Monica Barbaro

Acting

Monica Barbaro

Born 1990-06-17 · San Francisco, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Monica Barbaro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Top Gun: Maverick poster
8.2

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

Crime 101 poster
7.0

When an elusive thief whose high-stakes heists unfold along the iconic 101 freeway in Los Angeles eyes the score of a lifetime, with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker who is facing her own crossroads. Determined to crack the case, a relentless detective closes in on the operation, raising the stakes even higher.

Crime 101

2026

One Night Only poster
7.0

Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.

One Night Only

2026

A Complete Unknown poster
7.1

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.

A Complete Unknown

2024

Hemingway & Gellhorn poster
6.1

Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.

Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012

At Midnight poster
6.0

Alejandro's life is disrupted when actress Sophie Wilder stays at his hotel. To their surprise, the two fall for one another, meeting at midnight.

At Midnight

2023

Artificial poster
NR

Described as a comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence, around the period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days.

Artificial

2026

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NR

Follows Danny Ocean's parents, two masterminds, as they pull off an elaborate heist at the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix.

Untitled Ocean's Prequel

2027

On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" poster
8.0

A behind the scenes look at the making of "A Complete Unknown" featuring interviews with the cast and filmmakers.

On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"

2025

The Cathedral poster
5.9

An only child's meditative, impressionistic account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades.

The Cathedral

2022

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses poster
NR

A new staging of Christopher Hampton's celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path. Filmed live at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

2026

I'm Charlie Walker poster
5.0

1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive he was. In a city full of impostors and naysayers, he refused to take "No" for an answer. That is, until a catastrophic disaster opened a door that had never been open to a Black man before. This is a story about what happened when he stepped through that door with both feet.

I'm Charlie Walker

2022

Bullish poster
10.0

A group of Berkeley students make it rich in the stock market and become the youngest landlords in the city of Berkeley.

Bullish

2013

The Head Thieves poster
2.0

Three brothers develop an elaborate plan to recover stolen cash and go on the run.

The Head Thieves

2018

It's Not About the Nail poster
5.2

A perspective in relationship communication using metaphors and hyperbole to drive the point home.

It's Not About the Nail

2013