Monique Gabriela Curnen Explained

Monique Gabriela Curnen
Birth Date:7 September 1970
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Williams College
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:2001–present

Monique Gabriela Curnen (born September 7, 1970) is an American actress.

Early life and education

Curnen was born on September 7, 1970. Her mother is from Puerto Rico, and her father is of German and Irish descent.[1] She grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts and went to Williams College,[2] where she concentrated on other studies. After college, she spent a year (1992–93) as a full-time intern at Unity House, the Minority Cultural Center, at Connecticut College in New London. She then moved to New York and started taking acting classes and going to auditions.[3]

Career

Curnen has appeared in several films including Bollywood Calling (2001), Half Nelson (2006) and The Dark Knight (2008), in which she played corrupt Police Detective Anna Ramirez. She also played the colleague of Paul Walker's character Brian O'Connor in Fast & Furious (2009) in a cameo.

She has also appeared in numerous television series including Dexter (in the season 1 episodes "Let's Give the Boy a Hand" and "Love American Style"), House M.D. (in the episode "House Training", 2007) and (in the episode "Quickie", 2010). She played Detective Allison Beaumont in the 2009 police procedural drama series The Unusuals. She has appeared on the television series Sons of Anarchy, playing Amelia Dominguez. 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] She appeared in a 2014 episode of the TV Series Person of Interest as Precinct Captain Moreno, and two episodes in Season 4 of the television series Elementary as Detective Gina Cortes[5] and then in The Mentalist as Tamsin Wade in the fifth season. Curnen joined the main cast for the final (2019–20) season of the Starz television series Power, playing Detective Blanca Rodriguez.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Bollywood CallingIsabel
2004Maria Full of GraceReceptionist
2006Half NelsonIsabel Redding
2008The Dark KnightDetective Anna Ramirez
2008Life in FlightJaney
2008Bernard and DorisPaloma
2009Fast & FuriousFBI Agent
2011ContagionLorraine Vasquez
2011The Good DoctorNurse Maryanne
2023Birth/RebirthRita

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006SharkClaudia ReyesEpisode: "Fashion Police"
2006DexterYelinaEpisode: "Let's Give the Boy a Hand", "Love American Style"
2007House M.D.LupeEpisode: "House Training"
2009The UnusualsDetective Allison BeaumontMain role.
2010Sons of AnarchyAmelia DominguezThree episodes
2010Episode: "Quickie"
2010–2011Lie to MeDetective Sharon WallowskiRecurring (seasons 2–3)
2012The MentalistTamsin WadeFifth season
2013LongmireAmaya VyasEpisode: "Death Came In Like Thunder"
2014RevengeDetective ReyesExecution
2014Person of InterestPrecinct Captain MorenoWingman
2015ElementaryDetective Gina Cortes2 episodes
2017TakenVlasik
2018 - 2020PowerBlanca Rodriguez
2019God Friended MeOfficer Sarah MatthewsEpisode "From Paris With Love"
2020 Lincoln Rhyme - Hunt For The Bone Collector Linda Vaughn Episode 7 'Requiem'
2020 AwayMelissa RamirezRecurring role, 8 episodes
2020, 2022–2024Blanca RodriguezRecurring (season 1), Guest (seasons 2 & 4), Main (seasons 3).
2022Blanca RodriguezEpisode "Family Business"

Video games

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: County Fare: On International Women's Day, a look at Berkshire-based women making their mark. The Berkshire Eagle. 2018-01-22. en.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716152716/http://www.amandahowardassociates.co.uk/cv/curnen-monique-gabriela.pdf Monique Gabriela Curnen CV
  3. Quintala, Lisa (August 20, 2008). "Monique Curnen, una hispana en Ciudad Gótica", People en Español (in Spanish).
  4. Wightman, Catriona (July 22, 2010). "Monique Curnen lands Lie to Me role", Digital Spy.
  5. CBS Press Release (January 19, 2016). "Holmes & Watson must search for a killer...", CBS Press Express
  6. . True Crime: New York City . . Pause menu credits, 4:29:17 in, VOICE TALENT . 2005.