Poppy Montgomery

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Poppy Montgomery
File:Poppy Montgomery at the MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE celebrity premiere.jpg
Montgomery in May 2015
Born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue
(1972-06-15) 15 June 1972 (age 52)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Residence New York City, New York, United States
Citizenship Australia
United States
Occupation Actress
Years active 1994–present
Spouse(s) Shawn Sanford (m. 2014)
Partner(s) Adam Kaufman (2005–2011)
Children 3

Poppy Montgomery (born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue; 15 June 1972)[1] is an Australian-American actress. She played FBI agent Samantha Spade on the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace from 2002 to 2009, and has played Detective Carrie Wells on the police drama Unforgettable since 2011.[2]

Early life

Montgomery was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[3] to Nicola (née Montgomery), an executive and market researcher, and Phil Donahue, a restaurateur.[4] She is one of six children. Her parents named her and her four sisters, Rosie Thorn, Daisy Yellow, Lily Belle, and Marigold Sun, after flowers, and her brother, Jethro Tull, after the rock band.[5][6]

Montgomery disliked school, being expelled from six private academies before finally dropping out at the age of 15 to pursue stage acting[7] and to travel around Bali with her boyfriend at the time.[4] Montgomery emigrated to the United States at the age of 18, arriving in Florida to meet a boyfriend whom she had met when he was an exchange student. After five days, she realized that "[she] couldn't stand him" and took a bus to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.[7]

Career

When Montgomery moved to Los Angeles, she stayed with two of her brother's friends[8] while sending a head shot every day to Julia Roberts' former manager, Bob McGowan, until he signed her.[4] She appeared in several small television roles through the late-1990s, including NYPD Blue.[9]

Her first big break was when she won the role of Marilyn Monroe in the 2001 CBS mini-series Blonde, based on a Joyce Carol Oates novel.[10] The next role she was offered was a starring role as Samantha Spade on the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace. The series revolved around a missing persons unit of the FBI in New York City. On being offered the part, she later said, "They (the producers) called me up and said, 'Will you do it?' I said, 'Um' and they said, 'Anthony LaPaglia is in it' and I said, 'sure'. It was that simple." Montgomery portrayed Samantha Spade for seven seasons, from when the show began on 26 September 2002 until it ended on 19 May 2009.[6]

In April 2011, Montgomery completed filming a television biographical film Magic Beyond Words, appearing as Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling.[11]

That same year, she began to star in the CBS police drama Unforgettable as Carrie Wells, a former homicide detective with hyperthymesia which allows her to have perfect recall, who is convinced to join the NYPD in Queens by her ex-boyfriend, after leaving Syracuse because of the investigation into her sister's murder being shut down. She uses her memory to solve crimes.[12][13] The first season ran from 20 September 2011 until 8 May 2012, and the show was initially cancelled by CBS on 12 May 2012. It was later renewed for a second season of 13 episodes, which ran from 28 July 2013 to 9 May 2014, and the third season ran from 29 June 2014 to 14 September 2014.[14] In Oct 2014, CBS cancelled the series after the third season. In Feb 2015, A&E Network picked up the series for a fourth season of 13 episodes. The first episode was broadcast November 27, 2015.

Montgomery posed in a series of provocative photographs on Maxim's website in their Girls of Maxim feature.[15]

Personal life

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Montgomery in 2009

Montgomery met actor Adam Kaufman in 2005 in Mexico while working on the independent film Between and in 2010, they worked together again in the TV film Lying to be Perfect. In 2007, Kaufman began a recurring role on Without a Trace in the season five episode "At Rest" as Brian Donovan, Samantha's love interest for the rest of the series. In June 2007, Montgomery announced her pregnancy with Kaufman, which was written into season six. In December 2007, she gave birth to their son Jackson Phillip. Montgomery's Without a Trace co-star Anthony LaPaglia became Jackson's godfather.[16][17] It was reported on 10 October 2011 in Life & Style, that Montgomery and Kaufman had separated.[18]

