Mircea Monroe is an American actress. She had roles on the TV series ''

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'' as Morning Randolph (2011–2017), ''

Hart of Dixie ''Hart of Dixie'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on The CW from September 26, 2011, to March 27, 2015. The series, created by Leila Gerstein, stars Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart, a New Yorker who, after her dreams of ...

'' 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 ''Magic Mike'' is a 2012 American independent comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey. The plot revolves around Adam, a 19-year-old ...

'' (2012).

Career

Her first professional acting job was in the

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film, '' Cellular''. Since then, Monroe has appeared in various films, and pilots for

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and

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, starred in the Fox show '' Drive'', and guest starred on TV shows, including '' Freddie'', '' Scrubs'', and ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' and on the cover of ''Yoga'' magazine's August 2014 issue. She had a regular role on the Showtime series ''

''.

Personal life

Monroe was born in

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. Her first name

Mircea Mircea is a Romanian language, Romanian masculine given name, a form of the South Slavic name, South Slavic name Mirče (Мирче) that derives from the Slavic word ''mir'', meaning 'peace'. It may refer to: People Princes of Wallachia * M ...

is a traditionally male given name in Romania. She says her father chose the name to honor his favorite professor,

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, with whom he studied History of the Religions at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

. In December 2018, Monroe began dating English comedian and actor

Stephen Merchant Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'' (2001–2003), and co-writer ...

. She lives with Merchant in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monroe, Mircea American film actresses American television actresses Living people Actresses from St. Louis 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people)