Editing Monica Keena

{{short description|American actress (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Monica Keena
| image        = Monica Keena PaleyFest 2011.jpg
| birth_name   = <!-- Do NOT add full name without sourcing to a [[WP:RS]] -->
| caption      =  Keena in 2011
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1979|5|28}}
| birth_place  = New York City, U.S.
| occupation   = Actress
| partner      = [[Edward Furlong]] (2009–2013)
| years_active = 1994–present 
| other names  = 
}}

'''Monica Keena''' (born May 28, 1979)<ref name=f_review>{{cite journal|journal=Film Review|issue=643|page=|author=Taylor, Matt|title=Features|year=2004|publisher=Orpheus Publishing|quote=The rather lovely Miss Keena was born on May 28, 1979...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=AllMovie|title=Monica Keena|access-date=October 4, 2017|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/monica-keena-an3661}}</ref> is an American actress. Following her feature film debut in ''[[While You Were Sleeping (film)|While You Were Sleeping]]'' (1995), she went on to play leading roles in ''[[Snow White: A Tale of Terror]]'' (1997), ''[[Crime and Punishment in Suburbia]]'' (2000), ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'' (2003), and the 2009 remake of ''[[Night of the Demons (2009 film)|Night of the Demons]]''. Her other credits include ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' (1997), ''[[Orange County (film)|Orange County]]'' (2002), and ''[[Man of the House (2005 film)|Man of the House]]'' (2005). On television, Keena played Abby Morgan on [[The WB]]'s ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' (1998–1999), Rachel Lindquist on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[Undeclared]]'' (2001–2002), Kristen on [[HBO]]'s ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'' (2004–2005), and Bonnie Crasnoff on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (2005; 2007).

==Early life==
Keena was born and raised in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. Her parents are William Junior,
a financial sales manager, and Mary Catherine Keena, a nurse. She has a sister, Samantha, two years older, who died in England at the age of 46.<ref name=f13>{{cite web|url=http://www.fridaythe13thfilms.com/saga/fvsj/monicakeena.html|title=Where Are They Now?: Monica Keena|website=fridaythe13thfilms.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616173255/http://www.fridaythe13thfilms.com/saga/fvsj/monicakeena.html|archive-date=2004-06-16}}</ref>

Keena attended [[Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)|Saint Ann's]], a [[Progressive education|progressive]] private school in [[Brooklyn Heights]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-st-ann_s-school-alumni-and-students/reference|title=Famous St. Ann's School Alumni|website=[[Ranker]]|access-date=Oct 10, 2024}}</ref> She auditioned for [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School|LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts]] at the age of 13, and was accepted into both the dramatic and vocal arts departments.<ref name=f13/>

==Career==
Following her television film debut in ''A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story'', where she played the [[Oksana Baiul|title character]], Keena took a supporting role in the 1995 romantic comedy ''[[While You Were Sleeping (film)|While You Were Sleeping]]''. Her first major role in a feature film came in 1997, when she starred as [[Snow White|Lilliana "Lilli" Hoffman]] in the folklore-inspired gothic horror film, ''[[Snow White: A Tale of Terror]]''. She appeared in a small role in [[Taylor Hackford]]'s ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' that same year.

In the [[Rob Schmidt]]-directed ''[[Crime and Punishment in Suburbia]]'' (2000), Keena played the principal role of Roseanne Skolnick, an outwardly popular high schooler with a dysfunctional home life. Describing it as "messy but hungry ... the kind of movie that lives and breathes", film critic [[Roger Ebert]] said of Keena, "[She] does a great deal with Roseanne, a character who is herself an actress–pretending to be a daughter, a girlfriend, a cheerleader, all the time screaming inside".<ref>{{cite web|first=Roger|last=Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/crime-and-punishment-in-suburbia-2000|title=Crime and Punishment in Suburbia|work=[[RogerEbert.com]]|date=September 22, 2000|access-date=October 10, 2024}}</ref> ''Suburbia'' was nominated for the [[Grand Jury Prize Dramatic|Grand Jury Prize]] at that year's [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/02/06/a-lesson-from-2000-sundance/|title=A Lesson From 2000 Sundance|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 6, 2000|access-date=October 10, 2024}}</ref> 

