Angela Kinsey

Before she played Angela Martin, the uptight, cat-loving accountant on The Office, Angela Kinsey answered fan mail. As an intern at Late Night with Conan O'Brien, she sorted letters from viewers while taking improv classes in Los Angeles. When the American version of The Office was cast in 2004, she originally auditioned for the receptionist, Pam, before the producers created the role that would define her career.

She was born on June 25, 1971, in Lafayette, Louisiana, and spent much of her childhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, where her father worked in the oil industry. The time of her birth has not been published, so no Ascendant can be drawn for her, but her planets suit her well. Cancer holds both her Sun and her Mercury, and it is the most home-loving sign of the zodiac, devoted to family, food and comfort. Kinsey's offscreen life has revolved around exactly those things: she and her husband, Joshua Snyder, built a blended family with four children and host a popular online baking show together, Baking with Josh & Ange.

Her Moon is in Leo, a placement that loves to entertain and needs warmth and appreciation. Kinsey's on-screen character was cold and disapproving, but offscreen she is known for a bubbly, theatrical warmth, and her laugh is famous among fans of her podcast.

Pluto in Virgo describes perfectionism and an eye for order and detail, qualities that Kinsey turned into comedy. Angela Martin was the office's strictest rule-follower, judgmental about everyone's choices, and Kinsey found the humor in her rigidity and her secret, desperate romances, especially with Dwight Schrute. The show ran for nine seasons, until 2013.

Venus in Gemini brings a talkative, sociable charm, and Saturn, newly in Gemini, adds a disciplined approach to communication. In 2019 Kinsey and her former co-star Jenna Fischer launched the podcast Office Ladies, rewatching and discussing every episode of the series. It became one of the most popular television podcasts, and in 2022 the two published a book, The Office BFFs, about their friendship.

Mars in Aquarius describes an independent, friendly and slightly quirky energy, and Uranus in Libra suggests partnerships that bring change. Kinsey studied English at Baylor University before moving to Los Angeles and training at the Groundlings improv school.

Jupiter in Scorpio, retrograde, adds depth and resilience. After her first marriage, to the writer Warren Lieberstein, ended, she married Snyder in 2016, combining her daughter, Isabel, with his three sons.

The Cancer Sun made home the center of her life; the Leo Moon made sure there was always an audience laughing in it.