Bonnie Somerville

Role: Mona

Bonnie was raised by her mother, and her mother's large Irish Catholic family in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Her mother is one of 9 children. Bonnie started acting and singing at a young age, appearing in all the high school plays at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. She attended Boston College as a Musical theater major, and left to move back home to New York to try acting professionally. She was noticed by a modeling scout while waiting tables in NYC, and did some modeling in New York, and Europe, only to return more focused on acting. She packed her bags and moved to Los Angeles at age 22, and very quickly had a band, and then an agent. One of her first auditions, after getting an agent was for the lead role in CBS's mini-series, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" in which she also sang. She currently lives in Los Angeles.