Monique Gabriela Curnen
Monique Gabriela Curnen is an American actress.
Early life and education
Curnen was born on September 7, 1970. Her mother is from Puerto Rico, and her father is of German and Irish descent. She grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts and went to Williams College, where she concentrated on other studies. After college, she spent a year as a full-time intern at Unity House, the Minority Cultural Center, at Connecticut College in New London. She then moved to New York and started taking acting classes and going to auditions.Career
Curnen has appeared in several films including Bollywood Calling, Half Nelson and The Dark Knight, in which she played corrupt Police Detective Anna Ramirez. She also played the colleague of Paul Walker's character Brian O'Connor in Fast & Furious in a cameo.She has also appeared in numerous television series including Dexter, House M.D. and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She played Detective Allison Beaumont in the 2009 police procedural drama series The Unusuals. She has appeared on the television series Sons of Anarchy, playing Amelia Dominguez. She appeared in the season finale of Season 2 of Lie to Me as Detective Sharon Wallowski, whom she continued to play in Season 3 in a major recurring role. She appeared in a Person of Interest episodes#ep71|2014 episode] of the TV series Person of Interest as Precinct Captain Moreno, and Elementary episodes#ep76|two episodes] in Season 4 of the television series Elementary as Detective Gina Cortes and then in The Mentalist as Tamsin Wade in the fifth season. Curnen joined the main cast for the final season of the Starz television series Power, playing Detective Blanca Rodriguez.