In this article we will talk about the Australianthe actress who is most known to viewers by their roles in the TV series "Remember Everything" and "Without a Trail" - 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 the city of Sydney, Australia. The girl's father worked as a restaurateur, the mother was a market analyst.
In addition to Poppy, the family brought up four moresisters. 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 characters in the cinema and constantly dreamed of filming.
In the early 1990s, the girl and decided to moveto the United States. Having settled in Los Angeles, Poppy Montgomery decided to fulfill her childhood dream - the next few years she played cameo roles and participated in crowd scenes.
In an interview, the actress will say that after reading the bestseller from the writer Wendy Highland "How to get into Hollywood" she decidedlisten to the advice from the book and start to act. The girl contacted the agent actress Julia Roberts and began to convince him of his acting professionalism and readiness for serious roles, but the agent simply did not want to waste time on a novice actress. But it was this incident that helped Poppy believe in himself.
Actor career
She made her debut on screen actress in the thriller "The Devil in a Blue Dress", playing the role of the sister of the main character. This film was popular among viewers, but critics disagreed.
After Poppy Montgomery, whose photo was alreadyrecognizable among young actors, appeared in many television series, but the actress did not suffer much success, as she played mostly in several episodes.
In 1996, Poppy was invited to a permanent role innew television series "Relativity". After the release of several episodes, critics praised the play of the young actress, but the viewers were not particularly interested in this project, and the shooting had to be stopped after the release of the second season.
In 2001, the actress had to play one ofleading roles in his career. She appeared in the mini-series "Blonde", in which she appeared on the screen as Marilyn Monroe. The audience liked this film, the acting talent of the 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 received one of the main roles in another famous TV series "Remember Everything."
Filmography
Filmography Poppy Montgomery includes about thirty roles in various TV shows and films, below is a list in brackets year of release of the film.
- "The Devil in a Blue Dress" - the sister of the heroine Barbara (1996);
- "Us Five" - Allison girl (1996);
- "New York Police" - played the role of Lisa (1996);
- "Dead in College" - played the role of Rachel (1998);
- "Life" - character Caroline Tate (1999);
- "Strike" - Elizabeth Waclawek (2000);
- "Blonde"- acted as singer Marilyn Monroe (2001);
- "Return to California" - the role of Penelope (2001);
- "City of Demons" - Ellie Sparks (2002);
- "Without a trace" - a regular role, character Samantha Spade (2002-2009);
- "Lessons of seduction" - played the role of Allison (2004);
- "The Snow Miracle" - Paula (2005);
- “Lie to be perfect” - in the role of Nola Devlin (2010);
- "Remember everything" - the main character Carrie Wells (2011-2016).
Personal life and interesting facts
Since 2005 and ending in 2011, Poppy Montgomery lived in a civil marriage with actor Adam Hoffman, and in 2007 the couple had a son, who was named Philip Jackson Devereaux.
In 2014, the actress entered into a legal marriage, but it was not Hoffman. Her chosen one was Sean Stanford - employee from Microsoft. For her legal husband, the actress gave birth to two more children - the daughter of Violet Grace and the son of Gus Munro.
Poppy on the forearm has a tattoo in the form of hieroglyphs, which translates as "eternal and mutual love." The same inscription is on the body of her husband.
In his spare time, Poppy Montgomery loves to be photographed, engaged in horse riding and playing board games. Sometimes engaged in yoga.
