Monique Gabriela Curnen

Monique Gabriela Curnen

actress, producer, director

Monique Gabriela Curnen was born on Sep 07, 1970 in USA. Monique Gabriela Curnen's big-screen debut came with Kate & Leopold directed by James Mangold in 2001. Monique Gabriela Curnen is known for Power directed by Sanford Bookstaver, Omari Hardwick stars as James 'Ghost' St. Patrick and Lela Loren as Angela Valdes. The most recent award Monique Gabriela Curnen achieved is VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Monique Gabriela Curnen plays is Away - Season 1 which will be released on Sep 04, 2020.

Monique Gabriela Curnen is an American actress who has worked in theater, film and television. She grew up in Massachusetts. Both parents were educators and encouraged creativity in the home. Monique took an interest in acting after watching her older brother perform in a school orchestra, and soon began performing in school plays.After graduating from Williams College, Monique moved to New York to pursue acting, and studied at The Actors Center, The Barrow Group, and The School for Film and Television. She performed in myriad theatrical productions and began booking roles in several films, including Maria pleine de grâce (2004) and Bernard and Doris (2006).Monique's breakthrough role was in the critically acclaimed film Half Nelson (2006), as Isabel, a fellow teacher and love interest to Ryan Gosling's lead character. Her performance paved the way for a flurry of television guest star roles, most notably as Lupe, a street hustler with an untreatable condition in the award-winning series Dr House (2004); a no-nonsense mafia informant in FBI - Portés disparus (2002); and an abused wife fleeing her husband in Journeyman (2007).But it was in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight : Le Chevalier noir (2008) that she captured the attention of fans worldwide as the tough, yet vulnerable Detective Ramirez. Other high-profile film roles include Fast & Furious 4 (2009) and Contagion (2011). Monique continues to balance her film career with television work, and has been a recurring guest starred on such shows as Lie to Me (2009), Sons of Anarchy (2008), and Les Experts (2000). She recently worked as an FBI agent in Roland Emmerich's TV movie, Dark Horse (2012).

  • Birthday

    Sep 07, 1970
  • Place of Birth

    USA

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1 wins & 0 nominations

VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
2012
Best Ensemble Acting - Narrative Feature
Winner - Special Jury Prize

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