Debra Monk
Acting • Born 1949-02-27
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. Monk has received a Tony Award and Emmy Awards. Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring,Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1973. In 1975, Monk received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Monk garnered first attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the 1982 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. She has won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for performance in Redwood Curtain (1993). She also was nominated an Tony Award for roles in Picnic (1994), Steel Pier (1997), and Curtains (2007). In 2000, she has won Obie Award for The Time of the Cuckoo. Monk has appeared in over 30 films as of early 1990s. She made her film debut in the movie version of Prelude to a Kiss, playing Aunt Dorothy. She later appeared in The Bridges of Madison County and The Devil's Advocate. On television, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for recurring performance as Katie Sipowicz in the ABC series, NYPD Blue. She also guest-starred on Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, The Closer, and Girls. Monk had a recurring roles in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), Grey's Anatomy (2006-2011), and Damages (2007-2012).
Filmography
76 credits
The Bridges of Madison County
Movie • 1995
Madge
The Devil's Advocate
Movie • 1997
Pam Garrety
Prelude to a Kiss
Movie • 1992
Aunt Dorothy
Fearless
Movie • 1993
Alison
Bed of Roses
Movie • 1996
Lewis' Mom
Extreme Measures
Movie • 1996
Dr. Judith Gruszynski
Quiz Show
Movie • 1994
Kintner's Secretary
The Music Man
Movie • 2003
Mrs. Paroo
For Love or Money
Movie • 1993
Mrs. Wegman
Bulworth
Movie • 1998
Helen
The Producers
Movie • 2005
Lick Me-Bite Me
Mrs. Winterbourne
Movie • 1996
Lieutenant Ambrose
The Great Buck Howard
Movie • 2008
Doreen
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Movie • 2003
Edna Burroghs
Jeffrey
Movie • 1995
Mom
Eloise at the Plaza
Movie • 2003
Maggie the Carriage Driver
Plain Dirty
Movie • 2003
Officer Avon
Eloise at Christmastime
Movie • 2003
Maggie the Carriage Driver
The Brass Teapot
Movie • 2012
Trudy
Redwood Curtain
Movie • 1995
Geneva, Laird's Sister
The Substance of Fire
Movie • 1996
Martha Hackett
This Is Where I Leave You
Movie • 2014
Linda Callen
Dark Water
Movie • 2005
Young Dahlia's Teacher
The Other Woman
Movie • 2010
Laura Greenleaf
Demolition
Movie • 2016
Davis' Mom
One for the Money
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Plum
The Savages
Movie • 2007
Nancy Lachman
Center Stage
Movie • 2000
Nancy
Ellen Foster
Movie • 1997
Aunt Nadine
Reckless
Movie • 1995
Therapist
In & Out
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Lester
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
Movie • 1999
Self - Performer
Standing Up, Falling Down
Movie • 2020
Jeanie Rollins
The First Wives Club
Movie • 1996
Jilted Lover
Palindromes
Movie • 2005
Mama Sunshine
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
Movie • 2011
Petunia
Knitwits
Movie • 1997
Catherine
Knitwits Revisited
Movie • 1999
Catherine
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Movie • 1995
Summerhouse
Movie
Lois
Hold
Movie • 2025
Virginia
Drew
Movie • 2016
Hannah Gruen
Women and Wallace
Movie • 1990
Psychiatrist
Glee
TV • 2009
Mrs. Schuester
The Closer
TV • 2005
Mary Summers
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Marcella
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Anne Sullivan
Damages
TV • 2007
Deniece Parsons
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Geneva, Laird's Sister
New York News
TV • 1995
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Judge G. Proctor
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TV • 2017
Helen Dyer
White Collar
TV • 2009
Mrs. Mitchell
Blindspot
TV • 2015
Colonel Powers
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Alexandra Kirby
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Louise O'Malley
Crowded
TV • 2016
Linda
Kristin
TV • 2001
Jeannie Yancey
Frasier
TV • 1993
Nurse Karen
The Gilded Age
TV • 2022
Armstrong
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
TV • 2001
Rachel Bruner
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Virginia Harding
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Kathleen O'Brien
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Aunt Nadine
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Dr. Madelyn Stahl
Bull
TV • 2016
Sandy Harper
Tell Me a Story
TV • 2018
Esther Thorn
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Loretta
Mozart in the Jungle
TV • 2014
Betty Cragdale
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Warden Pellis
Sneaky Pete
TV • 2015
Connie Persikof
New Amsterdam
TV • 2018
Karen Brantley
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Tracy Mintz
Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Mary Lou Boris
Difficult People
TV • 2015
Bunny Tack
Notes from the Underbelly
TV • 2007
Andrew's Mom