Janet Montgomery
Biography
Janet Montgomery is an English film and television actress from Bournemouth who studied dance at Stella Mann College of Performing Arts in Bedford before choosing acting. Without drama school training, she struggled at first to find representation, and she broke through after producing a play with Gethin Anthony. In 2008 she appeared in Skins, Dis/Connected, and Flushed, then in 2009 in The Hills Run Red, Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead, and Accused at 17. She gained attention as Ames in Human Target and played Giselle in Dead Cert (2010) and Madeline in Black Swan (2010), followed by Our Idiot Brother (2011). Her television work included Merlin, Made in Jersey, Dancing on the Edge, Spies of Warsaw, and Salem, where she starred as Mary Sibley from 2014 to 2017. She also appeared in This Is Us and Amateur Night (2016), and played Lauren Bloom on New Amsterdam from 2018 to 2023.
40years old
Turns 41 on October 29in 20 days
- Born Bournemouth
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Janet Ruth Montgomery (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 11 years2009 to 2020
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Early training
Janet Montgomery studied dance at Bedford's Stella Mann College of Performing Arts, but she decided to act instead of dancing professionally. Because she had no drama school training, getting acting representation was difficult at the start.
A first
In 2010, Montgomery played Giselle in Dead Cert, an independent horror film and her first theatrically released movie. That same year she took the supporting part of Madeline, a Little Swan, in Black Swan.
Big break
Montgomery won the role of Paul Rudd's love interest in Our Idiot Brother after producers saw her audition tape in Los Angeles and worked around her Entourage schedule to fly her to New York to shoot.
Big break
Janet Montgomery sent an audition tape to casting director Andy Pryor, and it was this tape that got Stephen Poliakoff's attention for the part of Sarah in Dancing on the Edge.
Janet Montgomery movies on Netflix
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Worked with
Janet Montgomery shares two films with Mike Straub, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mike Straub2 films together, 2009
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William Sadler's page
All films by Darren Aronofsky
Jesse PeretzDirector, 1 film, 2011
All films by Jesse Peretz
All films by Peter Chelsom
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