My Take
Monica Raymund is one of those actors who quietly built a rock-solid résumé while the industry was busy chasing flashier names. I first noticed her in Lie to Me, where she held her own against Tim Roth without breaking a sweat, but it was Gabriela Dawson on Chicago Fire that really showed what she was made of — a fiercely driven paramedic with a stubborn streak a mile wide, and Raymund played every contradiction with complete conviction. Then she leveled up with Hightown, headlining a Starz crime drama as a hard-partying, complicated federal agent — not a safe choice, and absolutely the right one. The fact that she also stepped behind the camera as a director tells you everything about her ambition. She's not waiting for someone to hand her the perfect role; she's building it herself.
Overview
Monica Raymund (born July 26, 1986) is an American actress and director, known for her roles as Maria "Ria" Torres in the Fox crime drama Lie to Me (2009–2011), Dana Lodge in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2011–2012), Gabriela Dawson in the NBC drama Chicago Fire (2012–2019) and Jackie Quiñones in the Starz crime drama Hightown (2020–2024).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Monica Raymund
- Name (Japanese)
- モニカ・レイモンド
- Reading
- もにか・れいもんど
- Born
- July 26, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Tiger
- Origin
- St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / stage actor / film actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.