Maika Monroe
Highest Rated: 100% The Scent of Rain & Lightning (2017)
Lowest Rated: 17% The 5th Wave (2016)
Birthday: May 29, 1993
Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California, USA
It might seem natural that a blonde born as close to Los Angeles as Maika Monroe would gravitate towards a career in Hollywood. However, before she hit the big screen, the Santa Barbara native was pursuing a very different career -kiteboarding. Monroe kiteboarded competitively for years prior to launching her acting career, and in 2013, she placed 2nd in the International Red Bull Big Air competition, held in the Dominican Republic. While still a professional in the watersport, Monroe turned her focus to acting, making her debut as Cadence Farrow in "At Any Price" (2012), a Ramin Bahrani film that was featured in the 69th International Venice Film Festival. Monroe followed this effort up with a small role in the Sofia Coppola film "The Bling Ring" (2013), a fictionalization of a real-life teen criminal ring preying on celebrities in Hollywood, starring Emma Watson. While "The Bling Ring" was not a critical success, the poor reviews of the film had no negative affects on Monroe's traction in the industry. She quickly signed on to play alongside Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet in Jason Reitman's drama "Labor Day" (2014), and was cast in the psychological thriller "The Guest" (2014), directed by Adam Wingard. The film, in which Monroe has her first leading role, follows the events that unfold when a mysterious stranger enters the lives of a family struggling to cope with the loss of their son, a soldier in the war in Afghanistan.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They Follow | Jay Height (Character) | - | 2025 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Longlegs | Lee Harker (Character) | - | 2024 |
57% | 41% | The Stranger | Clare (Character) | - | 2024 |
24% | 56% | God Is a Bullet | Case Hardin (Character) | $118.0K | 2023 |
70% | 69% | Significant Other |
Ruth (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2022 |
88% | 67% | Watcher | Julia (Character) | $2.0M | 2022 |
54% | 61% | Flashback | Cindy (Character) | - | 2020 |
23% | 35% | Brothers by Blood | Grace (Character) | - | 2020 |
95% | 92% | Honey Boy | Sandra (Character) | $3.0M | 2019 |
84% | 77% | Villains | Jules (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How to Be Alone | Lucy (Character) | - | 2019 |
61% | 42% | Greta | Erica Penn (Character) | $10.5M | 2018 |
84% | 71% | After Everything | Mia (Character) | - | 2018 |
27% | 50% | Tau | Julia (Character) | - | 2018 |
35% | 70% | I'm Not Here | Karen (Character) | - | 2017 |
44% | 58% | Hot Summer Nights | McKayla (Character) | - | 2017 |
100% | 83% | The Scent of Rain & Lightning | Jody Linder (Character) | - | 2017 |
69% | 57% | The Tribes of Palos Verdes | Medina Mason (Character) | $3.7K | 2017 |
36% | 40% | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Joan Felt (Character) | $767.9K | 2017 |
45% | 24% | Bokeh | Jenai (Character) | - | 2017 |
29% | 30% | Independence Day: Resurgence | Patricia Whitmore (Character) | $103.1M | 2016 |
17% | 38% | The 5th Wave | Ringer (Character) | $34.9M | 2016 |
31% | 44% | Echoes of War | Abigail (Character) | - | 2015 |
95% | 66% | It Follows | Jay (Character) | $14.7M | 2014 |
92% | 69% | The Guest | Anna (Character) | $332.9K | 2014 |
34% | 54% | Labor Day | Mandy (Character) | $13.4M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 26% | Flying Monkeys | Joan (Character) | - | 2013 |
51% | 31% | At Any Price | Cadence (Character) | $379.8K | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad Blood: The Hunger | Maika (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Darkness Is Close Behind | Amy Southern (Character) | - | 2011 |
TV
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77% | 69% | The Stranger | Clare (Character) | 2020 |
35% | 80% | Eleventh Hour | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |