Maika Monroe#Career
{{short description|American actress (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Maika Monroe
| image = Maika Monroe June 2016.jpg
| caption = Monroe in 2016
| birth_name = Dillon Monroe Buckley
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|05|29}}
| birth_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| partner = Dalton Gomez
| years active = 2009–present
}}
Maika Monroe (born Dillon Monroe Buckley; born May 29, 1993{{Cite web |title=Famous birthdays for May 29: Danny Elfman, Maika Monroe |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/05/29/Famous-birthdays-for-May-29-Danny-Elfman-Maika-Monroe/4661685290844/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=UPI |language=en |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529071349/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/05/29/Famous-birthdays-for-May-29-Danny-Elfman-Maika-Monroe/4661685290844/ |url-status=live }}) is an American actress. She made her film debut with the drama At Any Price (2012), and led the thriller film The Guest and the horror film It Follows (both 2014), which established her as a scream queen. She starred in the thrillers Greta (2018) and Watcher (2022) as well as the horror film Longlegs (2024).
Aside from her horror and thriller roles, Monroe appears in the action film Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), the neo-noir Hot Summer Nights (2017), the black comedy Villains (2019), and the action film God Is a Bullet (2023).
Early life
Monroe was born Dillon Monroe Buckley{{cite web |last=Tinkham |first=Chris |date=March 13, 2015 |title=Maika Monroe |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/maika_monroe/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929012540/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/maika_monroe |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |access-date=January 17, 2016}} on May 29, 1993, in Santa Barbara, California. Her mother was a sign language interpreter and her father was a construction worker.{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/maika-monroe-from-world-class-kiteboarder-to-accidental-movie-star-1.2118700 |title=Maika Monroe: from world-class kiteboarder to accidental movie star |date=February 27, 2015 |first=Tara |last=Brady |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=January 17, 2016 |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616113854/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/maika-monroe-from-world-class-kiteboarder-to-accidental-movie-star-1.2118700 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.noozhawk.com/article/020512_noozhawk_talks_maika_monroe |title=Noozhawk Talks: Maika Monroe Making the Most of Her Three-Part Harmony |access-date=January 17, 2016 |date=February 6, 2016 |first=Leslie |last=Dinaberg |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628041629/https://www.noozhawk.com/article/020512_noozhawk_talks_maika_monroe |url-status=live }} She later changed her first name to Maika, by which she had already been known for most of her life.
At the age of 17, Monroe left Santa Barbara and moved to Cabarete in the Dominican Republic to continue training in kiteboarding after spending the previous summer there. She subsequently completed her senior year of high school online.{{cite news|title=PROFILED: Maika Monroe Buckley|url=https://www.thekiteboarder.com/2011/08/profiled-maika-monroe-buckley/|access-date=October 30, 2017|newspaper=The Kiteboarder|date=August 22, 2011|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727083307/https://www.thekiteboarder.com/2011/08/profiled-maika-monroe-buckley/|url-status=usurped}} She was a professional kiteboarder, as of 2015.{{cite web |title=Maika Monroe balances acting with kiteboarding |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/index?id=7392313 |first=Lynn |last=Hoppes |publisher=go.com |access-date=August 8, 2013 |archive-date=July 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704212928/http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=7392313 |url-status=live }}
Career
Monroe made her acting debut with a small role on Eleventh Hour, a drama series. Three years later, she made her film debut in the 2012 drama At Any Price, playing Cadence Farrow. She relocated to Los Angeles for the film, and credits the part for encouraging her to continue acting.{{Cite web |last=DeVore |first=Britta |date=July 21, 2024 |title=This Zac Efron Movie Changed the Game for Maika Monroe |url=https://collider.com/maika-monroe-at-any-price/ |access-date=October 17, 2024 |website=Collider |language=en}}
