She was a model who starred with Bill Murray in movies and popped up on TV's Baywatch and Melrose Place. She is now 57. Who is she?

This beauty was a thriving actress in the 1980s and 1990s as she was known for her great looks and fast one liners.

The Hollywood veteran is best known for working with the actors Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid and Bill Murray in a 1996 comedy. 

But the svelte siren was also on a popular TV show for five years; it was based on a hit movie.

The knockout also worked with David Schwimmer, James Belushi, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd on the silver screen.

And she popped up on the TV shows Baywatch and Melrose Place.

Before acting, she was a fashion model. 

Now at the age of 57 she still looks like a pretty pinup. The star was seen in a tiny string bikini that displayed her toned tummy, sculpted arms and strong legs in a series of snaps shared to Instagram this week.

 Who is she?

This beauty was a thriving actress in the 1980s and 1990s as she was known for her great looks and fast one liners. The Hollywood veteran is best known for Woody Harrelson , Randy Quaid and Bill Murray in 1996. But the svelte siren was also on a popular TV show for five years. The knockout also worked with David Schwimmer, James Belushi, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd on the silver screen

And she popped up on the TV shows Baywatch and Melrose Place. Before acting, she was a fashion model. Now at the age of 57 she incredibly still looks like a pretty pinup. The star was seen in a tiny string bikini this week. Who is she?

She is Vanessa Angel.

Angel had a thriving acting career in the 80s and 90s, then later popped up on Entourage and Californication.

Her first movie was a big one: The thespian was in 1985's Spies Like Us with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. 

She then landed a hot role on a long-running series: she starred as Lisa the computer generated genie in the TV series Weird Science from 1994 to 1998.

Vanessa appeared alongside Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid and Bill Murray in the 1996 sports comedy film Kingpin.

The looker is not from the US. Rather, she was born in 1966 in England.

Angel was discovered as a teenager by a model-management agent in a London café; then she was signed by the top agency Ford Models.

The star moved to New York City where she worked for Vogue and Cosmopolitan.

But she yearned to work in film. 

Her first film part was in the 1985 American comedy Spies Like Us, in which she played a soldier in the Soviet Strategic Missile Forces who sleeps with Aykroyd's character.

She is Vanessa Angel. Angel had a thriving acting career in the 80s and 90s, then later popped up on Entourage and Californication

Her first movie was a big one: The thespian was in 1985's Spies Like Us with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd (pictured)

She was the red-hot star of a long-running series: she played Lisa the computer generated genie in the TV series Weird Science from 1994 to 1998

Vanessa appeared alongside Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid and Bill Murray in the 1996 sports comedy film Kingpin

Seen as Megan on the TV series Baywatch in 1991

Here the versatile actress is seen with Kevin Dillon on an episode of Entourage

In 1990, she appeared in a small role in the film King of New York. 

She had a bit spot on TV's The Equalizer, she played the recurring roles of Megan on Baywatch (1991) and Detective Peggy Elliott on Reasonable Doubts

Next came Melrose Place, Weird Science, and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

She also worked with Friends star Schwimmer in Kissing A Fool.

Next came 1999's Made Men, 2004's SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, and The Perfect Score.

Angel at the Los Angeles premiere of Rottentail at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles in 2019

The actress at the Los Angeles premiere of Dumb And Dumber To in 2014 in Westwood, California

She was on three episodes of Stargate SG-1.

And Angel was later on Entourage, the Farrelly brother's Hall Pass and Californication with David Duchovny.

The star has said that she loves to stay in shape with Pilates and yoga and constantly goes for power walks.