fMediterranean charm, femininity and a good dose of contempt for danger. This is the winning mix of Monica Barbararising star of acting now alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Netflix series FUBAR. But who really is the actress who is depopulating in the action genre? Let’s find out together.
Monica Barbaro, childhood and first successes
Born in San Francisco on June 18, 1990the future actress grows up in California together with father of Italian descent Nicholas, a professor, and his mother Heidi, a fitness expert. as a child, dreams of becoming a ballerina classical and so, after high school, he enrolled at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. After graduation however, her Monica understands what she really wants is learn to act.
After only a few months, the actress gets her first role in the series UnREAL to then join the cast of famous TV show Chicago Justice in 2017. Where he gets the part of Ana Valdez, assistant prosecutor Peter Stone played by handsome Philip Winchester. Other series will follow like The Good Cop And Splitting Up TogetherThen the big occasion: a role in the film with Tom Cruise Top Gun: Maverick.
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The success of Top Gun: Maverick and of FUBAR
It has never been easy for a woman to get notable roles in the action genre Luckily, today things have radically changedAnd. And Monica perfectly embodies this sacrosanct novelty. In fact, in 2019, the actress was chosen to play the role of Lieutenant Natasha “Phoenix” Trace in the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick but this is not yet another role from bellona that makes the pilots’ heads spin.
Monica Barbaro in “Top Gun: Maverick”. (Eagle Pictures)
Phoenix indeed is the only female Top Gun in the schoolsomething that in 1986 was absolutely impossible since until 1993, women were not allowed to fly fighter planes.
As stated by the actress to the portal IndieWire “One of our consultants told me ‘We integrated women too late’. This sequel reflects that changealthough it is true that we are still in the clear minority, so for me it was really important to represent women as they are today.”
Even in the most recent FUBARstreaming on Netflix, Monica is certainly not the daughter (of Arnold Schwarzenegger) next door. Indeed Emma is a CIA agent, tough and feminine at the same time that she certainly doesn’t let herself be intimidated by the bad boys she has to catch. A role that also enhances the multiple talents of the actress and which above all certifies its status as rising star of cinema and TV.
Private life and an upcoming film with Timothée Chalamet
Confidential about her private life, we don’t know if Monica is single at the moment or not. For sure, until about 3 years ago, the actress’s life partner was Connor Tillmanactor known on the set of the Netflix series The Good Cop. Passionate about climbing, and never forgetting her love for dancing, We will soon see Monica in the Bob Dylan biopicinterpreted by Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown.
The film, directed by James Mangold and which will be filmed this summer, is set during the Newport Folk Festival in 1965when the young singer-songwriter shocked his fans by playing folk songs with electric guitar.
A small musical revolution that will change American music of the time forever. AND Monica will play the role of Joan Baezfamous pacifist folk singer who had with Dylan a long and troubled love story.
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