In 2013, she played a minor character in Sofia Coppola's crime film The Bling Ring. She next appeared in the drama film Labor Day as Mandy, a farm girl who romances with a young man and eventually becomes his wife and the mother of his child.{{cite news |last=Eames |first=Tom |date=April 4, 2012 |title=Maika Monroe, Tom Lipinski join Kate Winslet in 'Labour Day' |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a374788/maika-monroe-tom-lipinski-join-kate-winslet-in-labour-day.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406190743/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a374788/maika-monroe-tom-lipinski-join-kate-winslet-in-labour-day.html |archive-date=April 6, 2012 |access-date=August 8, 2013 |newspaper=digitalspy.co.uk}} It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name, and it was released that same year.{{cite news |title=Monroe working on 'Labor Day' |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/monroe-working-on-labor-day-1118052270/ |access-date=August 8, 2013 |newspaper=variety.com |date=April 3, 2012 |first=Jeff |last=Sneider |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103235743/http://variety.com/2012/film/news/monroe-working-on-labor-day-1118052270/ |url-status=live }}
In 2014, Monroe achieved a career breakthrough with two films.{{Cite magazine |last=McCluskey |first=Megan |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Maika Monroe on Her Obsession With 'Longlegs' Sinister World |url=https://time.com/6994811/longlegs-maika-monroe-interview/ |access-date=October 17, 2024 |magazine=TIME |language=en}} She played Anna Peterson in the psychological thriller film The Guest,{{cite news |title=Rising Star Maika Monroe Joins 'Downton Abbey's' Dan Stevens in 'The Guest' |url=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/rising-star-maika-monroe-joins-dan-stevens-thriller-guest-exclusive-99926 |access-date=August 8, 2013 |newspaper=thewrap.com |date=June 26, 2013 |first=Jeff |last=Sneider |archive-date=August 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801154517/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/rising-star-maika-monroe-joins-dan-stevens-thriller-guest-exclusive-99926 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title='Downton Abbey' star filming thriller in N.M. |url=http://www.abqjournal.com/222475/blogs/downton-abbey-star-filming-thriller-in-nm.html |access-date=November 25, 2021 |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal |date=July 17, 2013 |first=Adrian |last=Gomez |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822024456/http://www.abqjournal.com/222475/blogs/downton-abbey-star-filming-thriller-in-nm.html |archive-date=August 22, 2013}} and headlined the horror film It Follows as Jamie "Jay" Height.{{cite news|last1=Miska|first1=Brad|title=Official Teaser For 'It Follows,' Potentially the Scariest Movie of 2015!|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3324975/official-trailer-followspotential-scariest-movie-2015/|access-date=December 17, 2014|publisher=Fangoria|date=December 17, 2014|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217202347/http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3324975/official-trailer-followspotential-scariest-movie-2015/|url-status=live}} The latter premiered at the 67th Cannes Film Festival and established Monroe as a scream queen.{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Kristen Yoonsoo|title=Maika Monroe, of The Guest and It Follows, is horror's new Scream Queen|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/maika-monroe-guest-and-it-follows-horrors-new-scre-216542|access-date=March 18, 2014|publisher=The A.V. Club|date=March 17, 2014|archive-date=October 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030115444/http://www.avclub.com/article/maika-monroe-guest-and-it-follows-horrors-new-scre-216542|url-status=live}} Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Chris Nashawaty said the film was "airtight" because of "Monroe’s moody teenage authenticity".{{Cite magazine |last=Nashawaty |first=Chris |date=March 12, 2015 |title='It Follows': EW review |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/03/12/it-follows-review/ |access-date=October 17, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}} Both films garnered a cult following while It Follows ranks among the best horror films of the 2010s.{{cite news|last1=Miska|first1=Gi|title='It Follows; Maika Monroe, who is becoming a legit Scream Queen|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3334514/foreign-it-follows-poster-goes-j-horror/|access-date=December 17, 2014|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|date=December 17, 2014|archive-date=March 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323053855/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3334514/foreign-it-follows-poster-goes-j-horror/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Best 2010s Horror Movies |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-2010s-horror-movies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603010352/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-2010s-horror-movies/ |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}
