Poppy Montgomery
Biography
Poppy Montgomery is an Australian actress who left school at 15 to act on stage, then traveled to Los Angeles, where she sent head shots each day to Bob McGowan, once Julia Roberts' manager, until he signed her. Small television parts followed in the 1990s, among them a guest role on NYPD Blue, before her break as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde, a CBS miniseries from 2001 based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates. She went on to play Samantha Spade, an FBI agent, on the CBS mystery series Without a Trace, remaining for seven seasons between 2002 and 2009. In 2011 she portrayed J. K. Rowling in the television film Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story (2011) and headlined Unforgettable, the CBS police drama, as Carrie Wells, a detective with perfect recall; it lasted three seasons.
54years old
Turns 55 on June 15in 217 days
- Born Sydney
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 27 years1994 to 2021
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Big break
Poppy Montgomery's big break came when she played Marilyn Monroe in the 2001 CBS miniseries Blonde, which was based on a Joyce Carol Oates novel.
Big break
Montgomery landed the starring role of Samantha Spade on Without a Trace after producers simply told her Anthony LaPaglia was in it, and she said yes.
Poppy Montgomery movies on Netflix
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Worked with
Poppy Montgomery made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Juliette Lewis's page
Diane Keaton's page
Tom Skerritt's page
Hector Elizondo's page
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Alan CohnDirector, 1 film, 1998
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All films by Garry Marshall
Stewart RaffillDirector, 1 film, 1994
All films by Stewart Raffill
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