Wendy Moniz
Biography
Wendy Moniz is an American television actress who built her early reputation in daytime drama, playing Dinah Marler on the CBS soap Guiding Light from 1995 to 1999 and picking up two Soap Opera Digest Award nominations for the part. She then moved into primetime, starring in the television film Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) and in the short-lived sitcom Battery Park, followed by the final season of Nash Bridges as Rachel McCabe and The Guardian as Louisa Archer from 2001 to 2004. Later roles included recurring or starring turns in Damages, Betrayal, House of Cards, Pure Genius and Yellowstone, where she played Governor Lynelle Perry between 2018 and 2024, and ADA Anne Frasier on Law & Order: Organized Crime from 2021 to 2025. Her film credits include Wheelman (2017) and the independent drama The Grief of Others, which drew positive reviews.
57years old
Turns 58 on January 19in 99 days
- Born Kansas City
- Star sign: CapricornLast day of the sign, on the Aquarius cusp
- Also credited as Wendy Moniz Grillo
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 25 years1999 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024Long Gone HeroesIMDb rating 5.1
- 2017WheelmanIMDb rating 6.4
- 1999Tuesdays with MorrieIMDb rating 7.4
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A role that slipped away
In 2010, Moniz landed the part of Tom Selleck's love interest on the CBS police drama Blue Bloods, but Andrea Roth was later brought in to take over the role.
First role
Wendy Moniz made her television debut as Dinah Marler on the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light. She was a series regular there from 1995 to 1999 and earned two Soap Opera Digest Award nominations.
Wendy Moniz movies on Netflix
Worked with
Wendy Moniz shares two films with Frank Grillo, 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
Frank Grillo's page
Slaine's page
Andy Garcia's page
Melissa Leo's page
John Carroll Lynch's page
Shea Whigham's page
Jeremy RushDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Jeremy Rush
Mick JacksonDirector, 1 film, 1999
All films by Mick Jackson
All films by John Swab
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Official profiles and reference pages.