Monique Gabriela Curnen | |
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 Curnen in 2008 | |
| Born | September 7, 1970 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Monique Gabriela Curnen (born September 7, 1970) is an American actress.
Monique Gabriela Curnen | |
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| Curnen in 2008 | |
| Born | September 7, 1970 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Monique Gabriela Curnen (born September 7, 1970) is an American actress.
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]
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 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Bollywood Calling | Isabel | |
| 2004 | Maria Full of Grace | Receptionist | |
| 2006 | Half Nelson | Isabel Redding | |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Detective Anna Ramirez | |
| 2008 | Life in Flight | Janey | |
| 2008 | Bernard and Doris | Paloma | |
| 2009 | Fast & Furious | FBI Agent | |
| 2011 | Contagion | Lorraine Vasquez | |
| 2011 | The Good Doctor | Nurse Maryanne | |
| 2023 | Birth/Rebirth | Rita |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Shark | Claudia Reyes | Episode: "Fashion Police" |
| 2006 | Dexter | Yelina | Episode: "Let's Give the Boy a Hand", "Love American Style" |
| 2007 | House M.D. | Lupe | Episode: "House Training" |
| 2009 | The Unusuals | Detective Allison Beaumont | Main role. |
| 2010 | Sons of Anarchy | Amelia Dominguez | Three episodes |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Episode: "Quickie" | |
| 2010–2011 | Lie to Me | Detective Sharon Wallowski | Recurring (seasons 2–3) |
| 2012 | The Mentalist | Tamsin Wade | Fifth season |
| 2013 | Longmire | Amaya Vyas | Episode: "Death Came In Like Thunder" |
| 2014 | Revenge | Detective Reyes | Execution |
| 2014 | Person of Interest | Precinct Captain Moreno | Wingman |
| 2015 | Elementary | Detective Gina Cortes | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Taken | Vlasik | |
| 2018–2020 | Power | Blanca Rodriguez | |
| 2019 | God Friended Me | Officer Sarah Matthews | Episode "From Paris With Love" |
| 2020 | Lincoln Rhyme - Hunt For The Bone Collector | Linda Vaughn | Episode 7 'Requiem' |
| 2020 | Away | Melissa Ramirez | Recurring role, 8 episodes |
| 2020, 2022–2024 | Power Book II: Ghost | Blanca Rodriguez | Recurring (season 1), Guest (seasons 2 & 4), Main (seasons 3). |
| 2022 | Power Book IV: Force | Blanca Rodriguez | Episode "Family Business" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | True Crime: New York City | Credited as Monique Curnen [6] |
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