Monica Barbaro

Birth : 1990-06-17, San Francisco, California, USA

History

Barbaro began her career as a ballet dancer, ultimately giving it up to pursue acting. She portrayed the character of Yael on the second season of the Lifetime television series UnREAL. Yael was also known as "Hot Rachel," a nemesis to the character portrayed by Shiri Appleby. 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, where she portrayed Anna Valdez, a well-educated, whip-smart, quick-tongued and sharp-witted Assistant State’s Attorney. Barbaro plays 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.

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Movies

At Midnight

Sophie

Alejandro's life is disrupted when actress Sophie Wilder stays at his hotel. To their surprise, the two fall for one another, meeting at midnight.

I'm Charlie Walker

Peggy

1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive he was. In a city full of impostors and naysayers, he refused to take "No" for an answer. That is, until a catastrophic disaster opened a door that had never been open to a black man before. This is a story about what happened when he stepped through that door with both feet.

Top Gun: Maverick

Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

The Cathedral

Lydia Damrosch

An only child's meditative, impressionistic account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades.

The Head Thieves

Aerobics Video Girl #2

Three brothers develop an elaborate plan to recover stolen cash and go on the run.

Bullish

Eva

A group of Berkeley students make it rich in the stock market and become the youngest landlords in the city of Berkeley.

It's Not About the Nail

It's Not About the Nail starring Monica Barbaro, and Jason Headley. A perspective in relationship communication using metaphors and hyperbole to drive the point home.

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Tropicana Dancer (uncredited)

Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.

A Complete Unknown

Joan Baez

19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City in 1961 seeking to find his hero, an ailing Woody Guthrie. He is embraced by the New York folk scene (Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and others) who recognize his talent. He finds gigs in downtown clubs and soon becomes a sensation, landing a contract with Columbia Records. From there, Dylan ascends to the status of a cultural phenomenon, but ultimately transitions away from folk music as he embraces the electric guitar, confusing his fans and disappointing the music community that first took him in.