Monica Raymund Biography
Monica Maria Raymund is recognized as an American actress, well known for her roles as Maria “Ria” Torres in the Fox crime drama Lie to Me, Gabriela Dawson in the NBC drama Chicago Fire, Dana Lodge in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife, and also Jackie Quiñones in the Starz crime drama Hightown.
How old is Monica Raymund? – Age
The actress is 37 years old as of 2023. She was born on 26 July 1986, in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, where she also grew up.
How tall is Monica Raymund? – Height
Raymund stands at a height stature of 5 feet 4 inch (1.63 m).
Monica Raymund Mother, Father, Siblings – Family
Raymund was born to Sonia Raymund (mother) and Steve Raymund (father). She was brought up along with her sibling Will Raymund who was a graduate of Berklee College of Music, and a sound and lighting engineer and also music promoter. Unfortunately, he died in August 2015.
Monica Raymund’s Education
During her high school, she participated in the (Broadway Theater Project) in Tampa and became a founding member of The Performing Arts Project located at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem.”
Raymund as well graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 2004, and also from the Juilliard School in New York City in 2008.
Is Monica Raymund Married? – Husband
Raymund married writer Neil Patrick Stewart on June 11, 2011. Later, they separated in early 2013 and divorced in 2014.
Furthermore, Raymund is an ardent supporter of LGBT rights. She came out publicly as bisexual for the first time via Twitter in February 2014. Besides, on September 16, 2015, she announced via Twitter that she had started dating camerawoman, producer Tari Segal, and cinematographer.
Career
Raymund as well appeared in her native St. Petersburg, Florida, located in the LiveArts Peninsula Foundation’s original production of Manhattan Casino (directed by Bob Devin Jones) where she began the leading role of Althea Dunbar and also Webb’s City: The Musical (music and lyrics by Lee Ahlin, written and also directed by William Leavengood).”
She has as well (served with playwright José Rivera on Boleros for the Disenchanted at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston) in 2008. Additionally in April 2008, she appeared in the NBC legal drama Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, in season 9 episode 17 titled “Authority” in the opening scene as well as a strip search prank call victim. She starred in the Fox crime drama Lie to Me, where she played Maria “Ria” Torres, known as a human lie detector who is a “natural”, meaning she also has no formal training in detecting lies or the emotions of others from 2009 to 2011.
Additionally in 2012, Raymund started starring in the NBC drama Chicago Fire. Likewise, she played Gabriela Dawson, the paramedic in charge and also a firefighter candidate. Raymund confirmed that she was leaving the show after six seasons on May 15, 2018. Moreover, she briefly appeared on the show in the seventh-season premiere “A Closer Eye”. In November 2019, she as well returned to the show in the eighth-season episode (Best Friend Magic).
Movies and TV Shows
- Fighter
- Love? Pain
- Arbitrage
- Fifty Grades of Shay
- Brahmin Bulls
- Happy Baby
- Bros
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Lie to Me
- Blue Bloods
- The Good Wife
- Chicago Fire
- Body of Proof
- Chicago P.D.
- Special Skills
- Hightown
Monica Raymund Net Worth
Citing her acting career, Monica has an estimated net worth of $4 million dollars.
Monica Raymund Instagram
You can find and follow Raymund on Instagram using the account @monicaraymund86