Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Maika Monroe earned the modern scream-queen crown honestly, and I mean that as high praise. Before acting, she was a competitive kitesurfer out of Santa Barbara, and I am convinced that background of reading wind and holding nerve feeds the stillness she brings to horror. In It Follows, The Guest, and later Longlegs, she does not just scream; she absorbs dread with her eyes and lets the audience feel it second-hand. That is a rarer skill than most leading-lady polish. Whenever her name appears in a genre cast list, my expectations rise, because she makes frightening films feel genuinely serious.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Maika Monroe
- Name (Japanese)
- マイカ・モンロー
- Reading
- まいか・もんろー
- Born
- May 29, 1993 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- Santa Barbara, California, United States
- Occupation
- kitesurfer / actor / film actor / television actor
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Maika Monroe born?
Born May 29, 1993 (age 33).
Where is Maika Monroe from?
Maika Monroe is from Santa Barbara, California, United States.
What does Maika Monroe do?
Maika Monroe works as kitesurfer, actor, film actor, television actor.
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7. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.