Poppy Montgomery

Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Birthday: June 19, 1975

After bouncing around for nearly a decade from one forgettable role to another, blond Aussie import Poppy Montgomery finally arrived as one of the new millennium’s brightest TV stars. A popular cover girl for such testosterone-friendly publications as Maxim , FHM and Stuff , Montgomery was voted TV’s “Hottest Cop” in a 2005 Maxim readers’ poll for her role as FBI agent Samantha “Sam” Spade on the hit CBS crime procedural, “Without a Trace” (CBS, 2002- ).

Born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Devereaux Donahue on June 19, 1972 (tho…more

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Fashion Rocks
Murder in the Hamptons
Generosa Ammon
Between
Nadine Roberts
Raising Waylon
Julia
Blonde
Norma Jean/Marilyn Monroe

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Career Milestones

2005
Played the wife of Ted Ammon, a wealthy investment banker in the fact-inspired Lifetime drama movie "Murder in the Hamptons"
2002 to 0000
Cast in the drama series "Without A Trace" (CBS)
2002
Had regular role on the mystery drama "Glory Days" (The WB)
2001
Portrayed Marilyn Monroe in the CBS miniseries "Blonde"
2000
Co-starred in the UPN midseason replacement series "The Beat"