Michelle Lynn Monaghan ( ; born March 23, 1976) is an American actress, best known for her starring roles in ''
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005), ''
Gone Baby Gone'' (2007), ''
Made of Honor'' (2008), ''
Eagle Eye'' (2008), ''
Trucker'' (2008), ''
Source Code
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'' (2011), ''
Pixels'' (2015), and ''
Patriots Day
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'' (2016). She also received recognition for her starring role as Julia Meade in the action spy film series ''
Mission: Impossible'', and her appearances in ''
Mission: Impossible III'' (2006), ''
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' (2011), ''
Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018), and ''
Echoes
Echoes may refer to:
* Echo (phenomenon)
Film and television
* ''Echoes'' (2014 film), an American supernatural horror film
* ''Echoes'' (miniseries), a 2022 Netflix original drama series
* "Echoes" (''Fear Itself''), an episode of ''Fear Itse ...
'' (2022).
On television, Monaghan starred as Maggie Hart in the
first season of the anthology crime drama series ''
True Detective'' (2014), for which she was nominated for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She starred as Sarah Lane in the drama series ''
The Path'' (2016–18). She played the role of Eva Geller in the 2020
Netflix
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thriller series ''
Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; ,
; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
''; it was cancelled after one season.
Early life
Monaghan was born in the small town (then a population of about 750) of
Winthrop, Iowa, the daughter of Sharon (Hammel) and Robert Monaghan, a factory worker.
She has two older brothers, Bob and John. She has mostly Irish and German ancestry, and was raised Catholic.
She graduated from
East Buchanan High School in 1994.
[ After graduation she moved to ]Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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to study journalism at Columbia College Chicago
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and began to model. She modeled in Milan
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, Singapore
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, Tokyo
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and Hong Kong
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, as well as in the United States. With one semester remaining to complete her journalism degree in 1999, she left for New York to pursue an acting career. She worked as a model, appearing in several magazines and catalogs, before making her acting debut.
Career
Monaghan's first two credited television appearances, in a supporting role, were as Caroline Busse in episodes of ''Young Americans
''Young Americans'' is the ninth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 7March 1975 through RCA Records. The album marked a departure from the glam rock style of Bowie's previous albums, showcasing his interest in soul and ...
'', which aired in 2000. She also performed on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' in "Consent", an episode that was broadcast on January 19, 2001, and she made her big-screen debut that same year in ''Perfume,'' playing the part of Henrietta. Her next film, again in a supporting role, was in 2002 in '' Unfaithful'', starring Richard Gere
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and Diane Lane.
Monaghan got a big-break role in 2002 when she co-starred in the television series ''Boston Public
''Boston Public'' is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. Set in Boston, the series centers on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school in the Boston Public Scho ...
'' playing the role of Kimberly Woods. After guest-starring for a season, she returned to film appearing in '' It Runs in the Family'' in 2003, ''Winter Solstice
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'' in 2004, and starring with Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer in '' Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' in 2005. She also appears in '' Constantine'' in 2005, but her role in that film was essentially cut, with her scenes viewable on the DVD under "deleted scenes".
In 2007 she co-starred with Ben Stiller in '' The Heartbreak Kid'' remake, and with Casey Affleck
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award. He be ...
in ''Gone Baby Gone''. In 2008, she co-starred with Patrick Dempsey in '' Made of Honor'', and co-starred with Shia LaBeouf in '' Eagle Eye''. She starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in ''Source Code
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''. She played the role of Diane Ford in '' Trucker''.
In 2014 Monaghan starred in the first season of HBO anthology series '' True Detective''.
In April 2016 Monaghan joined the principal cast of Shawn Christensen's independent feature film '' The Vanishing of Sidney Hall'', which began filming later that month. Nine months later, on January 25, 2017, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,6 ...
.
In May 2018 it was announced that Monaghan had been cast in the main role of CIA operative Eva Geller in the Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a ...
thriller ''Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; ,
; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
''. The series premiered on Netflix on January 1, 2020 and was cancelled after one season.[
]
Personal life
Monaghan met Australian graphic artist Peter White at a party in 2000. They married in Port Douglas, Queensland
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in August 2005 and live in New York. She gave birth to their daughter in 2008, and their son on October 30, 2013.
Filmography
Film
:Key
Television
References
External links
*
Michelle Monaghan interview at reviewgraveyard.com
Profile of Michelle Monaghan
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1976 births
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Iowa
Female models from Iowa
American film actresses
American people of German descent
American people of Irish descent
American television actresses
Living people
People from Buchanan County, Iowa