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Bridget Moynahan
Moynahan in March 2009
Born	Kathryn Bridget Moynahan April 28, 1971 (1971-04-28) (age 38) Binghamton, New York, United States
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2000–present

Kathryn Bridget Moynahan (born April 28, 1971) is an American model and actress. After graduating from Longmeadow High School in 1989, Moynahan pursued a career in modeling. She was signed by a modeling agency, which led her to appear in department store catalogs to gracing the covers of widely known magazines. After doing television commercials, she began taking acting lessons, in order to change occupations.

Moynahan made her television debut in a guest appearance in the comedy series Sex in the City in 1999, where she would later have a recurring role as the character Natasha. The following year, she made her feature film debut in Coyote Ugly. She was then cast in a supporting role in Serendipity (2001). Moynahan has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the action film The Sum of All Fears (2002), spy thriller The Recruit (2003), the science-fiction movie I, Robot (2004), and the political thriller Lord of War (2005).

Away from film, Moynahan starred in the ABC television series Six Degrees, which premiered in September 2006. The show, however, was not successful, as it was canceled after one season. Since then, she has returned to film, starring in low-budget features. Moynahan has completed work in Elizabeth Allen's Ramona and Beezus scheduled for release in August 2010.

In her personal life, Moynahan was in a three-year relationship with screenwriter Scott Rosenberg. She was then in a high-profile relationship with NFL quarterback Tom Brady from 2004 to 2006. In February 2007, it was announced that Moynahan was pregnant with Brady's child. On August 22, 2007, she gave birth to a son, John Edward Thomas.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Moynahan was born in Binghamton, New York,¹ the daughter of Irish American parents Mary Bridget (née Moriarty), a former school teacher,² and Edward Bradley Moynahan, a scientist and former administrator at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.¹ She has two brothers, Andy and Sean.² When she was seven, her parents moved to Longmeadow, Massachusetts.¹ Moynahan attended Longmeadow High School, where she was active with school athletics, where she captained the girls' soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams.³ In 1989, she graduated from Longmeadow High School.⁴ She admits that during her childhood, she grew up as a tomboy.¹

Career

After graduating from Longmeadow High School, Moynahan pursued a modeling career, though admits she never read fashion magazines growing up.⁵ Moynahan accompanied a friend to a modeling audition in Springfield, Massachusetts.² Instead of her friend being signed, Moynahan was signed by the modeling agency.⁵ She began her career appearing in department store catalogs in Springfield. During this time, she attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst. During her freshman year, Moynahan moved to New York at age 18, and a year later began appearing in magazines such as Vogue and Elle, and appearing on numerous covers of widely known magazines.⁶ In a July 2004 interview, Moynahan, in discussion about her early work, said: "It was a crazy world that paid a lot of money. I liked being a model, but I knew it would never last, so I looked into acting."¹

During that time, she began doing soap and shampoo commercials,⁷ and taking acting and art classes. It was this that led her to pursue a career in acting. She studied acting at the Caymichael Patten Studio in New York.⁶ In 1999, Moynahan made her television debut as the character Natasha in HBO's romantic comedy Sex in the City.⁸ She would later have a recurring role in the show, until the divorce of her character from Mr. Big (Chris Noth).⁹ The following year, she appeared in smaller film roles, including parts in In the Weeds and Whipped.⁶

Moynahan made her feature film debut in the 2000 comedy-drama Coyote Ugly, as Rachel, a bartender/dancer in a wild New York bar.¹⁰ Her decision to accept the role was because "I thought it was interesting that the whole movie revolved around five women ... and my character was so strong and independent."⁸ The film received generally unfavorable reviews by critics,¹¹ but was a box office success, earning $133 million worldwide.¹² The role is considered Moynahan's breakthrough role.¹³ Her next role came in a supporting role in Serendipity as Hally, the fiancée of John Cusak's character.¹⁴

Moynahan was then cast opposite Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman in the action film The Sum of All Fears, based on the book of the same by Tom Clancy.¹⁵ In the film, she plays Dr. Catherine Muller, a strong independent woman, and love interest for Affleck's Jack Ryan.¹⁶ Dave Larsen of the Dayton Daily News reported that the subplot involving Moynahan and Affleck was "the film's weakest point."¹⁷ The Sum of All Fears received ambivalent reviews,¹⁸ but was a critical success, earning $193 million at the box office.¹⁹ In 2003, she starred as a CIA trainee in The Recruit.²⁰ The movie was not well received,²¹ with Mike Clark of USA Today commenting that The Recruit is "less-than-middling melodrama whose subject matter and talent never click as much as its credits portend."²²

