Monique Gabriela Curnen
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Monique Gabriela Curnen is an American actress who has worked in
theater, film and television. She grew up in Massachusetts. Both parents
were educators and encouraged creativity in the home. Monique took an
interest in acting after watching her older brother perform in a school
orchestra, and soon began performing in school plays.
After graduating from Williams College, Monique moved to New York to pursue acting,
and studied at The Actors Center, The Barrow Group, and The School for
Film and Television. She performed in myriad theatrical productions and
began booking roles in several films, including
Maria Full of Grace (2004)
and Bernard and Doris (2006).
Monique's breakthrough role was in the critically acclaimed film
Half Nelson (2006), as Isabel, a
fellow teacher and love interest to
Ryan Gosling's lead character. Her
performance paved the way for a flurry of television guest star roles,
most notably as Lupe, a street hustler with an untreatable condition in
the award-winning series
House (2004); a no-nonsense
mafia informant in
Without a Trace (2002); and
an abused wife fleeing her husband in
Journeyman (2007).
But it was in
Christopher Nolan's
The Dark Knight (2008) that she
captured the attention of fans worldwide as the tough, yet vulnerable
Detective Ramirez. Other high-profile film roles include
Fast & Furious (2009) and
Contagion (2011). Monique continues to
balance her film career with television work, and has been a recurring
guest starred on such shows as
Lie to Me (2009),
Sons of Anarchy (2008), and
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
She recently worked as an FBI agent in
Roland Emmerich's TV movie,
Dark Horse (2012).
theater, film and television. She grew up in Massachusetts. Both parents
were educators and encouraged creativity in the home. Monique took an
interest in acting after watching her older brother perform in a school
orchestra, and soon began performing in school plays.
After graduating from Williams College, Monique moved to New York to pursue acting,
and studied at The Actors Center, The Barrow Group, and The School for
Film and Television. She performed in myriad theatrical productions and
began booking roles in several films, including
Maria Full of Grace (2004)
and Bernard and Doris (2006).
Monique's breakthrough role was in the critically acclaimed film
Half Nelson (2006), as Isabel, a
fellow teacher and love interest to
Ryan Gosling's lead character. Her
performance paved the way for a flurry of television guest star roles,
most notably as Lupe, a street hustler with an untreatable condition in
the award-winning series
House (2004); a no-nonsense
mafia informant in
Without a Trace (2002); and
an abused wife fleeing her husband in
Journeyman (2007).
But it was in
Christopher Nolan's
The Dark Knight (2008) that she
captured the attention of fans worldwide as the tough, yet vulnerable
Detective Ramirez. Other high-profile film roles include
Fast & Furious (2009) and
Contagion (2011). Monique continues to
balance her film career with television work, and has been a recurring
guest starred on such shows as
Lie to Me (2009),
Sons of Anarchy (2008), and
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
She recently worked as an FBI agent in
Roland Emmerich's TV movie,
Dark Horse (2012).