Debra Monk
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. Monk has received a Tony Award and Emmy Awards. Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring,Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1973. In 1975, Monk received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Monk garnered first attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the 1982 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. She has won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for performance in Redwood Curtain (1993). She also was nominated an Tony Award for roles in Picnic (1994), Steel Pier (1997), and Curtains (2007). In 2000, she has won Obie Award for The Time of the Cuckoo. Monk has appeared in over 30 films as of early 1990s. She made her film debut in the movie version of Prelude to a Kiss, playing Aunt Dorothy. She later appeared in The Bridges of Madison County and The Devil's Advocate. On television, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for recurring performance as Katie Sipowicz in the ABC series, NYPD Blue. She also guest-starred on Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, The Closer, and Girls. Monk had a recurring roles in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), Grey's Anatomy (2006-2011), and Damages (2007-2012).
Born: 27 February 1949
Played In
Hold
Virginia
The Gilded Age
Armstrong
Standing Up, Falling Down
Jeanie Rollins
Tell Me a Story
Esther Thorn
New Amsterdam
Karen Brantley
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Helen Dyer
Bull
Sandy Harper
Drew
Hannah Gruen
Demolition
Davis' Mom
Crowded
Linda
Blindspot
Colonel Powers
Sneaky Pete
Connie Persikof
Difficult People
Bunny Tack
Madam Secretary
Mary Lou Boris
This Is Where I Leave You
Linda Callen
Mozart in the Jungle
Betty Cragdale
The Brass Teapot
Trudy
One for the Money
Mrs. Plum
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
Petunia
American Horror Story
Virginia Harding
The Other Woman
Laura Greenleaf
Hot in Cleveland
Loretta
White Collar
Mrs. Mitchell
The Good Wife
Tracy Mintz
Glee
Mrs. Schuester
The Great Buck Howard
Doreen
The Savages
Nancy Lachman
Damages
Deniece Parsons
Notes from the Underbelly
Andrew's Mom
Brothers and Sisters
Alexandra Kirby
The Producers
Lick Me-Bite Me
Ghost Whisperer
Anne Sullivan
Dark Water
Young Dahlia's Teacher
The Closer
Mary Summers
Grey's Anatomy
Louise O'Malley
Palindromes
Mama Sunshine
Desperate Housewives
Marcella
Eloise at Christmastime
Maggie the Carriage Driver
Eloise at the Plaza
Maggie the Carriage Driver
The Music Man
Mrs. Paroo
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Edna Burroghs
Plain Dirty
Officer Avon
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Warden Pellis
Kristin
Jeannie Yancey
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Rachel Bruner
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Mrs. Carlisle
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Madame Zorka
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Mrs. Yeager
Center Stage
Nancy
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
Self - Performer
Knitwits Revisited
Catherine (voice)
Bulworth
Helen
Ellen Foster
Aunt Nadine
The Devil's Advocate
Pam Garrety
In & Out
Mrs. Lester
Knitwits
Catherine (voice)
Extreme Measures
Dr. Judith Gruszynski
The First Wives Club
Jilted Lover
The Substance of Fire
Martha Hackett
Mrs. Winterbourne
Lieutenant Ambrose
Bed of Roses
Lewis' Mom
Reckless
Therapist
New York News
Jeffrey
Mom
The Bridges of Madison County
Madge
Redwood Curtain
Geneva, Laird's Sister
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Quiz Show
Kintner's Secretary
Fearless
Alison
For Love or Money
Mrs. Wegman
Frasier
Nurse Karen
Prelude to a Kiss
Aunt Dorothy
Law & Order
Judge G. Proctor
Law & Order
Kathleen O'Brien
Law & Order
Dr. Madelyn Stahl
Women and Wallace
Psychiatrist
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Geneva, Laird's Sister
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Aunt Nadine
Summerhouse
Lois