
Monica Barbaro
Biography
Monica Maria Barbaro (/ˈbɑːrbəroʊ/; born June 17, 1990) is an American actress. She began training in ballet at an early age and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from New York University. She began acting soon after college, taking on small roles in film and television in the 2010s, before her first major role in the second season of Unreal (2016), followed by further television roles in Chicago P.D. (2016–2017), Chicago Justice (2017), The Good Cop (2018), and Splitting Up Together (2018–2019). Her feature film debut was in the independent film The Cathedral (2021).
Barbaro's breakthrough came with a supporting role in the action film Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which she followed with starring roles in the Netflix action comedy series FUBAR (2023–present) and as Joan Baez in the biopic A Complete Unknown (2024). For the latter, she was nominated for the SAG Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Acting History
2026
One Night Only
2026National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses as Madame de Tourvel
2026Crime 101 as Maya
2025On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" as Self
2024A Complete Unknown as Joan Baez
2023FUBAR as Emma Brunner
2023At Midnight as Sophie Wilder
2022The Cathedral as Lydia Damrosch
2022I'm Charlie Walker as Peggy
2022Top Gun: Maverick as Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
2019Stumptown as Liz Melero
2018The Head Thieves as Aerobics Video Girl #2
2018The Good Cop as Cora Vasquez
2018Splitting Up Together as Lisa Apple
2017Chicago Justice as Anna Valdez
2016Notorious as Chloe Edwards
2016Lethal Weapon as Nora Cooper
2016Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
2016Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life as Attractive Girl
2015Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Brandy
2015Stitchers as Brenda 'Bentley' Miller
2015UnREAL as Yael
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
2014Chicago P.D. as Anna Valdez
2013Bullish as Eva
2013It's Not About the Nail
2012Hemingway & Gellhorn as Tropicana Dancer (uncredited)
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Ella Koha
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1953The Oscars as Self
—Artificial as Mira Murati