In 2015, Monroe appeared in the Western film Echoes of War. In 2016, she starred in the invasion thriller film The 5th Wave, based on the novel of the same name.{{cite news|last1=Ge|first1=Linda|title=Maika Monroe Joins Chloë Moretz, Nick Robinson in 'The 5th Wave'|url=http://www.thewrap.com/maika-monroe-joins-chloe-moretz-nick-robinson-in-the-5th-wave/|access-date=August 15, 2014|publisher=thewrap.com|date=August 11, 2014|archive-date=August 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815101555/http://www.thewrap.com/maika-monroe-joins-chloe-moretz-nick-robinson-in-the-5th-wave/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Miska|first1=Gi|title='It Follows|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/nyc-catch-it-follows-at-fangorias-free-screening-on-march-9th/|access-date=December 17, 2014|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224185622/http://www.fangoria.com/new/nyc-catch-it-follows-at-fangorias-free-screening-on-march-9th/|archive-date=February 24, 2015|url-status=dead}} Also that year, Monroe starred in the science fiction film Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to Independence Day (1996), playing former First Daughter Patricia Whitmore.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-next-big-thing-independence-904494 |title=Hollywood's Next Big Thing: 'Independence Day' Actress Maika Monroe Goes From Pro Kiteboarder to Breakout Star |date=June 23, 2016 |first=Tatiana |last=Siegel |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 11, 2016 |archive-date=June 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626055317/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-next-big-thing-independence-904494? |url-status=live }}
In 2017, Monroe starred alongside Timothée Chalamet in the neo-noir coming-of-age film Hot Summer Nights as his girlfriend McKayla.{{Cite web |last=Sundel |first=Jenny |date=March 20, 2017 |title=Timothée Chalamet, Maika Monroe Lead 'Hot Summer Nights' at SXSW 2017 |url=https://wwd.com/eye/people/timothee-chalamet-maika-monroe-hot-summer-nights-at-sxsw-10847598/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320185625/https://wwd.com/eye/people/timothee-chalamet-maika-monroe-hot-summer-nights-at-sxsw-10847598/ |archive-date=March 20, 2017 |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} In 2019, Monroe played Sandra in drama film Honey Boy.{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=May 24, 2018 |title=Maika Monroe Joins Shia LaBeouf's 'Honey Boy' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/maika-monroe-joins-shia-labeoufs-film-honey-boy-1114686/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607055423/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/maika-monroe-joins-shia-labeoufs-film-honey-boy-1114686/ |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} In 2020, Monroe portrayed Cindy Williams in the Canadian mystery thriller Flashback.{{Cite web |last=Ramella |first=Brynne |date=April 15, 2021 |title='Flashback' Trailer: Horrific Visions Of A Missing Maika Monroe Haunt Dylan O'Brien |url=https://theplaylist.net/flashback-trailer-maika-monroe-dylan-obrien-20210415/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415140928/https://theplaylist.net/flashback-trailer-maika-monroe-dylan-obrien-20210415/ |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=theplaylist.net}}
In 2022, Monroe played Julia in Watcher, the psychological thriller feature directorial debut of Chloe Okuno.{{Cite web |last=Kiang |first=Jessica |date=January 22, 2022 |title='Watcher' Review: Maika Monroe Makes a Fine Modern Everywoman in an Eerie Throwback Thriller |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/watcher-review-1235158429/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630121024/https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/watcher-review-1235158429/ |archive-date=June 30, 2024 |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} In 2023, Monroe played Case in the film God Is a Bullet, an adaption of the 1999 novel of the same name.{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=April 20, 2023 |title='God Is A Bullet', Starring Maika Monroe, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau & Jamie Foxx, Lines Up US Theatrical Release In June |url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/maika-monroe-jamie-foxx-january-jones-god-bullet-release-june-1235331955/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522002439/https://deadline.com/2023/04/maika-monroe-jamie-foxx-january-jones-god-bullet-release-june-1235331955/ |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
