Bonnie Somerville

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 turn as fictional 1950s rock and roll singer Lyne Danner in "Shake, Rattle and Roll" that auspiciously paired her acting talents and singing skills. The high-profile TV event made Somerville a familiar face and helped pave the way for work on regular series television. She was cast in the satirical sitcom "Grosse Pointe" in 2000, playing an exceptionally conscientious young actress new to the cast of the prime time teen soap. As Courtney Scott, Somerville showcased not only her comic capabilities, but a hip, lighthearted, self-mocking attitude, playing her show-within-a-show character Laura Johnson to good overdramatic effect. The actress has also branched out into big screen work with roles in the 1999 independent thriller "Sleep Easy, Hutch Rymes" as well as the 2000 releases "Crime + Punishment in Suburbia" and "Bedazzled".

  • Born:
    February 24, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York, United States
  • Job Titles:
    Actor, Singer
Significant Others
  • Companion: Nathan Fillion. co-starred with Somerville on an episode of ABC s Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place
Education
  • Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
Milestones
  • 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
  • Appeared the independent thriller Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes (lensed 1999)

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