Michelle Monaghan

MICHELLE MONAGHAN starred to great critical acclaim in the independent drama Trucker, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. For this role, she received the Best Actress awards of the San Diego Film Critics Society, Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival and Vail Film Festival. Monaghan also served as executive producer on the film.

Monaghan co-starred in Duncan Jones‘ hit sci-fi thriller Source Code, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeffrey Wright. She was seen in Boot Tracks, opposite Stephen Dorff and Willem Dafoe, as well as the dramedy Better Living through Chemistry, alongside Jennifer Garner and Sam Rockwell.

Monaghan made her feature film debut in Perfume, directed by Michael Rymer. But it was her starring role in Shane Black‘s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer, that first brought Monaghan to the attention of audiences around the world. She received rave reviews for her performance in this comedic thriller.

She then played Richard Gere‘s secretary in Adrian Lyne‘s Unfaithful, followed by supporting roles in Fred Schepisi‘s It Runs in the Family, Josh Sternfeld‘s Winter Solstice, Paul Greengrass‘ The Bourne Supremacy and Doug Liman‘s Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Other film credits include Niki Caro‘s North Country, with Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand and Sissy Spacek; Ben Affleck‘s Gone Baby Gone, opposite Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman; the Farrelly brothers‘ The Heartbreak Kid, opposite Ben Stiller and Malin Akerman; J.J. Abrams‘ Mission: Impossible III, with Tom Cruise and Philip Seymour Hoffman; Paul Weiland‘s Made of Honor, opposite Patrick Dempsey; D.J. Caruso‘s Eagle Eye, alongside Shia LaBeouf; Sofia Coppola‘s Somewhere, with Stephen Dorff; and Todd Phillips‘ Due Date, opposite Robert Downey Jr.

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