Monica Young(I)
- Actress
- Music Department
- Composer
Monica Young is a Korean-American, Los Angeles-based actress, singer, award-winning songwriter and producer.
She was born in Germany and grew up mainly in Kansas. Raised by a single mother before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. Since moving to LA, she has appeared in many TV shows such as Modern Family (2009), Community (2009), Two and a Half Men (2003), films and commercials, and has sung backup vocals on projects that included Céline Dion, John Legend and more. Her song "Just Be", written for the feature film Along Came Wanda (2021) won multiple awards at film festivals around the world. During the pandemic, she picked up songwriting again after a hiatus and dove into learning how to produce music. In 2023, she started releasing music she wrote, sang and produced herself. She has now collaborated with several artists and will be releasing more music soon!
Fun fact: Quincy Jones told her she sings and dances like she's from the ghetto.
She was born in Germany and grew up mainly in Kansas. Raised by a single mother before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. Since moving to LA, she has appeared in many TV shows such as Modern Family (2009), Community (2009), Two and a Half Men (2003), films and commercials, and has sung backup vocals on projects that included Céline Dion, John Legend and more. Her song "Just Be", written for the feature film Along Came Wanda (2021) won multiple awards at film festivals around the world. During the pandemic, she picked up songwriting again after a hiatus and dove into learning how to produce music. In 2023, she started releasing music she wrote, sang and produced herself. She has now collaborated with several artists and will be releasing more music soon!
Fun fact: Quincy Jones told her she sings and dances like she's from the ghetto.