Keena starred as "[[final girl]]" Lori Campbell in the 2003 slasher film, ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'', a [[Crossover (fiction)|crossover]] between the [[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|''Nightmare on Elm Street'']] and [[Friday the 13th (franchise)|''Friday the 13th'']] franchises. Directed by [[Ronny Yu]], ''FvJ'' was a financial success, grossing USD$117 million at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3914499585/|title=Freddy vs. Jason|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=October 10, 2024}}</ref> A mixture of parts in mainstream and [[independent film|independent]] comedies—''[[Bad Girls from Valley High]]'', ''[[Man of the House (2005 film)|Man of the House]]'' (both 2005),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Papamichael|first=Stella|date=August 3, 2005|title=Movies - review - Man of the House DVD|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/08/03/man_of_the_house_2005_dvd_review.shtml|access-date=October 10, 2024|quote=It's hardly compelling stuff, but Keena at least offers some comedy value when it turns out she has a fear of heights. With eyes wide and glassy, she bleats, "I cried all the first day. I thought I would die!"|website=[[BBC Online]]}}</ref> ''[[Fifty Pills]]'' (2006)—came next, as did the [[Mafia]] drama ''[[Brooklyn Rules]]'' (2007) and a headline role in ''[[Night of the Demons (2009 film)|Night of the Demons]]'' (2009), a remake of the 1988 [[Night of the Demons (1988 film)|horror movie of the same name]].

Alongside recurring appearances as Abby Morgan on ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' (1998–1999),   Kristen on ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'' (2004–2005), and a starring role as college student Rachel Lindquist on [[Judd Apatow]]'s short-lived [[cult following|cult hit]] sitcom, ''[[Undeclared]]'' (2001–2002),<ref>"25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years." ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. August 3, 2012, p. 41.</ref> Keena played a string of television guest roles throughout the 2000s, on series such as ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', ''[[Without a Trace]]'', and ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]''. For her portrayal of Bonnie Crasnoff—a patient who is severely injured in a train accident—on the [[Grey's Anatomy season 2|second season]] of medical drama ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', Keena was nominated for a 2006 [[Penske Media Corporation#Other properties|Gold Derby Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2006 Gold Derby TV Awards|url=https://www.goldderby.com/2006-goldderby-tv-awards/|access-date=October 10, 2024|website=GoldDerby.com|date=7 March 2016 }}</ref> The [[Into You Like a Train|episode]] attracted a U.S. audience of 16.67 million viewers and received universal praise from critics, with many since referring to it as one of the series' greatest episodes.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The 31 best 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes to guide your next rewatch binge|url=https://ew.com/tv/greys-anatomy-binge-guide/|access-date=2024-09-10|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nguyen |first=Jessie|date=2023-04-10|title=15 Best 'Grey's Anatomy' Episodes, Ranked According to IMDb|url=https://collider.com/greys-anatomy-best-episodes-imdb/|access-date=2024-09-10|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Menon|first=Radhika|date=2023-02-17|title='Grey's Anatomy': 15 Best Episodes Ever|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/greys-anatomy-best-episodes-ever-1234810377/|access-date=2024-09-10|website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Remembering Grey's Anatomy's Most Iconic Episodes|url=https://people.com/tv/greys-anatomy-most-iconic-episodes/|access-date=2024-09-10|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

