Michelle Monaghan
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Michelle Lynn Monaghan was born on March 23, 1976 in Winthrop, Iowa. She is the daughter of Sharon Monaghan, who operated her own business, day care center in their home and Bob Monaghan, her father, a factory worker and farmer. She has two other brothers namely, Bob and John. She graduated from East Buchanan High School. She was the class president and was mainly interested in acting, joining several school plays. She studied in Chicago at Columbia College Chicago, majoring in journalism. She did part time jobs modeling in the US, Milan, Tokyo and Hongkong. She stopped schooling with only one semester left to pursue her modeling and acting career. Monaghan got her break in 2002 in the tv series Boston Public as Kimberly Woods. She auditioned for Mission Impossible 3 and got the role of Julia, alongside Tom Cruise. She also got to star in the remake of Heartbreak Kid opposite Ben Stiller. This year she returns to the silver screen with the movie Eagle Eye alongside Shia LaBeouf.