Monica Keena

Monica Keena is one of those actresses who flew under the mainstream radar but carved out a genuinely compelling niche in late-90s and early-2000s genre cinema. Growing up in Brooklyn and training at LaGuardia High School — the same performing arts school that shaped a lot of real New York talent — she had chops from the start, landing a role in While You Were Sleeping at just 15. What I find most interesting about her is how she committed fully to darker material: her turn in Snow White: A Tale of Terror was genuinely unsettling in the best way, and by the time Freddy vs. Jason rolled around in 2003 she brought a grounded intensity that elevated what could have been a pure schlock-fest. She's the kind of actor who makes cult favorites worth revisiting.

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Name (English)

Monica Keena

Name (Japanese)

モニカ・キーナ

Reading

もにか・きーな

Born

May 28, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / model / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

High school

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica%20Keena
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q255883

Tags

• New York
• actor
• model
• television actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.