Poppy Montgomery
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox person Poppy Montgomery (born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue; June 15, 1972<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>) is an Australian-American actress. She played FBI agent Samantha Spade on the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace and Detective Carrie Wells on the CBS/A&E police drama Unforgettable.<ref>Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events. Chase's Calendar of Events 2014 E-Book. McGraw Hill Professional (2013) Template:ISBN. p. 1995</ref>
Early lifeEdit
Montgomery was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>TV Guide. "Poppy Montgomery".</ref> to mother Nicola (née Montgomery), an executive and market researcher, and father Phil Donahue, a restaurateur.<ref name="Blonde">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is one of six children. Her parents named all their daughters after flowers – Poppy, Rosie, Daisy, Lily and Marigold – and their son, Jethro Tull, after the rock band Jethro Tull.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Bunch>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Montgomery disliked school, being expelled from six private academies before finally dropping out at the age of 15 to pursue stage acting<ref name=Post/> and to travel around Bali with her then-boyfriend.<ref name=Blonde/> 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 realised that "[she] couldn't stand him" and took a bus to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.<ref name="Post">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CareerEdit
When Montgomery moved to Los Angeles, she stayed with two of her brother's friends,<ref name="Tracing">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while sending a head shot every day to Julia Roberts' former manager, Bob McGowan, until he signed her.<ref name=Blonde/> She received several small television roles during the late 1990s, including an appearance on NYPD Blue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Montgomery's big break was winning the role of Marilyn Monroe in the 2001 CBS miniseries Blonde, based on a Joyce Carol Oates novel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 the show's first episode on September 26, 2002, until it ended on May 19, 2009.<ref name=Bunch/>
In 2011, Montgomery portrayed Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling in the television biographical film Magic Beyond Words.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The same year, she began starring in the CBS police drama Unforgettable as Carrie Wells, a former homicide detective who is convinced to join the NYPD in Queens by her ex-boyfriend Al Burns (potrayed by Dylan Walsh) after she leaves Syracuse because the investigation into her sister's murder was shut down. The character has hyperthymesia, which allows her to have perfect recall, and she uses her memory to solve crimes.<ref>"2011 Fall Preview Video-Unforgettable", CBS.com, 22 May 2011</ref><ref>"Poppy Montgomery in Sunnyside Queens". Sunnyside Post, 4 April 2011; accessed 14 May 2014.</ref> The first season, with 22 episodes, ran from September 2011 until May 2012, and CBS initially cancelled the show on May 12, 2012. Unforgettable was later renewed for a second season, with 13 episodes running from July 2013 to May 2014, and a third season, with 13 episodes running from June 2014 to September 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In October 2014, after the third season's conclusion, CBS canceled the series again. In February 2015, A&E picked up the series for a fourth season of 13 episodes. The season ran on A&E from November 2015 to January 2016, and the series was canceled in February 2016.
Montgomery posed in a series of photographs on MaximTemplate:'s website in their "Girls of MaximTemplate:-" feature.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
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. On December 23, 2007, she gave birth to their son Jackson Phillip. Montgomery's Without a Trace co-star Anthony LaPaglia became Jackson's godfather.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On October 10, 2011 in Life & Style, Montgomery and Kaufman were reported to have separated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In late 2011, Montgomery began dating Shawn Sanford, director of lifestyle marketing for Microsoft, whom she met in Puerto Rico.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In April 2013, she gave birth to their daughter, Violet Grace.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November 2014, she gave birth to their son Gus Monroe.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Live! With Kelly and Michael, April 4, 2014 episode, with guests James Franco and Poppy Montgomery. Pictures were presented on the broadcast as proof.</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Montgomery holds both Australian and American citizenship.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She moved from Los Angeles to New York City in 2013 to continue filming Unforgettable.Template:Citation needed
FilmographyEdit
FilmEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Tammy and the T-Rex | Party Girl No. 1 | |
| 1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress | Barbara's Sister | |
| 1996 | The Cold Equations | Marilyn 'Lee' Cross | |
| 1998 | Dead Man on Campus | Rachel | |
| 1999 | Template:Sortname | Caroline Tate | |
| 1999 | Life | Older Mae Rose Abernathy | |
| 2000 | Men Named Milo, Women Named Greta | Barri Noodleman | Short film |
| 2004 | How to Lose Your Lover | Allison | |
| 2005 | Between | Nadine Roberts | |
| 2021 | Christmas on the Farm | Clementine "Emmy" Jones | Telemovie |
TelevisionEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Silk Stalkings | Angel | 2-part episode: "Natural Selection" |
| 1995 | Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou | Cindy | Movie |
| 1996 | Template:Sortname | Marilyn 'Lee' Cross | Movie |
| 1996 | Party of Five | Allison | Episode: "Poor Substitutes" |
| 1996 | NYPD Blue | Lisa | Episode: "Burnin' Love" |
| 1996 | Relativity | Jennifer Lukens | 7 episodes |
| 1997 | Desert's Edge | Mary | TV short |
| 1999 | Template:Sortname | Dr. Sarah Coleman | Pilot |
| 2000 | Template:Sortname | Elizabeth Waclawek | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Blonde | Norma Jean Baker / Marilyn Monroe | Miniseries |
| 2001 | Going to California | Penelope | Episode: "Hurricane Al: A Tale of Key Largo" |
| 2002 | Glory Days | Ellie Sparks | 9 episodes |
| 2002–2009 | Without a Trace | Samantha Spade | Lead role (160 episodes) |
| 2004 | Raising Waylon | Julia Bellows | Special |
| 2005 | Murder in the Hamptons | Generosa Ammon | Movie |
| 2005 | Snow Wonder | Paula | Movie |
| 2010 | True Blue | Katherine Miller | Pilot |
| 2010 | Lying to Be Perfect | Nola Devlin/Belinda Apple | Movie |
| 2011 | Magic Beyond Words | J. K. Rowling | Movie |
| 2011–2016 | Unforgettable | Carrie Wells | Lead role (61 episodes) |
| 2015 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered from Paris, with Love | Holly O'Toole | Movie |
| 2017 | A Surrogate's Nightmare | Angela | Movie |
| 2019 | Reef Break | Cat Chambers | Lead role |
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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