Bonnie Somerville

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Biography

A tall, fresh-faced blonde actress and singer, Bonnie Somerville has worked in film and television, most notably in the miniseries "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (CBS, 1999) and the sitcom "Grosse Pointe" (The WB, 2000-01). Early guest work in 1998 episodes of the series "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998) and "Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC) and a 1999 turn on Fox's "Beverly Hills, 90210" launched Somerville's career, but it was her …
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Job Title

Actor, Music

Born

February 24, 1974

Career Milestones

Appeared the independent thriller "Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes" (lensed 1999)

1998

Made guest appearances on "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place" (ABC) and "Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC)

1999

Appeared on the "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox)

1999

Played a fictional 1950s rock singer in the CBS TV-movie "Shake, Rattle & Roll"

2000

Co-starred on the teen drama-spoofing sitcom "Grosse Pointe" (The WB)

2000

Had cameos in the features "Crime + Punishment in Suburbia" and "Bedazzled"

2001

Played recurring character Mona, Ross' love interest, on "Friends" (NBC)

2002

Cast as Alex Landisn on the short lived NBC comedy "In-Laws"

2003

Portrayed recurring character Rachel on the fox hit "The O.C."

2004

Cast opposite Matthew Lillard and Seth Green in the comedy "Without a Paddle"

2004

Joined the cast of "NYPD Blue" for the show's final season

2005

Cast as Mimi, the owner's gorgeous daughter on Fox's "Kitchen Confidential"