Mircea Monroe

Mircea Monroe is an American actress. She had roles on the TV series Episodes as Morning Randolph (2011–2017), Hart of Dixie as Tansy Truitt (2011–2015), Impastor as Alexa Cummings (2015–2016) and Sing It! as Stacey Needles (2016). She has also performed in films including Cellular (2004), House of the Dead 2 (2005), Just Friends (2005), The Change-Up (2011) and Magic Mike (2012).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Mircea Monroe
Monroe in 2016
Born	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Alma mater	Virginia Commonwealth University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Career

Her first professional acting job was in the New Line film, Cellular. Since then, Monroe has appeared in various films, and pilots for The WB and Fox, starred in the Fox show Drive,^[6] and guest starred on TV shows, including Freddie, Scrubs, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Monroe appeared in the starring role of the film The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It, playing Sarah Marshall. She also appeared as Veronique in the horror film The Black Waters of Echo's Pond.

Monroe was featured in the September 2004 issue of Maxim^[7] and on the cover of Yoga magazine's August 2014 issue.^[8]

She had a regular role on the Showtime series Episodes.^[9][10]

Personal life

Monroe was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her first name Mircea is a traditionally male given name in Romania. She says her father chose the name to honor his favorite professor, Mircea Eliade, with whom he studied History of the Religions at the University of Chicago.^[11]

In December 2018, Monroe began dating English comedian and actor Stephen Merchant.^[12] She lives with Merchant in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Cellular	Chloe's Friend
2005	All Souls Day	Lilly White
	Pterodactyl	Angie Lem
	House of the Dead 2	Sarah Curtis
	Just Friends	Hooker	Uncredited
2006	The Contract	Park Reporter
	The Ultimate Gift	Caitlin
2007	Itty Bitty Titty Committee	Justine
	Borderland	Nancy
	One Long Night	Mindy
2008	Screw Cupid	Swain Holly
	Stone & Ed	Mara
	Fast Girl	Alex Johnstone
	Burying the Ex	Evelyn	Original short film
	Your Name Here	Black Turtleneck Girl
	No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker	Maya
2009	Finding Bliss	Sindi
	Into the Blue 2: The Reef	Kimi Milligan
	The Black Waters of Echo's Pond	Veronique
	Tekken	Kara
2010	Growth	Jamie Ackerman
	The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It	Sarah
	Exhibit B-5	Sheri	Short film
	Hard Breakers	Sherri Sutter
	Madso's War	Colleen	TV film
2011	American Animal	Blonde Angela
	The Change-Up	Tatiana
	Boy Toy	Norah
	Lone Star Trixie	Amazonian Blonde	Short film
	Houndz from Hell	Bethesda
2012	Bloodwork	Stacey	[13]
	3 Days of Normal	Nikki Gold	[14][15][16][17]
	Magic Mike	Mercedes - Ken's Wife	[18][19]
	The Polterguys	Megan Tracy	[20]
	Slightly Single in L.A.	CeCe
2013	Breaking Belding	Jessy Spano / Wendy	Short film[20]
2014	Dumbbells	Kim Hertz	[21][22]
	Dr. Cabbie	Rani	[23][24][25][26]
	Beautiful Girl	Vivian	[27][28]
2016	Fifty Shades of Black	Becky	[29]
2018	Book Club	Cheryl	[30][31][32]
	Grace	Mia	[33][34]
2019	The Opening Act	Carrie
2021	Masquerade	Olivia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Freddie	Tammy	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	Just for Kicks		2 episodes
	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Crystal	Episode: "The Focus Group"
2007	Scrubs	Heather	Episode: "My No Good Reason"
	Drive	Ellie Laird	Main role; 6 episodes
	Rules of Engagement	Danielle	Episode: "Guy Code"
2008	Fear Itself	Virginia	Episode: "The Sacrifice"
	Sons of Anarchy	Susie	Episode: "Patch Over"
2009	Without a Trace	Isabella Tyler	2 episodes
	Zeke and Luther	Hottie Babesworth	Episode: "Summer School"
2010	Miami Medical	Tracy Herskope	2 episodes
2011	Chuck	Amy	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Cat Squad"
	Franklin & Bash	DeeDee	2 episodes
	Death Valley	Lindsay	Episode: "Help Us Help You"
2011–2015	Hart of Dixie	Tansy Truitt	25 episodes
2011–2017	Episodes	Morning Randolph	26 episodes
2012	Men at Work	Abby	Episode: "Crazy for Milo"
	White Collar	Tempest	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
	The Mentalist	Tara Skye	Episode: "If It Bleeds, It Leads"
2013	How I Met Your Mother	Liddy Gates	Episode: "Romeward Bound"
	Anger Management	Tracey	Episode: "Charlie and His New Friend with Benefits"
2014	Enlisted	Jeanie	Episode: "Brothers and Sister"
	Sullivan & Son	Kara	Episode: "A Kiss is Never Just a Kiss"
	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn	Tiffany	Episode: "Get Sporty-er!"
2015	The Odd Couple	Brooke	Episode: "Jealous Island"
	BoJack Horseman	Some Lady / An Actress or Something	Episode: "Higher Love"
	Significant Mother	Annie Hole	Episode: "Get Forked"
2015–2016	Impastor	Alexa Cummings	20 episodes
2016	Hell's Kitchen	Herself	Episode: "Don't Tell My Fiance"
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Virtual Woman	Variety special
2018–2023	The Rookie	Isabel Bradford	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2024	Dinner with the Parents	Amy	Episode: "The Langer Game"
2024	The Outlaws	Helena	2 episodes

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Ghostfacers	Ambyr	9 episodes
2012	Dating Rules from My Future Self	Amanda	9 episodes
2016	Sing It!	Stacey Needles	10 episodes
2018	Uncharted Live Action Fan Film	Elena Fisher

References

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External links

• Mircea Monroe at IMDb
• Mircea Monroe at Rotten Tomatoes