You've seen her in Top Gun: Maverick opposite Tom Cruise, now she takes on Arnold in NETFLIX series “Fubar” where she is the female lead opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger premiering on Netflix just in time for the holiday weekend!~ Check out my interview below!!!
Monica Barbaro had a massive breakout moment in Top Gun: Maverick, which was billed as the “most anticipated sequel in 36 years”. The film was released globally at the end of May 2022 and follows Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise) as he trains a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen. Monica plays ‘Phoenix,’ the sole female fighter pilot of the new recruits.
When a father and daughter learn that they’ve each secretly been working as CIA Operatives for years, they realize their entire relationship has been a lie and they truly don’t know one another at all. Forced to team up as partners, our series tackles universal family dynamics set against a global backdrop of spies, fantastic action and humor.
Monica Barbaro had a massive breakout moment in Top Gun: Maverick, which was billed as the “most anticipated sequel in 36 years”. The film was released globally at the end of May 2022 and follows Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise) as he trains a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen. Monica plays ‘Phoenix,’ the sole female fighter pilot of the new recruits.
It was announced that “Top Gun: Maverick Soared Past $1 Billion, Overtakes ‘Doctor Strange 2’ as the Highest Grossing Movie of the Year” by Variety.
Monica can most recently be seen starring as the lead of the romantic comedy, AT MIDNIGHT streaming on Paramount+ opposite Diego Boneta as the banner film to their Latin American originals. As mentioned above, she stars opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Netflix’s global spy adventure series, FUBAR, a loose sequel to the wildly popular TRUE LIES film.
She was most recently seen in Ricky D’Ambrose’s THE CATHEDRAL which made its world premiere at the 2021 Venice Film Festival before also being selected for Sundance and also nominated recently for the GOTHAM AWARDS and INDIE SPIRIT AWARD. You may also recognize her from Netflix’s THE GOOD COP opposite Josh Groban, her fan-favorite role as ‘Yael’ on the second season of the critically acclaimed Lifetime television series, UNREAL, SPLITTING UP TOGETHER from Executive Producer Ellen DeGeneres, Dick Wolf’s CHICAGO JUSTICE, CHICAGO PD, and HBO’s Emmy-nominated television movie, HEMINGWAY AND GELHORN.
BIO:
Barbaro gained attention in 2013 for her lead role in It's Not About the Nail, a viral comedy short about communication in a marriage. Her first major television role was portraying the character of Yael on the second season of the Lifetime television series UnREAL. Following UnREAL, Barbaro joined the cast of NBC legal drama Chicago Justice, an entry in Dick Wolf's Chicago franchise, in which she portrayed Anna Valdez.[10] In 2018, Barbaro also played Cora Vasquez on Netflix's The Good Cop, alongside Josh Groban and Tony Danza. Between 2018 and 2019, Barbaro had a recurring part in the ABC sitcom Splitting Up Together.[11] In the 2022 blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, Barbaro portrayed Lieutenant Natasha "Phoenix" Trace, a naval aviator.
The following year Barbaro starred in the romantic comedy At Midnight (2023). The film received mixed reviews for its story but Barbaro earned acclaim for her performance. San Francisco Chronicle declared "Barbaro...proves with seemingly effortless charm that she can carry a rom-com".[13] Barbaro, a professional dancer, was able to lend her talents in a scene that involved the two leads dancing a combination of salsa and the tango.
In 2023 it was announced that she would play activist and folk singer Joan Baez in the James Mangold directed Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothee Chalamet.
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