Bonnie Somerville

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name = Bonnie Somerville

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Bonnie Somerville (born February 24, 1974) is an American actress and singer. As an actress, she has had roles in a number of movies and television series, most notably "NYPD Blue", "Grosse Pointe", "Friends", and "The O.C.".

Biography

Personal life

Somerville was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn. She started acting and singing at a young age, appearing in high school plays at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Somerville attended Boston College as a Musical Theater major, and returned home upon completing her education in order to try acting professionally.

In 2004, she dated Zach Braff - an actor noted for his leading role in the NBC sitcom "Scrubs".

Acting career

Somerville's first acting job was as an extra in the 1996 film "City Hall". Her first major role for television was for the lead in the CBS miniseries, "Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story" (1999), in which she also sang.

Somerville starred in the 2000 series "Grosse Pointe", and later played Rachel Hoffman, a colleague of Sandy Cohen, in Season 1 of "The O.C." . She had a recurring role on the sitcom "Friends" as Mona, dating Ross in Season 8.

In 2005, Somerville starred in a lead role in the short-lived sitcom "Kitchen Confidential". She also starred with Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor in the short-lived 2008 ABC dramedy "Cashmere Mafia".

Somerville also appeared in the 2004 films "Spider-Man 2" and "Without a Paddle" as well as "Bedazzled".

Music career

Somerville was noticed by a modeling scout while waiting tables. At the age of 22, Bonnie moved to Los Angeles at which point she assembled a band and got an agent. Somerville sang backup on Joshua Radin's first record. Her song "Winding Road" was included on the soundtrack for the film "Garden State".

Somerville is currently a singer in the group Band from TV with Greg Grunberg, Bob Guiney, James Denton, Hugh Laurie, Barry Sarna, Brad Savage, Rich Winer, and Chris Kelley.

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