Michelle Monaghan
Michelle Monaghan
Michelle Lynn Monaghan is an American actress known for her roles in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Mission: Impossible III, Gone Baby Gone, Made of Honor, Eagle Eye, Source Code, and True Detective's first season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth23 March 1976
CityWinthrop, WA
CountryUnited States of America
clearly effects
I don't really think too much about special effects because that's not really something I can clearly visualize, so I leave that to the pros.
proved tricky
I will say that 'Source Code' proved to be a very tricky film to shoot.
days love mom packing tired
Some days I really love being a mom, and some days I don't! It's crazy - I'm tired of packing lunches!
cruise feelings genuine hard job kissing particular time tom worse
You know I think it's hard in any film when you're kissing someone who you don't really have genuine feelings for... but at the same time it's our job so... there are worse things I could be doing on that particular day than kissing Tom Cruise I suppose... i'm not going to complain.
dramatic emotional
You kind of get to see Ethan in some dramatic and emotional moments, which I think is really appealing.
beginning smitten toward unaware
Toward the beginning of the film, she's unaware of what he really does, but then she kind of surmises something is going on. But she's completely smitten with Ethan, as one would be.
festivals circuits
I really love the festival circuit.
slim silhouettes essentials
I live in L.A., so layers are essential to my wardrobe. I like slim silhouettes, typically, and I love good tailoring.
growing-up children parent
When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need.
beautiful looks retrospect
Everything looks more beautiful in retrospect.
years getting-older benefits
It was very fortuitous that the show [True Detective] actually spans seventeen years - so as I was getting older on the show, I was gaining weight. When I'm playing fifty, I'm ten pounds heavier! I don't know if they thought maybe I was method? But it actually worked to my benefit.
detectives months found
I found out a few months after we started [True Detective] that I was pregnant.
military black-and-white reality
We have this misconception about women in the military, that they don't wear make-up, but in reality, they're very feminine women. You can be a tough woman, and still be a very nurturing and emotional parent. It's just not always black and white like that.
mom real stories
What's compelling about the story and what's very honest about the story is that it's very real and it's happening. There are 200,000 women in active duty, and over 40% of them are moms. This experience is shared by thousands of women, and no one is right or wrong.