In this article we will talk about the Australian actress, who is best known to the audience for her roles in the series "Remember Everything" and "Without a Trace" - Montgomery Poppy. We will discuss her personal life, biography and career, consider the full list of the filmography of the actress.
Biography
Poppy Montgomery was born on June 19, 1972 in Sydney, Australia. The girl's father worked as a restaurateur, her mother was a market analyst.
In addition to Poppy, four more of her sisters were brought up in the family. In one of her interviews, the actress will say that in childhood they all loved to dress up in the images of famous actors and movie characters and constantly dreamed about filming.
In the early 1990s, the girl decided to move to the United States. Settling in Los Angeles, Poppy Montgomery decided to fulfill her childhood dream - for the next few years she played bit parts and participated in extras.
In her interview, the actress will say that after reading the bestseller from the writer Wendy Hyland "How to break into Hollywood" she decidedlisten to the advice from the book and start acting. The girl contacted the agent of actress Julia Roberts and began to convince him of her acting professionalism and readiness for serious roles, but the agent simply did not want to waste time on the aspiring actress. But it was this incident that helped Poppy to believe in herself.
Acting career
The actress made her debut on the screen in the thriller "The Devil in a Blue Dress", playing the role of the sister of the main character. The film was a hit with audiences, but critics were divided.
After Poppy Montgomery, whose photo was already recognizable among young actors, appeared in many television series, but this actress did not suffer much success, as she played mainly in a few episodes.
In 1996, Poppy was invited to a regular role in the new television series "Relativity". After the release of several episodes, critics praised the performance of the young actress, but viewers were not particularly interested in this project, and filming had to be stopped after the release of the second season.
In 2001, the actress had to play one of the main roles in her career. She appeared in the miniseries "Blonde", in which she appeared on screen as Marilyn Monroe. The viewer liked this film, the acting talent of actress Poppy Montgomery was also noticed.
In the period from 2002 to 2009, the actress starred in the television series "Without a trace", and in 2011 she received one of the main roles in another famousseries "Remember everything".
Filmography
The filmography of Poppy Montgomery includes about thirty roles in various TV series and films, the list is given below, in brackets the year of release of the film.
- "The Devil in a Blue Dress" - sister of the heroine Barbara (1996);
- "Five of us" - girl Allison (1996);
- "NYPD PD" - played the role of Lisa (1996);
- "Dead Man in College" - played the role of Rachel (1998);
- "Life" - character Caroline Tate (1999);
- "Blow" - Elizabeth Waclawek (2000);
- "Blonde" - acted as singer Marilyn Monroe (2001);
- "Return to California" - the role of Penelope (2001);
- "Demon City" - Ellie Sparks (2002);
- "Without a trace" - regular role, character Samantha Spade (2002-2009);
- "Lessons of seduction" - played the role of Allison (2004);
- "Snow Miracle" - Paula (2005);
- "Lie to be perfect" - as Nola Devlin (2010);
- "Remember everything" - the main character of Carrie Wells (2011-2016).
Personal life and interesting facts
From 2005 to 2011, Poppy Montgomery lived in a civil marriage with actor Adam Hoffman, and in 2007 the couple had a son named Philip Jackson Devereux.
In 2014, the actress entered into a legal marriage, but it was not Hoffman. Her chosen one was Sean Stanford, an employee from Microsoft. For her legal husband, the actress gave birth to two more children - daughter Violet Grace and son Gus Munro.
Poppy has a tattoo on her forearm in the form of hieroglyphs, which translates as "eternal and mutual love." The same inscription is on the body of her husband.
In her free time, Poppy Montgomery enjoys taking pictures, horseback riding and playing board games. Sometimes she does yoga.