===Personal life===
During the filming of ''[[Night of the Demons (2009 film)|Night of the Demons]]'' (2009), Keena became romantically involved with her co-star, [[Edward Furlong]]. The pair dated for four years,<ref name=yahoo_jail>{{cite web|first=Soraya|last=Roberts|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/omg/blogs/the-juice-celeb-news/edward-furlong-sentenced-six-months-jail-probation-violations-161254750.html|title=Edward Furlong sentenced to six months in jail for probation violations|work=[[Yahoo News]]|date=March 16, 2013|access-date=October 10, 2024}}</ref> with Furlong being arrested on three occasions between 2012 and 2013 for physically assaulting Keena,<ref>{{cite web|first=Josh|last=Grossberg|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/378936/edward-furlong-charged-with-misdemeanor-battery-for-allegedly-shoving-girlfriend|title=Edward Furlong Charged with Misdemeanor Battery for Allegedly Shoving Girlfriend|website=[[E!#E! Online|E! Online]]|date=January 15, 2013|access-date=December 24, 2016}}</ref> eventually spending six months in jail.<ref name=yahoo_jail/>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1995
|''[[While You Were Sleeping (film)|While You Were Sleeping]]''
|Mary Callaghan
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Ripe (film)|Ripe]]''
|Violet
|
|-
|1997
|''[[Snow White: A Tale of Terror]]''
|[[Snow White|Lilli Hoffman]]
|
|-
|1997
|''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]''
|Alessandra Cullen
|
|-
|1998
|''[[All I Wanna Do (1998 film)|All I Wanna Do]]''
|Tinka Parker
|
|-
|2000
|''[[The Simian Line]]''
|Marta
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Crime and Punishment in Suburbia]]''
|Roseanne Skolnick
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Orange County (film)|Orange County]]''
|Gretchen
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]''
|Lori Campbell
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Bad Girls from Valley High]]''
|Brooke
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Man of the House (2005 film)|Man of the House]]''
|Evie
|
|-
|2005
|''Long Distance''
|Nicole Freeman
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Fifty Pills]]''
|Petunia
|
|-
|2006
|''The Lather Effect''
|Warm Leatherette Babe #1
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Left in Darkness]]''
|Celia
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Brooklyn Rules]]''
|Amy
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Loaded (2008 film)|Loaded]]''
|Brooke
|
|-
|2008
|''Corporate Affairs''
|Snowy Egret
|
|-
|2008
|''[[The Narrows (film)|The Narrows]]''
|Gina Abruzzi
|
|-
|2009
|''Fault Line''
|
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Night of the Demons (2009 film)|Night of the Demons]]''
|Maddie
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy]]''
| Herself
| Documentary film
|-
|2012
|''[[40 Days and Nights]]''
|Tessa
|
|-
|2011
|''Walter Don't Dance''
|Phyliss
|[[Short film]]
|-
|2012
|''[[Aftermath (2012 American film)|Aftermath]]''
|Elizabeth
|
|-
|2013
|''Isolated''
|Ambassador for Peace
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)#Documentaries|Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th]]''
| Herself
| Documentary film<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/Crystal-Lake-Memories-The-Complete-History-of-Friday-the-13th/243015/#Castandcrew |title=Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013) |access-date=2025-03-10 |via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|''[[The Ghost and the Whale]]''
|Dr. Sweetie Jones
|
|-
|2020
|''Klaus Eats Butterflies''
|Molly
|Short film
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1994
|''A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story''
|[[Oksana Baiul]]
|[[Television film]]
|-
|1995
|''[[Law & Order]]''
|Corey Russell
|Episode: "Performance"
|-
|1997
|''[[Feds (TV series)|Feds]]''
|Tina Walters
|Episode: "Somebody's Lyin'"
|-
|1997
|''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
|Billie Rader
|Episode: "Double Blind"
|-
|1998–1999
|''[[Dawson's Creek]]''
|Abby Morgan
|Recurring; 14 episodes
|-
|1999
|''[[First Daughter (1999 film)|First Daughter]]''
|Jess Hayes
|Television film
|-
|2001–2002
|''[[Undeclared]]''
|Rachel Lindquist
|Main role
|-
|2003
|''[[King of the Hill]]''
|Various (voice)
|Episodes: "I Never Promised You an Organic Garden", "Night and Deity"
|-
|2004–2005
|''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]''
|Kristen
|Recurring; 6 episodes
|-
|2005
|''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
|Beatrice Onorato Mailer
|Episode: "[[Death Roe]]"
|-
|2005–2007
|''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
|Bonnie Crasnoff
|Episodes: "[[Into You Like a Train]]", "Some Kind of Miracle"
|-
|2006
|''[[Without a Trace]]''
|Heidi Peyton
|Episode: "More Than This"
|-
|2006
|''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
|Madeline
|Episode: "Built to Kill: Part 2"
|-
|2006
|''All She Wants for Christmas''
|Judith 'Noelle' Dunn
|Television film
|-
|2007
|''[[Ghost Whisperer]]''
|Holly Newman
|Episode: "Deja Boo"
|-
|2009
|''[[Robot Chicken]]''
|Executive; Woman (voice)
|Episode: "President Hu Forbids It"
|-
|2010
|''[[Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice]]''
|Kayla
|3 episodes
|-
|2010
|''[[The Closer]]''
|Debbie Shriner
|Episode: "Last Woman Standing"
|-
|2011
|''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
|Charlene McCann
|Episode: "Countdown"
|-
|2011
|''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]''
|Various (voice)
|6 episodes
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Video games
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Role
|-
|2006
|''[[The Sopranos: Road to Respect]]''
|Trishelle
|}

==References==
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