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Monica Barbaro Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1990-06-17

Birthplace:
San Francisco, California, USA

Credits:
33 Total Roles

Monica Barbaro

Acting

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Biography

Monica Maria Barbaro (/ˈbɑːrbəroʊ/; born June 17, 1990) is an American actress. She began training in ballet at an early age and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from New York University. She began acting soon after college, taking on small roles in film and television in the 2010s, before her first major role in the second season of Unreal (2016), followed by further television roles in Chicago P.D. (2016–2017), Chicago Justice (2017), The Good Cop (2018), and Splitting Up Together (2018–2019). Her feature film debut was in the independent film The Cathedral (2021).

Barbaro's breakthrough came with a supporting role in the action film Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which she followed with starring roles in the Netflix action comedy series FUBAR (2023–present) and as Joan Baez in the biopic A Complete Unknown (2024). For the latter, she was nominated for the SAG Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 One Night Only MOVIE Self
2026 National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses MOVIE Madame de Tourvel
2026 Crime 101 MOVIE Maya
2025 On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" MOVIE Self
2024 A Complete Unknown MOVIE Joan Baez
2023 FUBAR TV Emma Brunner
2023 At Midnight MOVIE Sophie Wilder
2022 The Cathedral MOVIE Lydia Damrosch
2022 I'm Charlie Walker MOVIE Peggy
2022 Top Gun: Maverick MOVIE Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace

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