Recurring
- Elisabeth Röhm as Kate Lockley (Seasons 1–2; After the Fall)
- Kate Lockley is a police detective that meets Angel in the first season's second episode, Kate acts as a contact with the police. There are initial hints of a romance between the two, but those disappear when Kate learns of Angel's status as a vampire. Soon, she becomes obsessed with the occult, falling into a negative spiral only enhanced by her distrust of Angel and the death of her father, the man who had single-handedly raised her and was also a retired but respected police officer. Her obsessions grow to become a general hatred for vampires, including Angel, and the law-firm of Wolfram & Hart. Angel, similarly obsessed with the firm, ignores Kate, and thereby almost arrives too late when she attempts suicide. Able to save her, the two reconcile, but Kate decides to leave Los Angeles, she's already been fired from the L.A.P.D., and does not reappear again. Before she leaves, she strengthens Angel's faith in the higher powers by mentioning that he was able to enter her apartment even though she never invited him in, leaving the audience to speculate whether or not Angel truly arrived in time to save her.
- Julie Benz as Darla (Seasons 1–5)
- Darla was Angel's sire and former lover. She is resurrected as a human in the first season finale, and is then employed by Wolfram & Hart to manipulate Angel. Appearing at various intervals during the early season two episodes, Darla is able to drive Angel into a paranoid and obsessive frenzy. During this time, Darla struggles with her human soul, and eventually learns that she is suffering from a fatal form of syphilis, as she did before being sired by the Master. Before Angel can really help her, she is targeted by Wolfram & Hart, who enlist Drusilla to sire Darla once more. Losing her soul again, Darla becomes one of Angel's most devastating foes. In "Reprise", she and Angel have a one-night-stand, after which Angel threatens to kill her. She returns in the third season, pregnant with their child.
- Matthew James as Merl (Seasons 2-3)
- Brigid Brannagh as Virginia Bryce (Season 2)
- Julia Lee as Anne Steele (Seasons 2, 5)
- Mark Lutz as Groosalugg (Seasons 2–3; After the Fall)
- Alexa Davalos as Gwen Raiden (Season 4; After the Fall)
- Jenny Mollen as Nina Ash (Season 5; After the Fall)
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