Monica Lacy (née Creel; born August 27, 1970) is an American television and film actress. Lacy is an identical triplet who, along with her sisters, Leanna and Joy, started acting in the late 1980s. They appeared together in two television movies aired on ''

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'': ''

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'' and '' Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon''.

Biography

Monica Lacy grew up in

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. Lacy studied acting with Larry Moss and

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and took classes at ''

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''. She's performed stand-up about her unusual childhood behind the ‘

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’ and has starred in nearly 200 television commercials; she currently serves as a TV commercial spokesperson for

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. The Creel sisters, Monica, Joy, and Leanna, appeared in roles together on ''

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'' and ''

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'', among others; they also were interviewed on ''

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''. While her sisters eventually chose paths away from the spotlight, Monica began appearing in several popular television shows, which included '' Married... with Children'', where she appeared as Esther, a celibate teen-in-distress, whom

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, who works as a dispatcher for a "Virgin Hotline", must talk into staying celibate in the season 9 episode "Dial "B" for Virgin". Lacy's additional television credits include dating Kramer on the classic ''

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'' episode "

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", going through heartbreak on

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's ''

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'', and an appearance on the ''

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'' episode "Shark's Cove" in 1992. Lacy's more recent television appearances include guest-starring roles on

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'' as an MIT computer scientist and on

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'' as a suffering wife. She has also appeared in such films as the Sundance Award-winning ''

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'', ''

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'' with

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, and '' The Cell'' alongside

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. She's starred in five hour-long pilots for

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, and

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, including Clyde Phillips' ''Time Well Spent'' and the series lead in the 1999 made-for-TV movie ''Sorority'', alongside

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and

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Personal life

Lacy holds a B.A. in English Literature from

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and completed the university's Professional Screenwriting Program. She and her two children reside in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Monica Lacy Official Website
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