Monica Keena

Monica Keena (born May 28, 1979) is an American actress. She made her film debut in While You Were Sleeping (1995), and a lead role as Lilliana "Lilli" Hoffman in Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997).

Monica Keena
Keena at the 2011 PaleyFest
Born	(1979-05-28) May 28, 1979 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Partner	Edward Furlong (2009–2013)

She later starred as Lori Campbell in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), and has had roles in the films Brooklyn Rules (2007) and the 2009 remake of Night of the Demons. Keena has also worked in television, starring as Abby Morgan on Dawson's Creek, Rachel Lindquist on the short-lived comedy Undeclared, and Kristen on HBO's Entourage.

Early life

Keena was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents are William Junior (a financial sales manager with the firm Paine Webber) and Mary Catherine Keena (a nurse). She has a sister, Samantha, who is two years older. Monica attended Saint Ann's School, a progressive private school in Brooklyn Heights.

She auditioned for LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts when she was 13. Although she auditioned for drama, she was accepted in both the dramatic and the vocal arts departments. Soon after starting her classes at LaGuardia, Keena played in her first role in a short film, Burning Love.

Career

Keena portrayed Bertha in a stage reading of August Strindberg's The Father and had her first starring role playing Lilliana "Lilli" Hoffman in the folktale-inspired film Snow White: A Tale of Terror. She has appeared in numerous television and movie projects including the TBS Original Movie First Daughter and Crime and Punishment in Suburbia which appeared at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

Monica appeared in the film While You Were Sleeping, The Simian Line with Lynn Redgrave, and Bad Girls From Valley High with the film eventually released straight to DVD in 2005. In 2003, she played the heroine Lori Campbell in Freddy vs. Jason. In 2006, she played Celia in the film Left in Darkness.

Keena had a recurring role as Abby Morgan on Dawson's Creek and a starring role on the short-lived Undeclared as the college student Rachel. Keena also had guest roles on series such as Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Homicide: Life on the Street, Feds, and Entourage. On the hit ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, she appeared in the second season episode "Into You Like A Train" in which she played Bonnie, a patient who was severely injured in a massive train accident. She later reappeared in the third season episode "Some Kind of Miracle" to reprise her role as Bonnie.

Keena appears as Maddie Curtis in Adam Gierasch's straight-to-video 2009 remake Night of the Demons. It was during filming that she became romantically involved with Edward Furlong. He was later arrested three times for attacking her, and on January 15, 2013, was remanded in jail as he was unable to pay bail.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	While You Were Sleeping	Mary Callaghan
1996	Ripe	Violet
1997	Snow White: A Tale of Terror	Lilli Hoffman
1997	The Devil's Advocate	Alessandra Cullen
1998	All I Wanna Do	Tinka Parker
2000	The Simian Line	Marta
2000	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia	Roseanne Skolnick
2002	Orange County	Gretchen
2003	Freddy vs. Jason	Lori Campbell
2005	Bad Girls from Valley High	Brooke
2005	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	Brooke
2008	Corporate Affairs	Snowy Egret
2008	The Narrows	Gina Abruzzi
2009	Fault Line
2009	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	Elizabeth	Originally titled Remnants
2013	Isolated	Ambassador for Peace
2013	Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th	Herself	Documentary film
2017	The Ghost and the Whale	Dr. Sweetie Jones
2020	Klaus Eats Butterflies	Molly	Short film

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story	Oksana Baiul	Television film
1995	Law & Order	Corey Russell	Episode: "Performance"
1997	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 role (seasons 1–2), 14 episodes
1999	First Daughter	Jess Hayes	TV movie
2001–2003	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	Kristen	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Beatrice Onorato Mailer	Episode: "Death Roe"
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Bonnie Crasnoff	Episode: "Into You Like a Train"
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	TV movie
2007	Ghost Whisperer	Holly Newman	Episode: "Deja Boo"
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Bonnie Crasnoff	Episode: "Some Kind of Miracle"
2009	Robot Chicken	Executive, Woman (voice)	Episode: "President Hu Forbids It"
2010	Private Practice	Kayla	3 episodes
2010	The Closer	Debbie Shriner	Episode: "Last Woman Standing"
2011	Castle	Charlene McCann	Episode: "Countdown"
2011	Beavis and Butt-Head	Various	Voice roles; 6 episodes

Video game roles

Year	Title	Role
2006	The Sopranos: Road to Respect	Trishelle

External links

• Quotations related to Monica Keena at Wikiquote
• Media related to Monica Keena at Wikimedia Commons
• Monica Keena at IMDb
• Monica Keena at Hollywood.com