Bonnie Somerville

Bonnie Somerville
Somerville at the Walk of Death premiere, 2007
Born	(1974-02-24) 24 February 1974 New York City, New York, USA
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1998 – present

Bonnie Somerville (born 24 February 1974) is an American actress and singer. As an actress, she has had roles in a number of movies and television series, most notably NYPD Blue, Grosse Pointe, Friends, The O.C., Cashmere Mafia, and as of 2013, CBS's Golden Boy.

Biography

Personal life

Somerville was born and reared in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. She started acting and singing at a young age, appearing in high school plays at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge in Brooklyn. Somerville attended Boston College as a Musical Theater major, and returned home upon completing her education in order to try acting professionally.

At 2 a.m. on October 18, 2008, Somerville and a friend were leaving a party thrown by T-Mobile on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, when a man approached her and demanded her purse. A struggle ensued, and her friend was shot in the lower back with a .22 caliber handgun. Somerville then gave up her purse, and the shooter fled. He has not yet been apprehended.

Acting career

Somerville's first acting job was as an extra in the 1996 film City Hall. Her first major role for television was for the lead in the CBS miniseries, Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999), in which she also sang.

Somerville starred in the 2000 series Grosse Pointe, and later played Rachel Hoffman, a colleague of Sandy Cohen, in Season 1 of The O.C..

She had a recurring role on the sitcom Friends as Mona, dating Ross in Season 8.

Somerville had a supporting role during the final season (2004–2005) of NYPD Blue as Det. Laura Murphy. She appeared in fifteen episodes.

In 2005, Somerville starred in a lead role in the short-lived sitcom Kitchen Confidential. She also starred with Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor in the short-lived 2008 ABC dramedy Cashmere Mafia.

She also guest-starred in CBS's Gary Unmarried.

Somerville also appeared in the films Spider-Man 2, Without a Paddle, Bedazzled, Shades of Ray, The Ugly Truth and Labor Pains. Somerville starred in the 2010 independent comedy film The Best and the Brightest along with Neil Patrick Harris and Amy Sedaris. She played the lead role of Sam, who along with her partner Jeff (Harris), moves to New York City and tries to get their five-year-old daughter into an elite private kindergarten. In June 2010, Somerville appeared in an episode of Royal Pains.

In 2011, Somerville starred in the made for television film, A Holiday Engagement.

In 2012, Somerville voiced Mala in Treasure Buddies.

Music career

Somerville was noticed by a modeling scout while waiting tables. At the age of 22, she moved to Los Angeles at which point she assembled a band and got an agent. Somerville sang backup on Joshua Radin's first record. Her song "Winding Road" was included on the Garden State soundtrack, a film written and directed by Zach Braff.

Somerville is currently a singer in the group Band from TV with Greg Grunberg, Bob Guiney, James Denton, Hugh Laurie, Jesse Spencer, Barry Sarna, Brad Savage, Rich Winer, and Chris Kelley.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia	Stuck Up Girl
2000	Bedazzled	Girl at Beer Garden
2004	Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes	Julie Proudfit
2004	Spider-Man 2	Screaming Woman
2004	Without a Paddle	Denise
2008	Shades of Ray	Noel Wilson
2009	The Ugly Truth	Elizabeth
2009	Nobody	Fiona
2010	Chasing Zero	Dr. Diane Rider	Short film
2010	The Best and the Brightest	Sam
2010	The Search for Santa Paws	Kate Huckle	Video
2012	Treasure Buddies	Mala (voice)	Video
2012	Seven Below	Brooklyn
2012	Fire with Fire	Karen Westlake	Video
2012	Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups	Mrs. Paws (voice)
2011	Holiday Engagement	Hillary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Two Guys and a Girl	Cindy	Episode: "Two Guys, a Girl and a Homecoming"
1999	Beverly Hills, 90210	Mary	Episode: "Dog's Best Friend"
1999	Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story	Lyne Danner	TV miniseries
2000-2001	Grosse Pointe	Courtney Scott	Main role (17 episodes)
2001	Count Me In	Emmy	TV film
2001	Tikiville		TV film
2001	This Could Work		TV film
2001-2002	Friends	Mona	Recurring role (7 episodes)
2002-2003	In-Laws	Alex Pellet Landis	Main role (15 episodes)
2003	Jack's House	Wendy	TV film
2003	The Twilight Zone	Donna Saicheck	Episode: "How Much Do You Love Your Kid?"
2003	The O.C.	Rachel Hoffman	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2004-2005	NYPD Blue	Det. Laura Murphy	Regular role (15 episodes)
2005-2006	Kitchen Confidential	Mimi	(13 episodes)
2006	Jake in Progress	Laura Wiles	Episode: "Notting Hell"
2006	The Danny Comden Project	Sam	TV film
2006	Jump	Sam Boyd	TV film
2006	Wedding Wars	Maggie Welling	TV film
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Caitlin Dowd	(7 episodes)
2009	Off Duty	Kim Roberts	TV film
2009	Labor Pains	Suzi Cavendish	TV film
2009	Gary Unmarried	Leah	Episode: "Gary Shoots Fish in a Barrel"
2010	Royal Pains	Mindy	Episode: "Medusa"
2011	Other People's Kids	Michelle	TV film
2011	Holiday Engagement	Hillary Burns	TV film
2012	The Mentalist	Eve Mulberry	Episode: "At First Blush"
2013	Golden Boy	Det. Deb McKenzie	CBS TV series

External links

• Bonnie Somerville at IMDb