<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Jason Sehorn (m . 2001; div. 2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Angela Michelle Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress and model . She was a professional model before gaining international fame for her roles in Baywatch Nights and as New York A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael on Law & Order . She also starred as Detective Jane Rizzoli on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles . </P> <P> She was born on August 10, 1972 in Highland Park, Texas, the daughter of Daphne Demar (née Caravageli) and Lawrence Paul "Larry" Harmon, a hospital information network executive in Dallas, Texas . Her father has German and Irish ancestry, while her mother is of Greek descent . In an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, Harmon found that she had a German ancestor who served in George Washington's army during the Revolutionary War, and that ancestor later acquired land in Mercer County, Kentucky . The land is still owned by a distant branch of her family . </P>

Law and order actress married to football player