Editing Monica Anghel

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| birth_name = Monica Anghel
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| birth_place = [[Bucharest]], Romania
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| instrument = Voice
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|television personality}}
| years_active = 1985–present
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'''Monica Anghel''' ({{IPA|ro|moˈnika ˈaŋɡel}}; born 1 June 1971 in [[Bucharest]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]]) is a [[Romanians|Romanian]] singer and [[television personality]]. In 1996, she took part in the international preselection for the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. The Romanian song "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" was not chosen to go to the international final in [[Oslo]]. In the same year, she won the "[[Golden Stag Festival]]" for Romania.<ref>[http://www.brasovtravelguide.ro/en/brasov/events/golden-stag-festival/1996.php The Ninth Edition of The Golden Stag Festival – 1996]</ref>

Anghel participated in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2002]] in [[Tallinn]], with [[Marcel Pavel]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bohlman|first=Philip V.|title=The music of European nationalism|year=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=978-1-57607-270-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkQf7k2OaDcC&q=the+eurovision+song+contest+2002&pg=PA2|access-date=6 February 2011|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2002|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=316|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref> Their song "[[Tell Me Why (Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel song)|Tell Me Why]]" reached the 9th place, which was the third best score ever for Romania. A few years later Anghel started to collaborate with comic group [[:ro:Divertis|Divertis]].

In 2003 and 2017, [[Walt Disney Pictures]] chose the Romanian pop star to provide the Romanian voice for one of the muses from the animated movie [[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.antena3.ro/timp-liber/muzica/la-multi-ani-monica-anghel-celebra-cantareata-implineste-45-de-ani-359376.html|title = La mulți ani, Monica Anghel! Celebra cântăreață împlinește 45 de ani}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.agerpres.ro/flux-documentare/2016/06/01/documentar-monica-anghel-implineste-45-de-ani-08-42-25|title = DOCUMENTAR: Monica Anghel împlinește 45 de ani – AGERPRES}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
* ''[[Proprietarii de stele]]'' (2001) - Ema
* ''[[Snow, Tea and Love]]'' (2020)

== See also ==
* [[Music of Romania]]
* [[List of Romanian actresses]]

==References==
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{{Succession box|
  before=[[Dan Bittman]]<br>with ''"[[Dincolo de nori]]"''  |
  title=Winner of [[Selecţia Naţională]] |
  years=1996 |
  after=[[Mălina Olinescu]]<br>with ''"[[Eu cred]]"'' |
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{{Succession box|
  before=[[Taxi (Romanian band)]]<br>with ''"[[The Moon (song)|The Moon]]"''  |
  title=[[Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest]] |
  years=2002<br>(with [[Marcel Pavel]]) |
  after=[[Nicoleta Alexandru]]<br>with ''"[[Don't Break My Heart (Nicola song)|Don't Break My Heart]]"'' |
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{{Succession box|
  before=[[Taxi (Romanian band)]]<br>with ''"[[The Moon (song)|The Moon]]"''  |
  title=Winner of [[Selecţia Naţională]] |
  years=2002<br>(with [[Marcel Pavel]]) |
  after=[[Nicoleta Alexandru]]<br>with ''"[[Don't Break My Heart (Nicola song)|Don't Break My Heart]]"'' |
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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Romanian singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Romanian women singers]]
[[Category:Golden Stag winners]]
[[Category:Romanian actresses]]
[[Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants]]
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