Known for Acting
Monica Maria Barbaro (/ˈbɑːrbəroʊ/; born June 17, 1990) is an American actress. She began training in ballet at an early age and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from New York University. She began acting soon after college, taking on small roles in film and television in the 2010s, before her first major role in the second season of Unreal (2016), followed by further television roles in Chicago P.D. (2016–2017), Chicago Justice (2017), The Good Cop (2018), and Splitting Up Together (2018–2019). Her feature film debut was in the independent film The Cathedral (2021). Barbaro's breakthrough came with a supporting role in the action film Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which she followed with starring roles in the Netflix action comedy series FUBAR (2023–present) and as Joan Baez in the biopic A Complete Unknown (2024). For the latter, she was nominated for the SAG Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Monica Barbaro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
June 17, 1989 (age 37)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Filmography
15 films, 18 shows
showing 14 of 15 films


Artificial
2026 · 2h 20m
country: Italy
Described as a comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence, around the period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days.


One Night Only
2026 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.


National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026 · 2h 59m
country: United Kingdom
A new staging of Christopher Hampton's celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path. Filmed live at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.


Crime 101
2026 · 2h 21m
country: United Kingdom
When an elusive thief whose high-stakes heists unfold along the iconic 101 freeway in Los Angeles eyes the score of a lifetime, with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker who is facing her own crossroads. Determined to crack the case, a relentless detective closes in on the operation, raising the stakes even higher.


On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
2025 · 23m
country: United States
A behind the scenes look at the making of "A Complete Unknown" featuring interviews with the cast and filmmakers.


A Complete Unknown
2024 · 2h 21m
country: United States
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.


At Midnight
2023 · 1h 40m
country: Mexico
Alejandro's life is disrupted when actress Sophie Wilder stays at his hotel. To their surprise, the two fall for one another, meeting at midnight.


The Cathedral
2022 · 1h 27m
country: Italy
An only child's meditative, impressionistic account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades.


I'm Charlie Walker
2022 · 1h 30m
country: United States
1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive he was. In a city full of impostors and naysayers, he refused to take "No" for an answer. That is, until a catastrophic disaster opened a door that had never been open to a Black man before. This is a story about what happened when he stepped through that door with both feet.


Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · 2h 11m
country: United States
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.


The Head Thieves
2018 · 1h 24m
country: Unknown
Three brothers develop an elaborate plan to recover stolen cash and go on the run.


Bullish
2013 · 1h 41m
country: Unknown
A group of Berkeley students make it rich in the stock market and become the youngest landlords in the city of Berkeley.


It's Not About the Nail
2013 · 2m
country: Unknown
A perspective in relationship communication using metaphors and hyperbole to drive the point home.


Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · 2h 35m
country: United States
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.