Monet Mazur
Born	April 17, 1976 (1976-04-17) (age 33) Los Angeles, California

Monet Happy Mazur (born April 17, 1976) is an American actress, model and musician.

Personal life

Mazur was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of a former fashion model mother and Ruby Mazur, an illustrator who has worked in the record industry and at one time was the manager of Billy Joel. Mazur has four siblings: Nicholas, Cézanne, Matisse and Miro. Her cousin is Epic Mazur, co-frontman of the Hollywood-based band Crazy Town. Mazur is of Jewish ancestry on her father's side.¹

In the summer of 2005, Mazur gave birth to son Preston Daniel de Rakoff, her first child with husband Alex de Rakoff, whom she married in April 2005. She previously dated actor Adrien Brody, Ashton Kutcher, and guitarist Dave Navarro.

Career

Mazur began modeling and acting in her teens. One of her most well-known ad campaigns are the three TV commercials for Gap she did with director Adam Daelay in 2008: "Everybody in Cords", "Everybody in Leather" and "Everybody in Vests". She has appeared in a number of widely released films in the past several years, including Monster-In-Law and Just Married. She has also appeared in several television shows, including CSI: Miami, Cold Case, Jack & Jill, Strange World and Party of Five.

Mazur is joining the cast of NCIS: Los Angeles. She will play Natalie Buccola (name in the actual screening changed to Natalie Giordano), a confident secret service agent who's taken with Chris O'Donnell's character, Callen. The role is potentially recurring, and she'll make her first appearance on the NCIS spinoff in episode 6.²

Filmography

References

External links

• Monet Mazur at the Internet Movie Database
• Monet Mazur - Yahoo! Movies
• Monet Mazur
• MovieHole, 1/23/04
• Brant publications, 9/01