Angela Martin
Angela Noelle Schrute is a fictional character in the U.S. version of the television sitcom The Office, portrayed by actress Angela Kinsey. The character is based on Sheila from the original version of The Office. She is introduced as the senior accountant, head of the Party Planning Committee, and safety officer at the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin. Her character serves as the stuck-up and more professional face of the branch. She begins a relationship with co-worker Dwight Schrute, whom she begins secretly dating in the second season, has a child with in the eighth, and marries in the ninth. This relationship continues during the fourth season while she is engaged to salesman Andy Bernard. She also has a short-lived marriage with Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Lipton, who is initially believed to be the father of her child, Phillip. Dwight often refers to her affectionately as "Monkey."
Casting
Kinsey initially auditioned for the role of Pam Beesly, which eventually went to Jenna Fischer. The casting director for the show, Allison Jones, said that Kinsey's portrayal of Pam was "too feisty". Sometime later, the casting team offered Kinsey a role written for her named Angela Martin.Character biography
Angela Martin was born on November 11, 1974, in Dayton, Ohio. She has one sister named Rachael who is her best friend. In the series finale, she and her sister speak in a secret language they created when they were little. During a talking head in the episode "Performance Review", she says that she "enjoys being judged" and that she participated in beauty pageants as a child. In "A Benihana Christmas", Martin tells the documentary crew that she has a sister who she hasn't spoken to in sixteen years due to a small argument, but it is unknown whether this sister was Rachael. Angela has 12 cats over the course of the series, her favorites being Sprinkles, Princess Lady, and Garbage whom she accepted as a gift from Andy Bernard when he found it in the warehouse. This stray cat was originally a gift to Angela by Dwight as an apology but she did not accept. The other names of her cats are Ember, Milky Way, Diane, Lumpy, Petals, Mr. Ash, Phillip, Bandit, and Comstock, who she gives away when she realizes her son is allergic to him. Over the series, she is seen to be very close to her cats. During "Lecture Circuit: Part 2", fellow accountants Oscar Martinez and Kevin Malone see her communicating with her pets at her home via nanny cam.Angela is very petite and is constantly mocked by regional manager Michael Scott for it. During the episode "Women's Appreciation", she tells the documentarian that she'll sometimes buy clothes for large, colonial dolls from the American Girl Doll store because "the clothes at the GAP Kids are too flashy." She later reveals that she is 5'1" at her tallest, and in "Stress Relief" she says she is eighty-two pounds. In the season one episode "Health Care", Dwight confirms that she has dermatitis. At the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, she is the senior accountant and was the head of the party planning committee. She was replaced by Phyllis Vance in the fourth season finale as a use of blackmail. She was also the branch's safety officer until Dwight takes over sometime in the second season. Also in the second season, she begins a secret relationship with Dwight. This is first suspected by Pam Beesly in the episode "Email Surveillance", where Angela is seen buying two candy bars, one for Dwight. It is also noticed by Jim Halpert in the episode "The Negotiation". When at work, Angela and Dwight hook up in a supply closet in the branch's warehouse. She is also engaged to salesman Andy Bernard in the fifth season and married to Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Lipton in the eighth and ninth seasons.
Throughout the series, Angela is shown to have very picky taste. While playing a game of Desert Island in the episode "The Fire", she states that the books she would bring to a deserted island would be the Bible, The Purpose Driven Life, and The Da Vinci Code. She is fan of the song "The Little Drummer Boy", posters of young children doing adult-like activities, Anne Geddes-style photographs of babies, and she has a crush on Boris Becker. Angela also apparently watches Will & Grace, but only the scenes with Harry Connick Jr. During the episode "Office Olympics", she tells the documentarian that she likes playing games with her cats and singing. She dislikes apologizing, Kevin, and the colors green and orange. She is seen driving a first-generation Ford Focus Sedan in the second season and a second-generation Saturn S-Series in the sixth. During the fourth season, Andy offers several locations for their wedding, including EPCOT Center, a Marriott Ballroom, and hot-air balloon rides. She turns these all down and eventually requests to be married at Schrute Farms, Dwight's beet farm. However, when Andy suggests a retirement in Celebration, Florida, she happily agrees. Angela also states several times that she is vegetarian.
Character history
Seasons 1–3
Angela is first seen in the pilot episode in a corner of the office behind reception, where the accountants work, at the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper. She is later revealed to be the senior accountant, the head of the Party Planning Committee, and the safety officer. She is very stuck-up and is a "tight-ass" according to Michael. While she has respect for Oscar's intelligence, they often quarrel over who is right in various discussions. She is also disgusted by Kevin, who is constantly filling out worksheets wrong and eating, although she is very occasionally shown to be enjoying Kevin's company and engaging in playful banter with him . She also has a power struggle with Dwight, who thinks that he is the safety officer. In a deleted scene from the season two opener, she tells the documentary crew that she is also the branch's designated driver. In the episode "Halloween", she wears a white cat costume, which she is also seen wearing in a photo of her and Sprinkles.During "Email Surveillance", Pam begins to suspect a relationship between Angela and Dwight. Her suspicion is proved to be correct when the two can be seen making out at Jim's party later that night, though Pam doesn't see them. In the next episode, "Christmas Party", Angela plans the branch's annual Christmas party and is given a poster of two toddlers playing jazz instruments by Toby Flenderson. Later that season, Angela and Dwight once again have an argument about who will plan Michael's birthday party. During "Conflict Resolution", Michael finds that Angela has lodged several complaints against Dwight but that they were all removed six months prior, most likely because of their relationship. In the episode "The Fire", Pam's then-fiancé Roy thoughtlessly states that he would "do" Angela while playing "Who Would You Do?", and it is strongly hinted that Angela is attracted to Roy too, as not only is he the only character to whom Angela never demonstrates any disapproval, she is seemingly unable to restrain herself from describing him glowingly in private as "strong and capable" and possessing of "character".
In the second episode of the third season, Dwight and Michael travel to a convention with Dunder Mifflin corporate, and Angela secretly follows to surprise Dwight. The next episode, Dwight confides to Angela that while he is fond of Michael, he would be a better regional manager. Angela agrees, and Dwight secretly meets with Jan Levinson-Gould to discuss the matter. Michael finds out and tricks Dwight into thinking that he is no longer regional manager. Not knowing it's a prank, Dwight promises Angela the position of his right-hand man. At the branch's Christmas party, Angela invites transferred employee Karen Filippelli to join the P.P.C. but quickly removes her, claiming that she has no good ideas. This leads Pam and Karen to form The Committee to Plan Parties, and they create a margarita-karaoke Christmas party. This causes some tension between Angela and Pam, and Angela reveals to the camera that she never likes to apologize. Eventually, they decide to merge the parties, and Angela sings her favorite song, "The Little Drummer Boy", on the karaoke machine for the office. At Phyllis' wedding, Angela and Dwight slow-dance together outside the chapel. After Roy Anderson tries to attack Jim Halpert as revenge for kissing Pam on the office's casino night and Dwight saves Jim with a bottle of mace, Angela asks around the office to hear the story of Dwight's bravery. During "Product Recall", Angela is temporarily in charge of answering phone calls due to an inappropriate watermark on Dunder Mifflin's stationery. When the women of the Scranton branch go to the Steamtown Mall, Angela shops at the American Girl Store for clothes for "large, colonial dolls", to fit her petite figure.