Muck Raking: Angela Dotchin
This month, Angela Dotchin, star of Jack of All Trades and former guest star on Hercules as Nautica, dodges K. Stoddard Hayes' barrage of intimate questions.
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Full name given at birth: Angela Marie Dotchin.
Nicknames: Angel.
Nobody calls you Angie? Yes, occasionally. Angel is what my closest friends and family call me, and Angie is what everyone else calls me.
Favourite word: Divine.
Hometown: Auckland. As a child I lived in Los Angeles, Ft. Lauderdale, London, Sydney and India.
Current Residence: Auckland.
Croutons or Bacon Bits? Croutons.
Favourite Salad Dressing? Italian.
Shampoo or Conditioner? Conditioner.
Have you ever gone skinny dipping? Yes, on a dark night up north when no one was around.
Do you make fun of people? I only ever laugh with people, not at them.
Favourite Colour: Red.
Have you ever been convicted of a crime? No.
One pillow or two? One.
Cotton or feather? Feather.
Have you any pets? No, I'm at work the whole time.
If you had a pet what would it be? In a perfect world, it would be a tiger cub.
Favourite music? Every kind of music.
What's your favourite right now? ‘A Night at Playboy Mansion'. It's a compilation dance track.
Hobbies? Art, travel, movies, reading.
Which toothpaste do you use? Total.
Favourite food? Chocolate ice cream.
Favourite town to take it easy in: Sydney.
Favourite ice cream flavour: Hokey Pokey. All Kiwis have to say Hokey Pokey!
Favourite non-alcoholic drink: Cranberry juice.
Adidas, Nike, Reebok or other? New Balance.
Favourite perfume? Diorissimo.
Favourite subject in school? Film Studies.
Favourite sport to watch? Tennis. I love to watch it. I could just run all over the world, go to Wimbledon, the Australian Tennis Open, the American Open. I can play, but I'm terrible!
What is your most humiliating moment? On the first day of Shortland Street, the whole cast had to say what we'd done before. Everyone else had said movies and TV shows and all these amazing things. I was the last person to be asked, and they all looked at me and I had to say, “Nothing.” It was a great start to my career! I was 17.
What is your craziest or silliest idea? I'd like to buy an island, anywhere, and have all my wonderful, fabulous friends and family come over there.