Poppy Montgomery Biography




Poppy Montgomery
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Poppy Montgomery
Born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue
June 19, 1972 (1972-06-19) (age 37)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Actress
Years active 1994–present
Domestic partner(s) Adam Kaufman

Poppy Montgomery (born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue; 19 June 1972) is an Australian actress. She is best known as Samantha Spade in the American television series Without a Trace.

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Biography

Personal life

Montgomery was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of Nicola (née Montgomery), an executive and market researcher, and Phil Donahue, a restaurateur.1 Her parents named her and her sisters after flowers, and their brother after Jethro Tull. She attended the Ascham School in Edgecliff, New South Wales. Montgomery and boyfriend, actor Adam Kaufman, have a son together, Jackson Phillip Deveraux Montgomery Kaufman, born on December 23, 2007 in Los Angeles.23

Career

Montgomery quit school to travel with her then-boyfriend, emigrating to the United States when she was 18. She came into prominence with her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the 2001 CBS mini-series Blonde, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates.4 Her big break came in 2002, when she was picked out of over 100 women for the role of Samantha Spade on Without A Trace.

Filmography

  • Murder in the Hamptons (2005) (played Generosa Ammon)
  • Between (2005)
  • 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (2004)
  • Raising Waylon (2004)
  • Blonde (2001)
  • Men Named Milo, Women Named Greta (2000)
  • This Space Between Us (2000)
  • Life (1999)
  • The Other Sister (1999)
  • The Wonder Cabinet (1999)
  • Dead Man on Campus (1998)
  • Desert's Edge (1997)
  • The Cold Equations (1996)
  • Peacock Blues (1996)
  • Stories From The Edge (1996)
  • Jake Lassiter: Justice On The Bayou (1995)
  • Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)
  • Tammy And The T-Rex (1994)

Television shows

References

  1. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/91/Poppy-Montgomery.html
  2. ^ Jenny Sundel (2007-06-12). "Without a Trace's Poppy Montgomery Pregnant". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20042215,00.html. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
  3. ^ Poppy Montgomery Welcomes a Boy, People, January 4, 2008. Accessed July 12, 2008.
  4. ^ Martindale, David. Meet Poppy Montgomery, TNT. Accessed July 12, 2008.

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