Mary Angela "Angie" Bowie (née Barnett; September 25, 1949) is an American cover girl, model, actress and musician. She was married to English musician David Bowie until their divorce in 1980; the couple had one child, film director Duncan Jones.

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She met musician David Bowie in London, England in 1969, at the age of 19. According to Angela Bowie, they met through their mutual friendship with Chinese-American record executive Dr. Calvin Mark Lee. She married Bowie one year later, on March 19, 1970 at Bromley Register Office in Beckenham Lane, London. On 30 May 1971, David and Angie Bowie had a son, Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, who later preferred to be known as Joe or Joey, although now he has reverted to the name Duncan Jones. Angie and David Bowie separated after nine years of marriage and divorced on 8 February 1980, in Switzerland.

David Bowie wrote the songs "The Prettiest Star", "Golden Years" and "Cracked Actor" about her (during a backstage sequence in the D.A. Pennebaker concert film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David calls her by the name "Star".) She often accompanied him on his international concert tours, which included North America, Japan and Europe. She appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show, hosted by Johnny Carson on November 16, 1973, alongside Dinah Shore, Joan Rivers and Ashley Montagu. Angela also performed on The Mike Douglas Show in early 1975.

She also had a long-term relationship with punk musician Drew Blood; they had a daughter, Stacia. She later lived in Tucson, Arizona.