Poppy Montgomery
Poppy Montgomery (* 15. June 1972 in Sydney , New South Wales as Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue ) is a Australian actress .
Life
Like her siblings, she was named after a flower ( Poppy means corn poppy ). For her work as an actress, she chose her mother's maiden name, Montgomery.
At the age of 14, she dropped out of school and worked in her father's restaurant. She left Australia when she was 16 and traveled the world for two years until she came to the United States at 18 . In Los Angeles , she first had to practice an American accent before she was cast in 1994. A year later she made a brief appearance in Devil in Blue alongside Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle . This was followed by guest appearances on the television series Party of Five and New York Cops - NYPD Blue .
She had her breakthrough in 2001 with the title role as Marilyn Monroe in the miniseries Blond, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates . From 2002 to 2009 she was part of the regular Without a Trace line-up . From 2011 to 2016 she played the lead role of Carrie Wells in the crime series Unforgettable .
She gave birth to a son on December 23, 2007. The father is Adam Kaufman , with whom she dated from 2005 to 2011. A daughter followed on April 23, 2013 and a second son on November 11, 2014. The father is her partner Shawn Sanford.
Filmography (selection)
- 1994: Palm Beach Duo ( Silk Stalkings , TV series, two episodes)
- 1994: Teenage T-Rex (Tammy and the T-Rex)
- 1995: Devil in a Blue (Devil in a Blue Dress)
- 1996: Respectively ( Relativity , TV series, seven episodes)
- 1996: Emergency in Space (The Cold Equations)
- 1996: Party of Five (TV series, episode 2x13 Poor Substitutes )
- 1996: New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue , TV series, episode 3x11 Burnin 'Love )
- 1998: Dead Man on Campus
- 1999: Normally in love (The Other Sister)
- 1999: Life imprisonment (Life)
- 2000: The Beat (TV series, three episodes)
- 2001: Blonde (miniseries)
- 2002: Glory Days (TV series, nine episodes)
- 2002–2009: Without a Trace disappeared without a trace ( Without a Trace , TV series, 160 episodes)
- 2004: Family on a Detour (Raising Waylon)
- 2004: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
- 2010: True Blue (TV movie)
- 2010: Cinderella Love Story ( Lying to Be Perfect , TV movie)
- 2011: Magic Beyond Words : The JK Rowling Story
- 2011–2016: Unforgettable (TV series, 61 episodes)
- 2015: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: from Paris, With Love (TV movie)
- 2017: A Surrogate's Nightmare (TV movie)
- 2019: Reef Break (TV series, 13 episodes)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Downie: In the lucky bunch. In: The Courier-Mail. August 8, 2007, accessed October 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Poppy Montgomery separates from Adam Kaufman ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Lenka Hladikova: Unforgettable: Poppy Montgomery became a mother . Serienjunkies.de . April 25, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
Web links
- Poppy Montgomery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Poppy Montgomery at filmreference.com (English)
- Poppy Montgomery in the German synchronous file
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Montgomery, Poppy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deveraux Donahue, Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , New South Wales , Australia |