Michelle Monaghan
{{Short description|American actress (born 1976)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Michelle Monaghan
| image = Michelle Monaghan (42734734175) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Image of Michelle Monaghan in 2018
| caption = Monaghan in 2018
| birth_name = Michelle Lynn Monaghan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|3|23|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Winthrop, Iowa, U.S.
| education = Columbia College Chicago
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2000–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Peter White|2005}}
| children = 2
}}
Michelle Lynn Monaghan ({{IPAc-en|'|m|ɒ|n|@|h|@n}} {{respell|MON|ə|hən}},{{Cite web |title=Monaghan definition and meaning |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/monaghan|website=Collins English Dictionary |access-date=January 4, 2020}} born March 23, 1976){{cite web |title=Michelle Monaghan Biography |url=https://www.biography.com/people/michelle-monaghan|work=Biography |date=July 5, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119092057/https://www.biography.com/people/michelle-monaghan |url-status=dead}} is an American actress. She has starred in the films Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), Trucker (2008), Source Code (2011), Pixels (2015), and Patriots Day (2016). She also received recognition for her role in the action spy film series Mission: Impossible, making appearances in Mission: Impossible III (2006), Ghost Protocol (2011), and Fallout (2018).
On television, Monaghan starred in the first season of the HBO anthology crime drama series True Detective (2014), earning a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. She has also starred in the drama series The Path (2016–2018), the miniseries Echoes (2022), and the third season of the anthology series The White Lotus (2025).
Early life
Monaghan was born in the small town (then a population of about 750) of Winthrop, Iowa, the daughter of Sharon{{citation |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/michelle-monaghan-57488130/ |title=Michelle Monaghan |website=Hollywood.com|date=May 4, 2006 }} and Robert Monaghan, a factory worker.{{cite web|url=http://madeinatlantis.com/mi3/michelle_interview.htm|title=Michelle Monaghan Interview |first=Martyn |last=Palmer |website=Madeinatlantis.com |year=2006 |access-date=November 12, 2013}}{{Cite news |last=Haugen |first=Dan |date=November 10, 2005 |title=Small-town girl Michelle Monaghan hitting it big in Hollywood |url=http://wcfcourier.com/news/regional/article_703d5ef6-0ccd-55d3-8540-66cdc62b45b6.html |work=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier |access-date=November 13, 2010}} She has two older brothers. She has mostly Irish and German ancestry, and was raised Catholic.{{cite web |last=O' Doherty |first=Cahir |date=September 21, 2011 |title=Michelle Monaghan practices and preaches in 'Machine Gun Preacher' |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Michelle-Monaghan-practices-and-preaches-in-Machine-Gun-Preacher---VIDEO-130295228.html?page=2 |work=IrishCentral}}{{cite web |last=Scheller |first=Christine |date=September 19, 2011 |title='Machine Gun Preacher' Poses Tough Questions |url=http://www.urbanfaith.com/2011/09/%E2%80%98machine-gun-preacher%E2%80%99-poses-tough-questions.html |work=Urban Faith |access-date=June 12, 2013 |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204043721/http://www.urbanfaith.com/2011/09/%E2%80%98machine-gun-preacher%E2%80%99-poses-tough-questions.html/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/21395/20150612/50-fun-facts-missed-actress-michelle-monaghan.htm|title=50 fun facts you missed about actress Michelle Monaghan|date=June 12, 2015|website=boomsbeat.com}}
She graduated from East Buchanan High School in 1994. After graduation, she moved to Chicago to study journalism at Columbia College Chicago and began to model.{{cite interview |title=Michelle Monaghan's Big Moment |url=http://michiganavemag.com/personalities/articles/michelle-monaghan-talks-true-detective-and-being-a-wife-and-mother |first=Michelle |last=Monaghan |work=Michigan Avenue |edition=online |date=February 18, 2014 |location=Chicago |access-date=October 14, 2014}} She modeled in Milan, Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, 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.{{cite web|title=michelle monaghan begins modeling|url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_300/345_michelle_monaghan.html|website=askmen.com|access-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113222838/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_300/345_michelle_monaghan.html|archive-date=November 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}
Career
Monaghan's first two credited television appearances, in a supporting role, were as Caroline Busse in episodes of Young Americans, 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 and Diane Lane.
Monaghan got a big-break role in 2002 when she co-starred in the television series Boston Public 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 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".
