Monica Lacy
| Monica Lacy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Monica Creel August 27, 1970 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988-present |
| Spouse(s) | Ross Lacy, ?-present |
| Relatives | actresses Leanna Creel and Joy Creel |
| Website | http://www.monicalacy.com |
Monica Lacy (born August 27, 1970) is an American television and film actress. Lacy is an identical triplet who, along with her sisters Leanna and Joy Creel, started acting in the late 1980s. They appeared together in two television movies aired on The Wonderful World of Disney: Parent Trap III and Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon.
Career
The Creel sisters, Monica, Joy, and Leanna, appeared in roles together on Growing Pains and Beverly Hills 90210, among others; and they also were interviewed on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. While her sisters eventually chose paths away from the spotlight, Monica began appearing in several popular television shows, which included Married... with Children, where she appeared as Esther, a celibate teen-in-distress, whom Bud, who works as a dispatcher for a "Virgin Hotline", has to talk into staying celibate in the Season 10 episode "Dial "B" for Virgin". Lacy's additional television credits include dating Kramer on Seinfeld's classic episode "yadda yadda", going through heartbreak on FOX's Party of Five, and an appearance on the Baywatch episode "Shark's Cove" in 1992.[1]
Lacy's more recent television appearances include guest-starring roles on CBS’s Hawaii Five-O as an MIT computer scientist and on ABC’s Agents of SHIELD as a suffering wife.
She has also appeared in such films as the Sundance Award-winning Possums, Freeway with Reese Witherspoon, and The Cell alongside Vincent D’Onofrio. She’s starred in five hour-long pilots for CBS, MTV, and NBC, including Clyde Phillips’ Time Well Spent and the series lead in the 1999 made-for-TV movie Sorority, alongsides January Jones and Christina Hendricks.[1]
Lacy studied acting with Larry Moss and Howard Fine and was part of the improv comedy group The Groundlings.[2] She’s performed stand-up about her unusual childhood behind the ‘Orange Curtain’ and has starred in nearly 200 television commercials; she can currently serves as a TV commercial spokesperson for AutoNation.[1]
Family/Personal life
Lacy holds a B.A. in English Literature from UCLA and completed the university's Professional Screenwriting Program.[1]
She is married to casting director Ross Lacy; the Lacys and their two children reside in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Freeway | Twin #1 | |
| 1998 | Possums | Sarah Jacobs | |
| 1999 | Ladies Room | Assistant (Tony Roman) | |
| 2000 | The Cell | Mother | |
| 2004 | The Old Man and the Studio | Danielle | Short Film |
| 2006 | Paperdolls | Star |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Growing Pains | Schwartz Twins | Episode: "Michaelgate" |
| 1989 | Parent Trap III | Jessie Wyatt | Television film |
| 1989 | My Two Dads | Cathy | Episode: "Basket Case" |
| 1989 | Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon | Jessie Wyatt | Television film |
| 1991 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | Barbie | Episode: "King Kube" |
| 1991 | Anything But Love | Actress | Episode: "Stop Me Before I... Again: Part 1 & 2" |
| 1992 | Baywatch | Debbie Kent | Episode: "Shark's Cove" |
| 1992 | Vinnie & Bobby | Actress | Episode: "Vinnie Gets Sued" |
| 1992 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Claire / Rory | Episode: "The Twins, the Trustee, and the Very Big Trip" |
| 1993 | Sworn to Vengeance | Jesse | Television film |
| 1993 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Tina Kosloski | Episode: "Crosses on the Lawn" |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | Younger sister of lead | Pilot Episode |
| 1994 | Married... with Children | Esther | Episode: "Dial B for Virgin" |
| 1995 | Spring Fling! | Cassie | Television Film |
| 1995 | Party of Five | Holly Blanchard | Episode: "Ready or Not" |
| 1996 | Time Well Spent | Actress | Television Film |
| 1996 | Rattled | Michelle | Television Film |
| 1996 | Nowhere Man | Teenage Laura | Episode: "Through a Lens Darkly" |
| 1997 | Ned and Stacey | Lauren | Episode: "Scenes from a Muffin Shop" |
| 1997 | Seinfeld | Jesse | Episode: "The Yada Yada" |
| 1999 | Sorority | Jesse Sloan | Television Film |
| 2013 | Hawaii Five-0 | Sandra Cutler | Episode: "A ia la aku" & "Kupu'eu" |
| 2014 | Hairapy | Lacey | Episode: "BFFWTF!" |
| 2014 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Katie Thompson | Episode: "The Writing on the Wall" |
| 2015 | The Advocate | Shirley | Television Film |
| 2015 | The Kicks | Sharon Burke |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "About me: Monica Lacy". Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ↑ Bachman, Debbi (July 20, 2016). "Exclusive Interview with The Kicks' Monica Lacy". Talk Nerdy With Us.
- 1 2 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187253/?ref_=nv_sr_1