaintance of her mother, going on to portray the live version of Remco's "Jan Doll" in a commercial for the toy, part of its Pocketbook line.
[4] When The Electric Company began wrapping production, Angela became a regular on the first Asian American TV comedy series Mr. T and Tina (ABC) where she and her brother played Pat Morita's children.
She co-starred as Tuptim with Yul Brynner in the Broadway & London Palladium Revival of The King and I (1977)[3] and starred in many world premieres including Sayonara[5] and Off-Broadway's Cambodia Agonistes at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre.
Her voice work includes the Emmy Award-winning series The Big Blue Marble, Nickelodeon's The Wild Thornberrys, Danny Phantom, and Walt Disney Studios' English dub of Kiki's Delivery Service, for which she co-wrote the song "Soaring".
Angela holds the distinction of making the youngest solo soprano debut at age 10 as Flora in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw with the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center.
[8] Later, Angela's solo album, released on Original Cast Records, features a full orchestra on songs from shows she has done, which includes a medley from The Electric Company and several jazz numbers.