- Monique Gabriela Curnen
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Monique Gabriela Curnen Born United States Other names Monique Curnen Occupation Actress Years active Since 2001 Monique Gabriela Curnen is an American film and television actress.
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Early life
Curnen's mother is from Puerto Rico and her father is of German and Irish descent.[1] Growing up in Framingham, Massachusetts, she attended Framingham South High School, where she was president of the Drama Club and acted in a 1987 production of Little Shop of Horrors. She graduated from Framingham South in 1988[2] and went to Williams College,[3] where she acted less regularly, concentrating on her studies. After college, however, she moved to New York and started taking acting classes and going to auditions.[1]
Career
Curnen has appeared in several films including Bollywood Calling (2001), Half Nelson (2006) and The Dark Knight (2008), in which she played corrupt rookie Detective Anna Ramirez.
She has also appeared in numerous television series including Dexter (in the episode "Love American Style", 2006), House, M.D. (in the episode "House Training", 2007) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (in the episode "Quickie", 2010). She played Detective Allison Beaumont in the 2009 police procedural drama series The Unusuals. She appeared in the season finale of Season 2 of Lie to Me ("Black and White", 2010) as Detective Sharon Wallowski, whom she continued to play in Season 3 in a major recurring role.[4]
References
- ^ a b Quintala, Lisa (August 20, 2008). "Monique Curnen, una hispana en Cuidad Gótica", People en Español (in Spanish).
- ^ Tremblay, Bob (July 17, 2008). "Framingham South grad has role in Dark Knight", The MetroWest Daily News.
- ^ Monique Gabriela Curnen CV
- ^ Wightman, Catriona (July 22, 2010). "Monique Curnen lands Lie to Me role", Digital Spy.
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Categories: 1977 births | American film actors | American people of Puerto Rican descent | American television actors | Living people | American screen actor stubs
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