Poppy Montgomery

Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue Montgomery (born 19 June 1972^[1] 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 as Samantha Spade 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.^[2] She quit practicing yoga and gained 12 pounds to emulate Marilyn Monroe's ample figure for the role.

Personal life

Her parents are divorced and both have remarried. 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. She has stated the reason for her siblings interesting names was that her parents "were big hippies." She has two half brothers Sean and Patrick and one half sister Tara. Montgomery is dating and living with boyfriend Adam Kaufman, her co-star in the independent film Between. In June 2007, Montgomery announced her pregnancy with Kaufman. While in Australia accidently announced she was expecting a boy.^[3] On 23 December 2007, Montgomery gave birth to son Jackson Phillip in Los Angeles.^[4]

Trivia

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• Insists she was born in 1975 in an interview with USA magazine Entertainment Weekly.
• The Australian native lost an audition because screeners thought her Australian accent sounded too phony.^[2]
• At the Sundance Film Festival, Poppy purchased a custom Nintendo DS for $2,500.

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

• Without a Trace (Special Agent Samantha Spade) 2002-
• Glory Days (Ellie Sparks) 2002
• The Beat (Elizabeth Waclawek) 2000
• Relativity (Jennifer Lukens) 1996-1997
• NYPD Blue ep. "Burnin' Love" 1996
• Party of Five ep. "Poor Substitute" 1996
• Silk Stalkings ep. "Natural Selections: Part 1" 1994

References

External links

• Poppy Montgomery at the Internet Movie Database