History Creator / AngelCoulby

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: A constant source of frustration for her fans considering she's sidelined or just plain ''not there'' in almost every ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' trailer to date. Up until the fourth series, she was always left off the [-DVD-] covers as well.
%% * SmallRoleBigImpact: As Jessie in ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge''.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: She has beautiful eyes and it often comes up in scripts describing her character.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: By the time ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' ended she was thirty-two, though she still looked the same age as her mid-to-late-twenties co-stars.

* BeautyMark: Her defining feature.

Loved by directors for her versatility, and loved by fans for her ability to go from [[{{Adorkable}} attractively dorky]] to [[TheHighQueen Regal]] to [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer everything inbetween]]. So...[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment they love her for the same thing really]].

A Guyanese-British actress (born 30th August 1980) who has appeared in a number of British television shows, including [[BitCharacter small parts]] in ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', ''Series/TheBill'', ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''{{Series/Hustle}}'', before landing her best-known role as Guinevere in the BBC's fantasy series ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}'' - a revisionist take on the character in which she grows from [[RagsToRiches a lowly servant to the future Queen of Camelot]].

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[note]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace"]]''[[/note]] -- [[BlackBestFriend Katherine]]

A Guyanese-British actress (born 30th August 1980) who has appeared in a number of British television shows, including [[BitCharacter small parts]] in ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', ''Series/TheBill'', ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''{{Series/Hustle}}'', before landing her best-known role as Guinevere in the BBC's fantasy series ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' - a revisionist take on the character in which she grows from [[RagsToRiches a lowly servant to the future Queen of Camelot]].

* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' -- [[TheHighQueen Guinevere]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: By the time ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' ended she was thirty-two, though she still looked the same age as her mid-to-late-twenties co-stars.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: A constant source of frustration for her fans considering she's sidelined or just plain ''not there'' in almost every ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' trailer to date. Up until the fourth series, she was always left off the [-DVD-] covers as well.

!!Associated Tropes:

* CostumePorn: She always lucks out in her {{Period Piece}}s by getting to wear fabulous costumes.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Guinevere, who can also fall under the RealWomenDontWearDresses debate. Angel defends her character's role in interviews:
--> '''Question''': ''Do you think actresses have to play feisty Ripley-style action heroines to be perceived as strong female characters?''
--> '''Angel''': ''No I don’t think they do. [[RealWomenDontWearDresses That basically says if you want to be successful you have to act like a man]] and I think that’s definitely not the case. There are other ways of being strong. It’s not just about tough and fighting it’s about emotional strength and wisdom. I think young girls can learn a lot from that as well. It’s not about feistiness.''
* TheHighQueen: On ''Series/{{Merlin}}''.

* PunnyName: In ''Scariest Places On Earth'' she plays a student who had a ghostly encounter in Greyfriars Cemetery. She was credited as Awassa Tact -- "I was attacked."

* SmallRoleBigImpact: As Jessie in ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge''.
* ToylessToylineCharacter: It was not until 2012 (coinciding with her upgrade to Queen) that Guinevere was turned into an action figure, ''years'' after all her co-stars were [[BuffySpeak toyified]]. When asked about it, Angel joked that it took the manufacturers that long to get the doll as perfect as possible.
** It happened ''again'' with her character in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderbirdsAreGo'', though due to popular demand for Kayo the situation was quickly rectified.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Often comes up in scripts describing her character.

* ThoseTwoActors: Has turned up in a startling number of works with Creator/AnthonyHead.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Given the time-period and the fact that Guinevere means "white" or "fair one", there were some raised eyebrows over Angel getting the part of the medieval queen. The producers said that they had looked at hundreds of potential Guineveres, but Angel was the only one that could nail the quirky, clumsy servant girl, but also "bring the queen" when the occasion called for it.

* BillingDisplacement: She was practically the face of publicity for ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'' by doing plenty of interviews and having her image on most of the advertising, but she's more of a supporting character in the drama itself.
* TheCastShowoff: A cross-show example considering many of her ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' co-stars would mention her strong singing voice, though it was not until ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'' that she was able to demonstrate just how talented she really was.

* IAmNotSpock: Angel indirectly referenced this trope in an interview to publicize ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'' in which she voiced her pleasure that the miniseries aired so soon after ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' had finished. Having worked on the minseries in the hiatus between seasons four and five of the show, her appearance as a jazz singer so quickly on the heels of ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' immediately dislodged the image people had of her as Guinevere.

* StarMakingRole: It was not five years as Guinevere on ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' that got her the most attention, but her SmallRoleBigImpact role on ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'' in which she was able to show off her singing talent and was used extensively in publicity.

--> '''Angel''': ''No I don’t think they do. [[RealWomenDontWearDresses That basically says if you want to be successful you have to act like a man]] and I think that’s definitely not the case. There are other ways of being strong. It’s not just about tough and fighting it’s about emotional strength and wisdom. [[GirlsNeedRoleModels I think young girls can learn a lot from that as well]]. It’s not about feistiness.''

* ''The Tunnel: Debris'' -- Laura Roebuck

* '''Orrible'' -- [[OnlySaneMan Shiv]]

* ''Greek Gods and Goddesses: The Odyssey'' -- [[FemmeFatale Calypso]]

* ''Blue Murder'' -- [[IntrepidReporter Kate Malin]]

* ''Undercover'' -- Julia

* HeyItsThatVoice: She does the voice-overs for the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR-BnFqMHqs L'Oreal Paris advertisements]].
** She's also the voice of Kayo in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderbirdsAreGo''.

* DocumentaryOfLies: In what is also a case of RetroactiveRecognition meets HilariousInHindsight, Angel's very first acting job on the {{Fox}} series ''Scariest Places on Earth'' (as an eye-witness to supernatural phenomena) is what retroactively exposes the entire show as a complete hoax. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FjTcaMdODA here]].

* ''The Tunnel: Sabotage'' -- Laura Roebuck

** It happened ''again'' with her character in ''Series/ThunderbirdsAreGo'', though due to popular demand for Kayo, the situation was quickly rectified.

* ''Series/ThunderbirdsAreGo'' -- [[CanonForeigner Tanusha "Kayo" Kyrano]]

* ''The Tunnel II'' -- Laura Roebuck

* ''Undercover'' -- TBA