File:MichelleMonaganApr06.jpg premiere in 2006]]
In 2007, she co-starred with Ben Stiller in The Heartbreak Kid remake, and with Casey Affleck 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.{{cite web |last=Weintraub |first=Steve |date=March 31, 2011 |title=Michelle Monaghan Video Interview Source Code; Also Talks About Kiss Kiss Bang Bang & Iron Man 3 |url=https://collider.com/michelle-monaghan-video-interview-source-code/ |work=Collider |access-date=December 5, 2019}} She played Diane Ford in Trucker.{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/44337-exclusive-michelle-monaghan-keeps-on-truckin|title=Exclusive: Michelle Monaghan Keeps on Truckin'|date=October 9, 2009|website=ComingSoon.net}}
In 2014, Monaghan starred in the first season of HBO anthology series True Detective.{{cite news |last=Radish |first=Christina |date=February 12, 2014 |title=Michelle Monaghan Talks True Detective, Joining the Show, Working with Cary Fukunaga, the Mood on Set, Future Projects, and More |url=https://collider.com/michelle-monaghan-true-detective-interview/#uHDEVjWPWS6XPdLV.99 |website=Collider |access-date=January 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104214427/http://collider.com/michelle-monaghan-true-detective-interview/#uHDEVjWPWS6XPdLV.99 |archive-date=November 4, 2015 |url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=April 21, 2016 |title=Logan Lerman and Elle Fanning to Star in Shawn Christensen's 'Sidney Hall' (EXCLUSIVE) | url = https://variety.com/2016/film/news/logan-lerman-elle-fanning-shawn-christensen-sidney-hall-1201576788/ |work=Variety |access-date=April 21, 2016}} Nine months later, on January 25, 2017, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.{{cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=December 5, 2016 |title=Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2017 Premieres, Midnight, Spotlight Sections |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/sundance-film-festival-premieres-midnight-spotlight-lineup-1201933589/ |website=Variety |access-date=December 15, 2016}}
In May 2018, it was announced that Monaghan had been cast in the main role of CIA operative Eva Geller in the Netflix thriller Messiah.{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 4, 2018 |title='Messiah': Michelle Monaghan To Star In Netflix Drama Series From Mark Burnett & Roma Downey |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/messiah-michelle-monaghan-star-netflix-drama-series-michael-petroni-mark-burnett-roma-downey-1202382879/ |website=Deadline |access-date=May 5, 2018}}{{Cite web |last=Boucher |first=Ashley |date=May 4, 2018 |title=Michelle Monaghan Cast in Netflix Drama 'Messiah' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/michelle-monaghan-cast-in-netflix-drama-messiah/ |website=The Wrap |access-date=December 4, 2019}} The series premiered on Netflix on January 1, 2020{{cite web |last=Nemetz |first=Dave |date=December 3, 2019 |title=Messiah Trailer: Is This Miracle Worker a Con Man, or the Second Coming? |url=https://tvline.com/2019/12/03/messiah-netflix-trailer-premiere-date-video/ |website=TVLine |access-date=December 3, 2019}} and was cancelled after one season.{{Cite web |last=Griffiths |first=George |date=March 27, 2020 |title=Messiah axed by Netflix after one season following anti-Islamic controversy |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/27/netflix-cancels-messiah-anti-islamic-controversy-12464000/ |website=Metro |access-date=April 3, 2023}}
In 2024, Monaghan appeared in a supporting role in the horror film MaXXXine{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2023-04-05 |title='MaXXXine' Adds Lily Collins, Kevin Bacon, Michelle Monaghan, Giancarlo Esposito, Halsey & More To Cast |url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/maxxxine-cast-lily-collins-kevin-bacon-halsey-1235318151/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Deadline}} and stars in the third season of Emmy Award-winning show The White Lotus, which began filming in Thailand in February 2024.{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2024-01-05 |title='White Lotus' Season 3 Adds Cast Members Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Michelle Monaghan and More |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/white-lotus-season-3-cast-jason-isaacs-parker-posey-michelle-monaghan-1235862617/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Variety}} In 2024, she began to appear in television ads as a spokesperson for Spectrum.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024|reason=This claim needs a reliable source; even if the such claim is true, you still need to cite a reliable source. See Wikipedia:Verifiability for further information.}}
Personal life
