Michelle Monaghan

This comely1 Iowa farm girl has seen herself skyrocket2 to Hollywood stardom3
in the past few years, thanks to a number of notable appearances in both television and movies. After graduating from high school, Michelle Monaghan moved to Chicago with the plan of becoming a reporter. While pursuing a degree in journalism, she did some modeling to pay for tuition4. As with most models, Monaghan soon found out that posing for the cameras paid far better than journalism ever could.
Finding herself in heavy demand for print ads, Monaghan subsequently dropped out of college and decided to take up modeling full-time. Within a year, Monaghan left Chicago and moved to New York, where she posed for a variety of magazines and clothing designers. By 2000, Monaghan appeared well on her way to a successful modeling career. As it happened, however, she re-evaluated her career plan once more when she had developed an interest in acting.
Monaghan eventually landed a few minor parts in television. Her feature debut was in 2001’s Perfume directed by Michael Rymer. Her big break, however, came in 2002, when she was added to the cast of David E. Kelley’s hit series, Boston Public. Her role of idealistic, young high school teacher Kimberly Woods gained positive attention from critics and viewers alike.
After Boston Public, Monaghan returned to the silver screen in a series of high-profile5 features starting with It Runs in the Family(2003), opposite Michael Douglas and the blockbuster The Bourne Supremacy(2004). As her crafts grew in prestige, so too did her parts: she turned up in the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie romantic comedy Mr. And Mrs. Smith(2005) and played one of Charlize Theron’s co-workers in North Country(2005). She also appeared in Mission:Impossible3(2006) opposite Tom Cruise, a role she picked up after Scarlett Johanssen withdrew from the project.
In 2008, she landed her leading role as Hannah alongside Patrick Dempsey in Made of Honor. Her latest work is Eagle Eye, in which she stars with Shia LaBeouf as a single mother framed as a terrorist.