Michelle Monaghan
Monaghan at the Mission: Impossible III premiere, April 2006
Born	Michelle Lynn Monaghan March 23, 1976 (1976-03-23) (age 34) Winthrop, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Peter White (2005–present)

Michelle Lynn Monaghan (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress, known for her roles in Mission: Impossible III, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Gone Baby Gone, Made of Honor, The Heartbreak Kid and Eagle Eye.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Monaghan was born in Winthrop, Iowa, the daughter of Sharon Monaghan (who ran a day care center in the family's home), and Bob Monaghan (a factory worker and part time farmer).¹² She has two older brothers, Bob and John³ and her family frequently fostered and adopted children. She graduated from East Buchanan High School, Class of 1994, where she was class president and acted in several plays. After graduation, she moved to Chicago to study journalism at Columbia College Chicago. While studying, she began modeling in the United States and in Milan, Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong, with one semester remaining in her journalism degree when she left for New York to pursue an acting career.

Career

Monaghan's first notable, though minor parts were in episodes of Young Americans (in which she appeared twice), and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, both in 2001. She made her big screen debut that year in the small role of "Henrietta" in the movie Perfume. This was followed by another small role in Unfaithful in 2002.

Monaghan got a big break in 2002 when she co-starred in the television series Boston Public in the role of Kimberly Woods. After guest-starring for a season, she returned to the silver screen, appeared in It Runs in the Family in 2003, Winter Solstice in 2004, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. She also had scenes deleted from both Constantine and Syriana. Her audition tape from Constantine, however, earned her an audition for Mission Impossible III and within 20 minutes she had the role of Julia, opposite Tom Cruise.^{citation needed}

In 2007, she starred in the remake of The Heartbreak Kid, opposite Ben Stiller, as Miranda, the role originally played by Cybill Shepherd. She also starred in Gone Baby Gone receiving excellent notices for her performance as the female protagonist, Angie Gennaro, opposite Casey Affleck. In 2008, she appeared as "Hannah" alongside Patrick Dempsey in Made of Honor, and co-starred in Eagle Eye with Shia LaBeouf.

Personal life

Monaghan met Australian graphic artist Peter White at a party in 2000. They were married in August 2005 and live in New York. She gave birth to daughter Willow Katherine White on November 5, 2008.⁴

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2001	Perfume	Henrietta
2003	It Runs in the Family	Peg Maloney
2004	Winter Solstice	Stacey
	The Bourne Supremacy	Kim
2005	Constantine	Ellie	uncredited
	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	Harmony	Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Satellite Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
	Mr.& Mrs. Smith	Gwen
	North Country	Sherry
2006	Mission: Impossible III	Julia "Jules" Meade
2007	The Heartbreak Kid	Miranda
	Gone Baby Gone	Angela "Angie" Gennaro
2008	Trucker	Diane Ford	San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Vail Film Festival Award for Excellence in Acting
	Made of Honor	Hannah
	Eagle Eye	Rachel Holloman
2010	Due Date	Christine Highman	filming
	Somewhere	TBA	post-production
2011	Source Code	Christina	pre-production
2012	Machine Gun Preacher	Lyn Childers	Filming

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michelle Monaghan

• Michelle Monaghan at the Internet Movie Database
• Michelle Monaghan interview at reviewgraveyard.com
• Profile of Michelle Monaghan

Persondata
NAME	Monaghan, Michelle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Monaghan, Michelle Lynn
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH	Winthrop, Iowa, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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