Debra Monk
Date of birth: 1949-02-27
Place of birth: Middletown, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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).
Movie Credits
The Bridges of Madison County
1995-06-02
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in th
The Devil's Advocate
1997-10-17
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes ge
Prelude to a Kiss
1992-07-10
A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with
Fearless
1993-10-15
After surviving a plane crash that kills many others, Max Klein develops a sense of invulnerability,
Bed of Roses
1996-01-26
The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a s
Extreme Measures
1996-09-27
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries wh
Quiz Show
1994-08-25
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures vic
The Music Man
2003-02-16
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing
For Love or Money
1993-10-01
New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roose
Bulworth
1998-05-15
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportuni
The Producers
2005-12-25
Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealth
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996-04-19
Connie Doyle is eighteen, pregnant and alone. She accidentally ends up on a train where she meets Hu
The Great Buck Howard
2008-01-18
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs o
Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003-01-21
Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for
Jeffrey
1995-08-18
Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes
Eloise at the Plaza
2003-04-27
Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Her careta
Plain Dirty
2003-01-20
Inez Macbeth is a pretty young woman married to Edgar, a moody and unstable felon. When Inez becomes
Eloise at Christmastime
2003-11-22
Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. The owner'
The Brass Teapot
2012-09-08
When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they mus
Redwood Curtain
1995-01-01
Geri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she do
The Substance of Fire
1996-09-11
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems
This Is Where I Leave You
2014-09-10
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and a
Dark Water
2005-07-08
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Islan
The Other Woman
2010-10-28
Emilia, a law-school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After Emilia marries Jack,
Demolition
2016-04-06
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.
One for the Money
2012-01-26
An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunte
The Savages
2007-11-28
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their a
Center Stage
2000-05-12
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York t
Ellen Foster
1998-12-02
After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her
Reckless
1995-11-17
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and e
In & Out
1997-09-10
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
1999-12-01
On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuh
Standing Up, Falling Down
2020-02-21
An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. — forced to move bac
The First Wives Club
1996-09-20
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have
Palindromes
2005-03-09
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Ste
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
2011-12-02
Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Du
Knitwits
1997-01-01
Saturday afternoon in a knitting store in New York City.
Knitwits Revisited
1999-01-01
KnitWits Revisited brings us back to the KnitWits' knitting store.
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
1995-01-12
This special is a recording of the presentation of the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the
Summerhouse
College grad Ned Stern is awaiting his draft into the Vietnam War. Ned spends his last summer of fre