In 2004, Moynahan starred alongside Will Smith in Alex Proyas' science-fiction movie I, Robot, loosely based on Isaac Asimov's short-story collection of the same name.²³ In the movie, Moynahan portrays Dr. Susan Calvin, as a specialist in robot psychology.²⁴ Upon release, it received broadly mixed reviews.²⁵ Despite the movie's reception, her performance was met with good reviews, with Richmond Times-Dispatch contributor Daniel Neman, who disliked the film, concluding that she "turns in an able performance as Dr. Calvin, the convenient character."²⁶ With revenue of $347 million worldwide, the film remains Moynahan's most commercially successful picture to date.²⁷ Her next movie was in Lord of War, a political crime thriller, as Ava Fontaine Orlov, the wife of Nicolas Cage's character.²⁸ The following year, Maxim magazine named her number 96 on its annual "Hot 100" list.²⁹

In September 2006, away from film, Moynahan starred as Whitney Crane in the ABC television drama series Six Degrees, co-starring alongside Jay Hernandez, Erika Christensen, Hope Davis, Dorian Missick, and Campbell Scott.³⁰ The series centered around six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation.³¹ It debuted on September 20, 2006, and was watched by almost 13.3 million viewers.³² Six Degrees debuted to mixed reception,³³ with David Hinckley of the New York Daily News writing, "In theory, it's an intriguing concept for a series. But in practice, Six Degrees doesn't work at all in drawing you in at the start."³³ The series, however, was canceled after one season in May 2007.³⁴

Moynahan's next film role was in the November 2006 thriller Unknown, about a group of individuals kidnapped, and trying to work together how to escape from the people that captured them.³⁵ She next was seen in Gray Matters (2007), co-starring alongside Heather Graham and Tom Cavanaugh.³⁶ She was then cast in Henry Bean's comedy-drama Noise as Helen Owen, the wife of David Owen, played by Tim Robbins.³⁷ The movie was screened at a special presentation at the 2007 Rome Film Festival³⁸ and was released in theaters in 2008.³⁹

In December 2008, Moynahan guest starred in two episodes of the ABC television comedy-drama Eli Stone, playing the titular character's (Jonny Lee Miller) former girlfriend.⁴⁰ She has agreed to star in Ramona and Beezus, directed by Elizabeth Allen, as the mother to Joey King and Selena Gomez's character.⁴¹ The film is set for release in August 2010. In July 2009, it was announced that Moynahan would star in Battle: Los Angeles, alongside Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, and Michael Peña,⁴² scheduled for release in 2011.

Personal life

Moynahan was in a three-year relationship with screenwriter Scott Rosenberg.²⁴³ Moynahan dated NFL quarterback Tom Brady from 2004 until December 14, 2006.⁴⁴⁴⁵⁴⁶ On February 18, 2007, Moynahan's representative confirmed to People that she was more than three months pregnant and that Brady was the father.⁴⁷ On August 22, 2007, she gave birth to a baby boy, John Edward Thomas Moynahan,⁴⁸ at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica.⁴⁹ In a July 2008 interview in Harper's Bazaar, Moynahan discussed her willingness to raise her son (nicknamed "Jack") as a single mother.⁵⁰ Despite media reports that Moynahan and Brady have an acrimonious relationship, it was revealed that the two have maintained "a civil relationship" since the birth of their son.⁵¹

Moynahan resides in Pacific Palisades, California.⁵¹ In November 2009, it was announced that Moynahan had signed a deal with Garnier to appear in television and print advertising promoting their Nutrisse hair products.⁵²

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	Row Your Boat	Apartment Owner
	In the Weeds	Amy
	Trifling with Fate	Fame
	Coyote Ugly	Rachel
	Whipped	Marie
	Sex and the City	Natasha	Episode: "Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women" Episode: "Ex and the City" Episode: "Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman" Episode: "Drama Queens" Episode: "Easy Come, Easy Go" Episode: "Running with Scissors" Episode: "What Goes Around Comes Around"
2001	Serendipity	Halley Buchanan
2002	The Sum of All Fears	Dr. Cathy Muller
2003	The Recruit	Layla Moore
2004	I, Robot	Susan Calvin
2005	Lord of War	Ava Fontaine
2006	Six Degrees	Whitney Crane
	Unknown	Eliza Coles
2007	Prey	Amy Newman
	Gray Matters	Charlie Kelsey
	Noise	Helen Owen
2008	Eli Stone	Ashley Cardiff	Episode: "Help!" Episode: "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
2010	Ramona and Beezus	Dorothy Quimby	awaiting release
2011	Battle: Los Angeles	Veterinarian	filming

References

External links

• Bridget Moynahan at the Internet Movie Database
• Bridget Moynahan at Fashion Model Directory

Persondata
NAME	Moynahan, Bridget
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Moynahan, Kathryn Bridget
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actor, model
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Binghamton, New York, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH