Michelle Monaghan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Michelle Monaghan
Monaghan in 2018
Born	Michelle Lynn Monaghan (1976-03-23) March 23, 1976 (age 49) Winthrop, Iowa, U.S.
Education	East Buchanan Community School
Alma mater	Columbia College Chicago
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	Peter White ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	2

Michelle Lynn Monaghan (/ˈmɒnəhən/ mon-Ə-hən; born March 23, 1976) 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 as Julia Meade 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 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 Netflix thriller series Messiah (2020), and subsequently appeared in the miniseries Echoes (2022).

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 to study journalism at Columbia College Chicago and began to model. 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.

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".

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. She played the role of Diane Ford in Trucker.

Monaghan at the Mission: Impossible III premiere, April 2006

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.

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. 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 in August 2005 and live in New York. She gave birth to their daughter in 2008, and their son on October 30, 2013.

Filmography

Monaghan at the Mission: Impossible – Fallout European Red Carpet, Paris, July 12, 2018

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	Perfume	Henrietta
2002	Unfaithful	Lindsay
2003	It Runs in the Family	Peg Maloney
2004	Winter Solstice	Stacey
	Bourne Supremacy, TheThe Bourne Supremacy	Kim
2005	Constantine	Ellie	Uncredited cameo
	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Gwen
	North Country	Sherry
	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	Harmony Faith Lane
2006	Mission: Impossible III	Julia Meade
2007	Gone Baby Gone	Angie Gennaro
	The Heartbreak Kid	Miranda
2008	Made of Honor	Hannah
	Eagle Eye	Rachel Holloman
	Trucker	Diane Ford	Also executive producer
2010	Somewhere	Rebecca
	Due Date	Sarah Highman
2011	Source Code	Christina Warren
	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	Julia Meade-Hunt	Uncredited cameo
	Machine Gun Preacher	Lynn Childers
2012	Tomorrow You're Gone	Florence Jane
2013	Penthouse North	Sara Frost
	Expecting	Andie
2014	Fort Bliss	Maggie Swann
	Better Living Through Chemistry	Kara Varney
	Justice League: War	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman	Direct-to-video
	Playing It Cool	Her
	The Best of Me	Amanda Collier
2015	Pixels	Violet van Patten
2016	Patriots Day	Carol Saunders
2017	Sleepless	Jennifer Bryant
	The Vanishing of Sidney Hall	Velouria Hall
2018	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	Julia Meade
	Saint Judy	Judy Wood
2020	The Craft: Legacy	Helen Schechner
2021	Every Breath You Take	Grace
2022	Nanny	Amy
	Black Site	Abigail "Abby" Trent
	Blood	Jess
2023	Spinning Gold	Beth Bogart
	The Family Plan	Jessica Morgan	Post-production
TBA	The Price of Admission	TBA	Filming
	MaXXXine	TBA	Post-production

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Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Young Americans	Caroline Busse	2 episodes
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dana Kimble	Episode: "Consent"
2002	Hack	Stacy Kumble	Episode: "Favors"
2002–03	Boston Public	Kimberly Woods	Recurring role; 8 episodes
2013	American Dad!	Gina	Voice role; Episode: "Max Jets"
2014	True Detective	Maggie Hart	Main role (season 1); 8 episodes
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Herself	Episode: "Michelle Monaghan Wears a Burnt Orange Dress and White Heels"
2016–18	The Path	Sarah Lane	Main role, 36 episodes Also producer
2020	Messiah	Eva Geller	Main role, 10 episodes
2022	Echoes	Leni and Gina McCleary	Main role
TBA	Bad Monkey	Bonnie	Main role, upcoming series

Key

Denotes television series that have not yet been released

See also

In Spanish: Michelle Monaghan para niños