Monica Raymund Bio, Wiki
Monica Raymund is an American Actress and Director best known for her appearances in Lie to Me as Maria Torres and The Good Wife as Dana Lodge. She has also appeared in the the television series Chicago Fire as Gabriela Dawson and in the Starz crime drama Hightown as Jackie Quiñones.
Monica Raymund Age
Raymund was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States on 26th July 1986. She is 37 years old as of 2024 and she celebrates her birthday on July 26 every year.
Monica Raymund Height/Measurements
Raymund stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 5 inches.
Monica Raymund Education
Raymund participated in the Broadway Theater Project while in high school. She later attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts which is located in Winston-Salem. In 2004 she graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory School located in St. Petersburg, Florida, and in 2008, Raymund graduated from Juilliard School in New York City.
Monica Raymund Career
Raymund played in Cymbeline which was directed by Richard Feldman, Animal Farm directed by Trazana Beverley, and The Diviners directed by Jonathan Bernstein all at Juilliard School. She also appeared in the original production of LiveArts Peninsula Foundation in St. Petersburg, Florida, called Manhattan Casiono which was directed by Bob Devin Jones. Raymund took the leading role of Althea Dunbar and Webb’s City: The Musical. She is an alumna of the Broadway Theater Project of Ann Reinking, where she is a featured performer.
In 2008, Raymund worked at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston with playwright José Rivera on Boleros for the Disenchanted. She appeared in season 9 episode 17 titled “Authority” in the legal drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in April 2008. Raymund co-starred in the FOX crime drama called Lie To Me playing the role of Maria Torres. She had a recurring role in season 3 of the legal drama The Good Wife where she portrayed Dana Lodge from 2011 to 2012.
Raymund started starring in the drama series Chicago Fire in 2012 where she played the role of paramedic Gabriela Dawson. On the 15th of May 2018, she announced that she was leaving Chicago Fire after 6 seasons and was replaced by Emily Foster (Annie Ilonzeh). She appeared briefly on the show in season eleven premiere, A Closer Eye. Raymund returned to the show in season eight, in the episode called Best Friend Magic. She started starring in the Starz crime drama Hightown as Jackie Quinones in 2012. Raymond has directed some episodes in some series like an an episode of FBI, an episode of Chicago P.D., and an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Monica Raymund Net Worth
Throughout her career as an actress and director she has been able to accumulate an estimated net worth of around $4 Milllion.
Monica Raymund Parents and Siblings
Raymund was born and brought up in St. Petersburg, Florida by her parents. Her father Steve Raymund is a retired CEO and board chairman of Tech Data Corp., a distributor of software and computer components based in Clearwater. On the other hand her mother Sonia, is a co-founder of the Soulful Arts Dance Academy located in Petersburg and is also a community volunteer. Her mother is Dominican while her father is of Eastern EuropeanJewish and English descent. Raymund was brought up Jewish, went to a Reform Judaism temple and celebrated bat mitzvah. She has a younger brother Will who graduated drom Berklee College of Music and was a lighting and sound engineer and a music promoter. Unfortunately passed away in August 2015.
Monica Raymund Husband
Raymund got married on 11th June 2011 to writer Neil Patrick Stewart. However, they separated in 2013 and later divorced in 2014. She strongly supports LGBT rights and came out as bisexual in February 2014 for the first time through Twitter. She announced on 16th September 2015 through Twitter that she had started dating Tari Segal, a cinematographer, camerawoman and producer.
Monica Raymund Pregnant
In 2022 people noticed what seemed like a baby bump and thought she was pregnant. However, she was not pregnant as there was nothing to prove and she currently has no child.
Monica Raymund Chicago Fire
Raymund appeared in the television series Chicago Fire which aired in 2012 playing the role of Gabriela Dawson. Gabriela is a paramedic on Ambulance 61 and a former candidate of Truck 81. She has a husband named Matthew Casey and she is assigned to help in giving medical attention to those who need it in Puerto Rico. She is assigned as Paramedic in Charge of Ambulance 61 where she creates a strong bond with her colleague Leslie Shay. Gabriela co-owns a bar with Otis, Leslie Shay, and Christopher Herrmann, called Molly’s.
Monica Raymund Hightown
Raymund plays the role of Jackie Quiñones in the television series Hightown which aired in 2020. Jackie is a hard-partying lesbian working as a Service Agent of the National Marine Fisheries in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Monica Raymund Blue Blood
Raymund appeared in the series Blue Bloods which aired in 2011 playing the role of Leah Sosa. Leah is an accomplished police officer who is asked to work with Jamie after his partner Renzulli is promoted. It is soon known that Jamie and Leah know each other at the Academy.
Monica Raymund Gay
One year after her divorce with Neil Patrick Stewart she came out as bisexual for the first time on Twitter in September 2015. During her coming out, she said that she knew she was bisexual when she was 16 years old. She is currently dating Tari Segal.
Monica Raymund Nationality and Ethnicity
Raymund was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States and is of mixed ethnicity because her dad is of Eastern European-Jewish and English descent while her mother is Dominican.
Monica Raymund Films and TV Shows
- Fighter
- Love? Pain
- Arbitrage
- Fifty Grades of Shay
- Brahmin Bulls
- Happy Baby
- Bros
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Lie to Me
- Blue Bloods
- The Good Wife
- Body of Proof
- Chicago P.D.
- Chicago Med
- Special Skills
- Hightown
Monica Raymund Twitter and Instagram
She is vocal on her social media accounts where she posts frequently. On her Twitter account, she has about 2.7K followers and about 194K followers on her Instagram account.