Monroe was cast as Lee Harker in the horror film Longlegs alongside Nicolas Cage.{{Cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=February 2, 2024 |title='Longlegs' Teaser: Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe Star in Neon's Mysterious Serial Killer Horror Movie |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/longlegs-teaser-maika-monroe-nicolas-cage-neon-horror-movie-1234950649/ |access-date=October 17, 2024 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Bria |first=Bill |date=February 2, 2024 |title=Nicolas Cage And Maika Monroe Star In The Creepy Trailer For The Occult Horror Film Longlegs |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1505563/nicolas-cage-maika-monroe-longlegs-trailer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526211603/https://www.slashfilm.com/1505563/nicolas-cage-maika-monroe-longlegs-trailer/ |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=SlashFilm |language=en-US}} Monroe said the role was "incredibly impactful for me. It also felt unique, and it was something I had never done. Lee is so incredibly different from who I am and how I move through life." On working with Cage, she said that "He's the best. He's such a genuine human."{{Cite web |title='I Would Love to Play the Villain': Maika Monroe Complicates the Scream Queen Narrative With Longlegs |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2024/07/26/maika-monroe-longlegs-nicolas-cage-film |access-date=October 17, 2024 |website=www.culturedmag.com |language=en}} The film was released in 2024 and became the highest grossing independent feature of that year.{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=August 16, 2024 |title='Longlegs' Crosses $100 Million at Box Office to Become 2024's Highest-Grossing Indie Film |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/longlegs-100-million-box-office-highest-grossing-indie-1236109098/ |access-date=October 17, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Monroe was in a relationship with actor Joe Keery from 2017 to 2023.{{Cite web |title=Joe Keery and Maika Monroe's Relationship Timeline |url=https://people.com/tv/joe-keery-and-maika-monroe-relationship-timeline/ |access-date=September 18, 2022 |website=People |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227202251/http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=7392313 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 27, 2011}} Since 2023, she has been dating real-estate agent Dalton Gomez.{{Cite web |date=April 24, 2023 |title=Are 'Stranger Things' Actor Joe Keery and Maika Monroe Still Together? Relationship Details, Update |url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/are-joe-keery-maika-monroe-still-together-relationship-update/ |access-date=December 30, 2023 |website=J-14}}
Filmography
=Film=
{{Pending films key}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2012
! scope="row"| At Any Price | Cadence Farrow | |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
! scope="row"| The Bling Ring | Beach Girl | |
| scope="row"| Labor Day
| Mandy Chambers | |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
! scope="row"| The Guest | Anna Peterson | |
| scope="row"| It Follows
| Jamie "Jay" Height | |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
! scope="row"| Echoes of War | Abigail Riley | |
| scope="row"| Burned
| Lila | Short film |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
! scope="row"| The 5th Wave | Ringer | |
| scope="row"| Independence Day: Resurgence
| Patricia Whitmore | |
| rowspan="6" | 2017
! scope="row"| Hot Summer Nights | McKayla Strawberry | |
| scope="row"| The Scent of Rain and Lightning
| Jody Linder | |
| scope="row"| Bokeh
| Jenai | |
| scope="row"| Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
| Joan Felt | |
| scope="row"| I'm Not Here
| Karen | |
| scope="row"| The Tribes of Palos Verdes
| Medina Mason | |
| rowspan="3" | 2018
! scope="row"| After Everything | Mia | |
| scope="row"| Tau
| Julia | Also executive producer |
| scope="row"| Greta
| Erica Penn | |
| rowspan="3" | 2019
! scope="row"| Honey Boy | Sandra | |
| scope="row"| Villains
| Jules | |
| scope="row"| How To Be Alone
| Lucy | Short film |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
! scope="row"| Brothers by Blood | Grace | |
| scope="row"| Flashback
| Cindy Williams | |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
! scope="row"| Watcher | Julia | |
| scope="row"| Significant Other
| Ruth Miller | Also executive producer |
| 2023
! scope="row"| God Is a Bullet | Case Hardin | |
| 2024
! scope="row"| Longlegs | Agent Lee Harker | |
| rowspan="2"| 2025
| {{Pending film|In Cold Light}} | Ava | Post-production |
| {{Pending film|100 Nights of Hero}}
| Cherry | Post-production |
| 2026
| {{Pending film|Reminders of Him}} | Kenna Rowan | Filming |
| rowspan="2"| {{TableTBA}}
| {{Pending film|The Hand That Rocks the Cradle}} | Peyton Flanders | Post-production |
| {{Pending film|Place to Be}}
| | Filming |
=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2009
! scope="row"| Eleventh Hour | Maya Wynne | Episode: "Medea" |
| 2013
! scope="row"| Flying Monkeys | Joan |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
! scope="row"| The Stranger | Clare | Main role (13 episodes) |
| scope="row"| JJ Villard's Fairy Tales
| Snow White (voice) | Episode: "Snow White" |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|2140860|Maika Monroe}}
- [https://lovehorror.co.uk/horror-features/43169/interview-with-it-follows-lead-maika-monroe/ Interview with It Follows lead Maika Monroe]
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