Angela Rockwood

Angela Rockwood is a positive, powerhouse and indomitable spirit living her calling while guiding others to be the ultimate evolution of themselves by reminding them of their truest potential! She embraces every millisecond of life living fully being a #RollingEmpire and has been in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. She was bom in Clovis, N.M., and experienced the world as the child of a career military man before modeling at 17. In 2001 she was launching an acting career, with small roles in The Fast and the Furious and the TV series V.I.P. before turmoil struck one week before 9/11 on Sept. 3, 2001. Angela was involved in a horrific car accident while planning her wedding with two of her bridesmaids that paralyzed her from the neck down rendering her a C4 C5 quadriplegic. She felt her paralysis was for a reason, that she had a mission to fulfill because she had a premonition at the age of 18 about the car accident. After she was paralyzed she immediately picked up her life, focused on her vision and never looked back. Angela became a model, actress, Critics Choice Awards TV producer, TV host for World Paker Tour, an Ambassador for the Reeve Foundation, a transformational speaker, manifestation life coach, disability and intimate partner violence advocate, innovator and entrepreneur. She serves as a spokesmodel for a few companies including Spinergy and worked as a model for Target, Nordstrom and Toyota. Angela energized her acting career by landing in three national commercials, AARP, Mabelline, and Sony. Angela's in CinemAbility, a film directed by Jenni Gold, which includes Ben Affleck, Jaime Foxx, and Jane Seymour. You can watch Angela in the heartfelt documentary, "Take a Look at this Heart" directed by Ben Duffy capturing real life stories of Love. Sex. Marriage and Relationships while living with a disability. She has been on Larry King Live, and in People Magazine sharing her journey. With her ultimate mission of pushing boundaries, she co-created, produced and starred in the Sundance Channel's, "Critic's Choice Awards", Best Reality series Push Girls. She shared her message on Ellen, Jeff Probst, Marie Osmond, Access Hollywood, Inside Edition, Good Day LA, Extra. Huffington Post Live, Kcal 9, Katie Couric, Good Morning America, and three separate interviews on Entertainment Tonight. She even appeared at The White House! Angela is diligent of creating a shift and breaking stereotypes all over. She is passionately relentless in manifesting change and implementing ideas through her classes teaching Manifestation' at the Joey Travolta Theatre and one on one life coaching. As a transformational speaker, she has successfully spoken about 'Pushing the Limits' for Rancho Los Amigos, L.A. Rescue Mission, Edwards Air Force Base, Miss Global, Next Home and to 4,000 Paul Mitchell students in Las Vegas to name a few. She was chosen by Brig Gen Michael Brewer of the 412th Test Wing Commander to be the 2015 & 2016 Honorary Commander for Edwards Air Force Base after speaking about Resilience, Angela has returned to modeling to prove "Beauty comes in ALL shapes, sizes, color, age & in EVERY vessel." She finished filming Pen Pals, directed by Marem Hassler playing the lead Otilia. Tune in to World Poker Tour on Fox Sports Networks to see Angela interviewing and diving into the soul of champion poker players. Deep within Angela's spirit she carries this mantra daily: "Life is a gift and what we do with our life is our gift back to the world to others, and to ourselves."