Debra Monk
- Acting
- February 27, 1949 · Middletown, Ohio, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. Monk has received a Tony Award and Emmy Awards. Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring,Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1973. In 1975, Monk received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Monk garnered first attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the 1982 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. She has won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for performance in Redwood Curtain (1993). She also was nominated an Tony Award for roles in Picnic (1994), Steel Pier (1997), and Curtains (2007). In 2000, she has won Obie Award for The Time of the Cuckoo. Monk has appeared in over 30 films as of early 1990s. She made her film debut in the movie version of Prelude to a Kiss, playing Aunt Dorothy. She later appeared in The Bridges of Madison County and The Devil's Advocate. On television, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for recurring performance as Katie Sipowicz in the ABC series, NYPD Blue. She also guest-starred on Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, The Closer, and Girls. Monk had a recurring roles in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), Grey's Anatomy (2006-2011), and Damages (2007-2012).
Known for
Filmography
- Cupertino · Maria Siffre
- Hold · Virginia
- The Gilded Age · Armstrong
- Standing Up, Falling Down · Jeanie Rollins
- Tell Me a Story · Esther Thorn
- New Amsterdam · Karen Brantley
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel · Helen Dyer
- Bull · Sandy Harper
- Drew · Hannah Gruen
- Demolition · Davis' Mom
- Crowded · Linda
- Blindspot · Colonel Powers
- Sneaky Pete · Connie Persikof
- Difficult People · Bunny Tack
- Madam Secretary · Mary Lou Boris
- This Is Where I Leave You · Linda Callen
- Mozart in the Jungle · Betty Cragdale
- The Brass Teapot · Trudy
- One for the Money · Mrs. Plum
- Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! · Petunia
- American Horror Story · Virginia Harding
- The Other Woman · Laura Greenleaf
- Hot in Cleveland · Loretta
- White Collar · Mrs. Mitchell
- The Good Wife · Tracy Mintz
- Glee · Mrs. Schuester
- The Great Buck Howard · Doreen
- The Savages · Nancy Lachman
- Damages · Deniece Parsons
- Notes from the Underbelly · Andrew's Mom
- Brothers and Sisters · Alexandra Kirby
- The Producers · Lick Me-Bite Me
- Ghost Whisperer · Anne Sullivan
- Dark Water · Young Dahlia's Teacher
- The Closer · Mary Summers
- Grey's Anatomy · Louise O'Malley
- Palindromes · Mama Sunshine
- Desperate Housewives · Marcella
- Eloise at Christmastime · Maggie the Carriage Driver
- Eloise at the Plaza · Maggie the Carriage Driver
- The Music Man · Mrs. Paroo
- Milwaukee, Minnesota · Edna Burroghs
- Plain Dirty · Officer Avon
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · Warden Pellis
- Kristin · Jeannie Yancey
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery · Rachel Bruner, Mrs. Carlisle
- Center Stage · Nancy
- My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies · Self
- Knitwits Revisited · Catherine (Voice), Dialogue
- Bulworth · Helen
- Ellen Foster · Aunt Nadine
- The Devil's Advocate · Pam Garrety
- In & Out · Mrs. Lester
- Knitwits · Catherine (Voice), Writer
- Extreme Measures · Dr. Judith Gruszynski
- The First Wives Club · Jilted Lover
- The Substance of Fire · Martha Hackett
- Mrs. Winterbourne · Lieutenant Ambrose
- Bed of Roses · Lewis' Mom
- Reckless · Therapist
- New York News
- Jeffrey · Mom
- The Bridges of Madison County · Madge
- Redwood Curtain · Geneva, Laird's Sister
- A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
- Quiz Show · Kintner's Secretary
- Fearless · Alison
- For Love or Money · Mrs. Wegman
- Frasier · Nurse Karen
- Prelude to a Kiss · Aunt Dorothy
- Assassins · Sara Jane Moore
- Law & Order · Judge G. Proctor, Kathleen O'Brien
- Women and Wallace · Psychiatrist
- American Playhouse · Psychiatrist
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Geneva, Laird's Sister, Aunt Nadine
- Summerhouse · Lois