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Monica Barbaro

Acting Born Jun 17, 1990 San Francisco, California, USA 24 credits

Biography

Monica Maria Barbaro (/ˈbɑːrbəroʊ/; born June 17, 1990) is an American actress. She began training in ballet at an early age and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from New York University. She began acting soon after college, taking on small roles in film and television in the 2010s, before her first major role in the second season of Unreal (2016), followed by further television roles in Chicago P.D. (2016–2017), Chicago Justice (2017), The Good Cop (2018), and Splitting Up Together (2018–2019). Her feature film debut was in the independent film The Cathedral (2021).

Barbaro's breakthrough came with a supporting role in the action film Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which she followed with starring roles in the Netflix action comedy series FUBAR (2023–present) and as Joan Baez in the biopic A Complete Unknown (2024). For the latter, she was nominated for the SAG Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Known for

Hawaii Five-0

as Ella Koha

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

Chicago P.D.

as Anna Valdez
Film

Crime 101

as Maya
Film

Top Gun: Maverick

as Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace

Lethal Weapon

as Nora Cooper
Film

A Complete Unknown

as Joan Baez

Full filmography

  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Ella Koha
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
  • Chicago P.D. (2014) as Anna Valdez
  • Crime 101 (2026) as Maya
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
  • Top Gun: Maverick (2022) as Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
  • Lethal Weapon (2016) as Nora Cooper
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015) as Brandy
  • UnREAL (2015) as Yael
  • FUBAR (2023) as Emma Brunner
  • Stitchers (2015) as Brenda 'Bentley' Miller
  • Stumptown (2019) as Liz Melero
  • A Complete Unknown (2024) as Joan Baez
  • Chicago Justice (2017) as Anna Valdez
  • The Good Cop (2018) as Cora Vasquez
  • One Night Only (2026) as Allie
  • Splitting Up Together (2018) as Lisa Apple
  • Notorious (2016) as Chloe Edwards
  • Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life (2016)
  • Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life (2016) as Attractive Girl
  • Artificial as Mira Murati