Michelle Lynn Monaghan Bio

  Michelle Lynn Monaghan, born on the 23rd of March, 1976 is an American actress. She is well-known for her performances in Kiss Bang Bang (2006), Gone Baby Gone (2007, Made of Honor (2008)), Trucker (2008) and Source Code (2011). Her starring role in Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) and Mission: Impossible Fallout (2018) has earned her recognition. Monaghan was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress. In the drama series The Path (2016), she starred in the role of Sarah Lane. Monaghan was the main character in the 2020 Netflix thriller Messiah. The show was cancelled after just one episode. Monaghan was the daughter of Sharon Hammel and Robert Monaghan (a factory worker) and was born in Winthrop, Iowa. Monaghan has two brothers older than her, Bob and John. Monaghan is of Irish and German heritage was raised Catholic and graduated from East Buchanan High School 1994. After graduation, she moved to Chicago to study journalism at Columbia College Chicago and began to model. She has also modelled in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore as well as in the United States. With one semester remaining to complete her journalism degree in 1999, she moved to New York to pursue an acting career. Modeling was her forte, appearing in several catalogs and magazines prior to beginning her acting career. Monaghan was featured in two TV roles, including an actor in support roles on Young Americans' episodes in 2000. The second time she appeared on TV was on Law & Order: Special Victims United in "Consent" which first aired on the 19th of January 2001. Also, Monaghan made her big screen debut in Perfume in 2001 as Henrietta. She was also a acting support in Unfaithful in 2002, starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, and others.






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