Poppy Montgomery

Posted February 4, 200718 yr

Poppy Montgomery

Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue (born 19 June 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian actress.

She chose her mother's maiden name, Montgomery, as her stage name. She left Australia at 16 to be with her then-boyfriend. They broke up, and she arrived in Hollywood at 18 carrying a copy of How to Make It In Hollywood.

She currently stars in the American television series Without a Trace. Montgomery was the "cover girl" for the May 2005 Stuff, which labelled her "TV's Hottest Cop." She has also appeared in Maxim, FHM and posed nude in the art magazine Black+White.

Montgomery was praised for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the 2001 CBS mini-series Blonde, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates.

Trivia

Insists she was born in 1975 in an interview with USA magazine Entertainment Weekly.

Her brother is named Jethro Tull, after Jethro Tull. Her sisters are named Rosie Thorn, Daisy Yellow, Lily Belle and Marigold Sun - all named after flowers, as Poppy is. Has stated the reason for her siblings interesting names was that her parents "were big hippies."

Parents divorced and remarried. Has two half brothers Sean and Patrick and one half sister Tara.

The Australian native lost an audition because screeners thought her Australian accent sounded too phony.

Quit practising yoga and gained 12 pounds to emulate Marilyn Monroe's ample figure for Blonde.

On The Beat, she shared one of the first lesbian kisses on American TV.

At the Sundance Film Festival, Poppy purchased a custom Nintendo DS for $2,500.

Dating and living with boyfriend Adam Kaufman her co-star in the independent film Between.

Filmography

Murder In the Hamptons (2005) (played Generosa Ammon)

Between (2005)

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (2004)

Raising Waylon (2004)

Blonde (2001)