Monaghan met Australian graphic artist Peter White at a party in 2000. They married in Port Douglas, Queensland, in August 2005 and live in New York.{{cite news |last=Freydkin |first=Donna |date=April 28, 2008 |title=Michelle Monaghan was 'Made' to be an actress |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-04-28-michelle-monaghan_n.htm |website=USA Today |url-status=dead |access-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205111300/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-04-28-michelle-monaghan_N.htm }} She gave birth to their daughter in 2008,{{cite web|last=Leonard |first=Elizabeth |date=June 2, 2008 |title=Michelle Monaghan Expecting First Child |url=https://people.com/parents/michelle-monaghan-expecting-first-child/ |work=People|access-date=October 28, 2008}} and their son in 2013.{{cite web |title=Michelle Monaghan Welcomes Son Tommy Francis |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/11/01/michelle-monaghan-welcomes-son-tommy-francis/ |work=People Babies |date=November 1, 2013 |access-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103041636/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/11/01/michelle-monaghan-welcomes-son-tommy-francis/ |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
Filmography
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= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| 2001
| Perfume | Henrietta | | |
| 2002
| Lindsay | | |
| 2003
| Peg Maloney | | |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| Stacey | | |
| {{sortname|The|Bourne Supremacy|The Bourne Supremacy (film)}}
| Kim | | |
| rowspan="4" | 2005
| Ellie | Uncredited cameo | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith
| Gwen | | |
| North Country
| Sherry | | |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
| Harmony Faith Lane | | |
| 2006
| Julia Meade | | |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| Angie Gennaro | | |
| The Heartbreak Kid
| Miranda | | |
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| Hannah | | |
| Eagle Eye
| Rachel Holloman | | |
| Trucker
| Diane Ford | Also executive producer | |
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Rebecca | | |
| Due Date
| Sarah Highman | | |
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| Christina Warren | | |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
| Julia Meade-Hunt | Uncredited cameo |
| Machine Gun Preacher
| Lynn Childers | | |
| 2012
| Florence Jane | | |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Sara Frost |Also known as Blindsided | |
| Expecting
| Andie | | |
| rowspan="5" | 2014
| Maggie Swann | | |
| Better Living Through Chemistry
| Kara Varney | | |
| Justice League: War
| Direct-to-video | |
| Playing It Cool
| Her | | |
| The Best of Me
| Amanda Collier | | |
| 2015
| Pixels | Violet van Patten | | |
| 2016
| Carol Saunders | | |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Jennifer Bryant | | |
| The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
| Velouria Hall | | |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Julia Meade | | |
| Saint Judy
| Judy Wood | | |
| 2020
| Helen Schechner | | |
| 2021
| Grace | | |
| rowspan="3" | 2022
| Nanny | Amy | | |
| Black Site
| Abigail "Abby" Trent | | |
| Blood
| Jess | | |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Beth Bogart | | |
| The Family Plan
| Jessica Morgan | |
| 2024
| MaXXXine | Detective Williams | | |
| rowspan="2" | TBA
| Jessica Morgan | Filming |
| The Whisper Man
| {{TBA}} | Filming | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| 2000
| Caroline Busse | 2 episodes | |
| 2001
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dana Kimble | Episode: "Consent" | |
| 2002
| Hack | Stacy Kumble | Episode: "Favors" | |
| 2002–03
| Recurring role; 8 episodes | |
| 2013
| Gina | Voice role; Episode: "Max Jets" | |
| 2014
| Maggie Hart | Main role (season 1); 8 episodes | |
| 2015
| Herself | Episode: "Michelle Monaghan Wears a Burnt Orange Dress and White Heels" | |
| 2016–18
| The Path | Sarah Lane | Main role, 36 episodes | |
| 2020
| Messiah | Eva Geller | Main role, 10 episodes |
| 2022
| Echoes | Leni and Gina McClery | rowspan=2| Main role | | |
| 2024
| Bonnie Witt / Plover Chase | |
| 2025
| Jaclyn Lemon | Main role, season 3 | |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Award !Category !Nominated work !Result |
| 2005
|Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Comedy or Musical | rowspan="2" |Kiss Kiss Bang Bang |{{Nominated}} |
| 2006
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2008
|{{Nominated}} |
| 2009
|San Diego Film Critics Society Awards |{{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" |2015
|Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | rowspan="2" |True Detective |{{Nominated}} |
| Satellite Awards
|Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |{{Nominated}} |
| 2016
|{{Nominated}} |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Michelle Monaghan}}
- {{IMDb name|1157358}}
- [http://www.reviewgraveyard.com/00_interviews/08-09-29_michelle-monaghan.htm Michelle Monaghan interview at reviewgraveyard.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513054129/http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/women/articles/2008/02/michelle_monaghan Profile of Michelle Monaghan]
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