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| birth_name = Angela Christine Watson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|11|12}}
| birth_place = Danville, Illinois, U.S.A.
| notable role = '''Karen Foster''' in ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''
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'''Angela Christine Watson''' (born November 12, 1975 in [[Danville, Illinois]]) is an American model and [[actress]] best known for her role on the American sitcom ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'', where she played one of the daughters of [[Suzanne Somers]]' character.

==Biography==
===Early years===
Watson is the youngest daughter of a Barbara and Allen Watson, who were farmers in the small town of Oakwood, Illinois, until [[1985]]. Her family then moved to [[Cape Coral, Florida]], where her parents entered her into beauty pageants, where she won 60 crowns and 200 trophies. She also won Model of the Year through the Face Finders Model Search in [[Dallas, Texas]] in [[1988]]. She graduated from John Burroughs Senior High School in [[Burbank, California]].

===Acting===
Like many others, Watson then moved on to local theatre and commercials. Her success in these areas enabled her family to be able to use some of her earnings to move to [[Los Angeles]]. She was first cast in a recurring role on ''[[Davis Rules]]''. She then went on to her best known role as [[valley girl|ditzy wanna-be valley girl]] Karen Foster on ''Step by Step''. Karen, like Watson, was an aspiring model. Watson has not landed many roles after ''Step by Step'' ended its seven-year run in [[1998]].

In 2000, she appeared in the Performance Riverside production of ''[[How to Succeed in Business]]''.<ref>[http://www.press-enterprise.com/newsarchive/2000/03/31/954465989.html Still `Succeeding'<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Angela Watson served on the Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors for a number of years.

===Child Actors Supporting Themselves (CAST)===
In [[2000]] Watson started Child Actors Supporting Themselves (CAST), an organization to help child actors and athletes handle their finances.

==Filmography==
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! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Other notes
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| 2005
| ''Final Approach''
| Milly
| Video
|-
| 2007
| ''Cowboys and Indians''
| Mom
| Short film
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Davis Rules]]''
| Alice Hansen
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1991&ndash;1998
| ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''
| [[Step by Step (TV series)#Foster family|Karen Foster]]
| 159 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|1994
| ''[[Duckman]]''
|
| Voice Role<br>[[List of Duckman episodes#Season 1: 1994|Episode: Ride the High School]]
|-
| ''ABC Sneak Peek with Step by Step''
| Karen Foster
| TV-Movie
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
'''[[Young Artist Award]]'''
*1993: Nominated, "Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series" - ''Step by Step''
*1994: Nominated, "Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series" - ''Step by Step'' (shared w/cast)
*1995: Nominated, "Best Performance by a Young Actress in a TV Comedy Series" - ''Step by Step''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{tvtome person|id=5815|name=Angela Watson}}
* {{IMDB name|id=0914500|name=Angela Watson}}

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