Michelle Monaghan

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Michelle was born on March 23, 1976 in Winthrop, Iowa as Michelle Lynn Monaghan. She is 5' 7" [1.70 m] tall.

The amazing thing about Michelle is that you have probably seen her in a movie or on TV and never noticed her. I think she is that good of an actor. She does her character so well, you believe that she's just playing herself. She's beautiful but in the sense that she's on your level, hence, you don't remember her name but probably her character's name, if that. Here are a couple of examples… She was the fiancé to Ethan (Tom Cruise) in "MI:3." She was the wife of Peter (Robert Downy Jr.) in "Due Date." She was also in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "The Bourne Supremmacy" and don't forget "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." There are few more you might have seen and missed Michelle.

If you aren't one of those people who didn't miss her and started noticing her name, I know it wasn't a surprise to you when she started to get the leading roles like in "Eagle Eye" and "Source Code." No worries that she will have a long career.

Factoids:

• Grew up in the small town of Winthrop, near Cedar Rapids in northeast Iowa.
• Studied journalism at Chicago's Columbia College.
• She had scenes deleted from Constantine (2005) and Syriana (2005).
• Moved to New York in 1999.
• Is married to Australian graphic designer.
• Has two older brothers.
• In Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), she plays an actress who did a commercial for a beer called Genaro's. In Gone Baby Gone (2007) she plays a character named Angie Gennaro.
• She has a daughter, Willow Katherine White.
• Returned to work seven months after giving birth to her daughter Willow in order to begin filming Somewhere (2010).
• Holds a "Class A" driver's license permitting her to legally drive an 18-wheeler truck. Monaghan merited this permit while preparing for her role in Trucker (2008).
• She is a cancer survivor. (skin cancer)

Quotes:

• "You don't grow up in a town of 700 thinking you're going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy."
• "I don't really look like I do in any of my films."

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