In late 2011, Montgomery began dating Shawn Sanford, director of lifestyle marketing for Microsoft, whom she met in Puerto Rico.[19] In April 2013, she gave birth to their daughter, Violet Grace.[20] In November 2014, she gave birth to their son, Gus Monroe.[21] On the 4 April 2014 episode of Live! with Kelly and Michael, Montgomery revealed that on Chinese New Year, she and Sanford were married at Disneyland in a ceremony with their children present.[22][23]

Montgomery holds dual citizenship (Australia and the USA).[24] She moved from Los Angeles to New York City in 2013 to continue filming Unforgettable.[25]

Filmography

Film and television roles
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Silk Stalkings Angel U.S. TV series; 2-part episode: "Natural Selection"
1994 Tammy and the T-Rex Party Girl No. 1
1995 Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou Cindy TV film
1995 Devil in a Blue Dress Barbara's Sister
1996 The Cold Equations Marilyn 'Lee' Cross TV film
1996 Peacock Blues TV short
1996 Party of Five Allison Episode: "Poor Substitutes"
1996 NYPD Blue Lisa Episode: "Burnin' Love"
1996 Relativity Jennifer Lukens Recurring role; 7 episodes
1997 Desert's Edge Mary TV short
1998 Dead Man on Campus Rachel
1999 The Wonder Cabinet Dr. Sarah Coleman TV pilot
1999 The Other Sister Caroline Tate
1999 Life Older Mae Rose Abernathy
2000 Men Named Milo, Women Named Greta Barri Noodleman Short film
2000 The Beat Elizabeth Waclawek Recurring role; 3 episodes
2001 Blonde Norma Jean Baker / Marilyn Monroe TV miniseries
2001 Going to California Penelope Episode: "Hurricane Al: A Tale of Key Largo"
2002 Glory Days Ellie Sparks Recurring role; 9 episodes
2002–2009 Without a Trace Samantha Spade Series regular (160 episodes)
2004 Raising Waylon Julia Bellows Special
2004 How to Lose Your Lover Allison
2005 Between Nadine Roberts
2005 Murder in the Hamptons Generosa Rand TV film
2005 Snow Wonder Paula TV film
2010 True Blue Katherine Miller TV pilot
2010 Lying to Be Perfect Nola Devlin TV film
2011 Magic Beyond Words J. K. Rowling TV film
2011–present Unforgettable Carrie Wells Lead role
2015 Signed, Sealed, Delivered from Paris, With Love Holly TV film

References

  1. ↑ [1] Caruthers, Pam. The Birthday Oracle. Arcturus Publishing (2010) ISBN 9781848585133
  2. ↑ Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events. Chase’s Calendar of Events 2014 E-Book. McGraw Hill Professional (2013) ISBN 978-0-07-183091-1. page 1995
  3. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009" index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KTQ1-Y91: accessed 18 August 2014), Poppy Donoghue, Residence, Santa Monica, California, United States; from a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ [2] “Unforgettables' Poppy Montgomery Reveals Her Son's Almost-Unfortunate Name”. Access Hollywood. 14 November 2011
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  10. ↑ Martindale, David. Meet Poppy Montgomery, TNT; accessed 12 July 2008.
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  12. ↑ "2011 Fall Preview Video-Unforgettable", CBS.com, 22 May 2011
  13. ↑ "Poppy Montgomery in Sunnyside Queens". Sunnyside Post, 4 April 2011; accessed 14 May 2014.
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  17. ↑ Poppy Montgomery Welcomes a Boy, People, 4 January 2008; accessed 12 July 2008.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Live! With Kelly and Michael, 4 April 2014 episode, with guests James Franco and Poppy Montgomery. Pictures were presented on the broadcast as proof.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Watkins, Jade. "She makes me want to be a better role model", Daily Mail, 10 July 2013; accessed 4 January 2014.

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