Bonnie Somerville

Biography

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. Bonnie sang in many bands in the NYC music scene, and had a development deal to sing her own music at 17 years old. 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, 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, Amours et rock'n' roll (1999), in which she also sang. She now lives in Los Angeles. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Mel Mckeon

Most Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Heidi Sorenson

Law & Order

as Sarah Richardson

Friends

as Mona

The Mentalist

as Eve Mulberry

Blue Bloods

as Paula Hill

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Mary

The O.C.

as Rachel Hoffman

NYPD Blue

as Laura Murphy

The Twilight Zone

as Donna Saicheck

Motive

as Erica Grey

Spider-Man 2

as Screaming Woman (uncredited)

Bedazzled

as Girl at Beer Garden

The Ugly Truth

as Elizabeth Chadway

Heels

as Vicky Rabies

Gary Unmarried

Kitchen Confidential

as Mimi

In-Laws

as Alex Pellet Landis

Fire with Fire

as Karen Westlake

Grosse Pointe

as Courtney Scott

The Prince

as Susan