Monica Barbaro

Monica Barbaro (born June 17, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Yael in season 2 of Unreal and as Cora Vasquez in The Good Cop.

Monica Barbaro
Born (1990-06-17) June 17, 1990[1][2][3]
San Francisco, California
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Biography

Monica was born on Jun. 18, 1990 in San Francisco. She grew up in Mill Valley, California. Her parents are Heidi Wagner and Nicholas Barbaro, who is of Italian descent.[4]

Career

Barbaro began her career as a ballet dancer, completing a degree in dance at Tisch School of the Arts while taking electives in acting. Ultimately she decided to pursue acting instead of dance.[3] She portrayed the character of Yael on the second season of the Lifetime television series UnREAL.[5] Yael was also known as "Hot Rachel," a nemesis to the character portrayed by Shiri Appleby.[6][7][8] Following her work on UnREAL, Barbaro joined the cast as a lead of the new NBC legal drama Chicago Justice, an entry in Dick Wolf's Chicago franchise,[9] where she portrayed Anna Valdez, a well-educated, whip-smart, quick-tongued and sharp-witted Assistant State's Attorney.[10] In 2018, Barbaro also played Cora Vasquez, a homicide detective on The Good Cop, alongside Josh Groban and Tony Danza. Between 2018 and 2019, Barbaro played the recurring role of Lisa Apple, Martin's new girlfriend, in the ABC sitcom Splitting Up Together. She had her first lead role in the viral short film It's Not About the Nail.[11][12]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 America Is Still the Place Peggy
2021 Top Gun: Maverick Phoenix [13]

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Stitchers Brenda 'Bentley' Miller Episode: "The Root of All Evil"
2016 Hawaii Five-0 Ella Koha Episode: "Ke Koa Lokomaika'i"
2016 Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life Attractive Girl Episode "How to Survive Working with Friends"
2016 Unreal Yael Main role (season 2), 10 episodes
2016 Notorious Chloe Edwards Episode: "Tell Me a Secret"
2016–2017 Chicago P.D. Assistant State's Attorney Anna Valdez 4 episodes
2017 Chicago Justice Assistant State's Attorney Anna Valdez Main role
2017 Lethal Weapon Nora Cooper Episode: "Flight Risk"
2018 The Good Cop Cora Vasquez Main role
2018-2019 Splitting Up Together Lisa Apple Recurring role
2019 Stumptown Liz Melero 4 episodes

References
  1. Craig Bierko (2016-06-18). "Birthday wish". Twitter. Happy fricking @monicabarbaro Exists on Planet Earth Day! Rejoice! Rinse! Repeat! Happy goddamn Birthday! XO
  2. "Instagram video by Monica Barbaro". Instagram. 2016-06-18. Thank you for all the wonderful birthday wishes!
  3. "Hot Rachel From "UnREAL" Talks Breaking Into Acting and Playing a Manipulator". Cosmopolitan. 2016-06-20.
  4. Valencia, Fe. "'Top Gun 2' Female Pilot: Fast Facts About Monica Barbaro". Latin Times. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  5. "'UnREAL': Before They Were Stars". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  6. "UnREAL's Monica Barbaro on Hot Rachel's Reveal and the Show's Prescient Police Scene". Elle. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  7. "Monica Barbaro on Hot Rachel's Shady 'UnREAL' Reveal". Yahoo. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  8. Petski, Denise (2016-01-29). "'UnReal': Monica Barbaro, Denée Benton & More Join Season 2 Cast On Lifetime". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  9. Andreeva, Nellie (2016-08-25). "Chicago Justice's Monica Barbaro Cast as Series Regular". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  10. "Chicago Justice's Monica Barbaro Dancing Her Way into Dream Role". Parade. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  11. "Viral Video: 'It's Not About the Nail' Is a Hilarious Look at Marriage". Babble. 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  12. Saperstein, Pat (2013-06-29). "Variety's Picks: 15 Symptoms of Life in L.A., New Burt Bacharach Book, Goodie Mob Album, More". Variety. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  13. Kroll, Justin (2018-08-21). "'Unreal's' Monica Barbaro to Play Miles Teller's Love Interest in 'Top Gun: Maverick' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
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