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Poppy Montgomery

Highest Rated: 60% 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (2004)

Lowest Rated: 0% Between (2005)

Birthday: Jun 19, 1972

Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Australian import Poppy Montgomery found success on American television playing a series of strong-willed women, often in the popular police procedural genre. Soon after arriving in Hollywood the vivacious young actress began picking up small parts in films like "Devil in a Blue Dress" (1995), followed by guest turns on such hit shows as "NYPD Blue" (ABC, 1993-2005). Constantly on the verge of breakout success, the actress starred on the incredibly short-lived drama "Relativity" (ABC, 1996), co-starred in the college comedy "Dead Man on Campus" (1998) and even took the lead as Marilyn Monroe in the biographical miniseries, "Blonde" (CBS, 2001) - none of which took her career to the expected next level. At last, Montgomery struck gold when she landed the role of FBI agent Samantha "Sam" Spade on the hit crime procedural "Without a Trace" (CBS, 2002-09). During this time she maintained a screen presence with film and TV work on such projects as the romantic drama "How to Lose Your Lover" (2004) and the biopic "Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story" (Lifetime, 2011). Soon after the close of "Without a Trace," she starred as a cop with a photographic memory on the inventive crime drama "Unforgettable" (CBS, 2011-14). Blessed with undeniable beauty, it was also Montgomery's irresistible inner spark that made her stand out from the majority of her contemporaries on the small screen.

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Highest rated movies

60% 20% 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
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52% 77% Life
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33% 58% Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story
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29% 71% The Other Sister
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15% 55% Dead Man on Campus
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0% 40% Between
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14% A Surrogate's Nightmare
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62% Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris With Love
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Stories From the Edge
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Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
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Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 62% Christmas on the Farm Emmy Jones (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2021
No Score Yet 14% A Surrogate's Nightmare Angela (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 62% Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris With Love Holly O'Toole (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 67% An Amish Murder Executive Producer - 2013
33% 58% Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story Joanne K. Rowling (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 37% Lying to Be Perfect Nola Devlin (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 40% Murder in the Hamptons Generosa Rand (Character) - 2005
0% 40% Between Nadine Roberts (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 68% Snow Wonder Paula (Character) - 2005
60% 20% 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Allison (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 76% Raising Waylon Julia (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 60% This Space Between Us Arden Ansfield (Character) - 1999
52% 77% Life Older Mae Rose (Character) $64.0M 1999
29% 71% The Other Sister Caroline Tate (Character) $27.8M 1999
15% 55% Dead Man on Campus Rachel Gillmore (Character) $15.1M 1998
No Score Yet 71% The Cold Equations Marilyn "Lee" Cross (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stories From the Edge Unknown (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou Cindy (Character) - 1995

TV

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No Score Yet 54% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2022
33% 66% Reef Break Cat Chambers (Character),
Executive Producer
2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2011-2012 2014-2016 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2019
No Score Yet 56% Unforgettable Carrie Wells (Character) 2011-2016
No Score Yet 11% The View Guest 2014
100% 78% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Game Night Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2012-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2012
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Special Agent Samantha Spade (Character) 2002-2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Glory Days Unknown (Character) 2002
92% No Score Yet The Beat Elizabeth Waclawek (Character) 2000
81% No Score Yet Relativity Jennifer Lukens (Character) 1996-1997
83% 95% NYPD Blue Lisa (Guest Star) 1996