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Bonnie Somerville

Age: 35
Height: 5' 8"

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born: Feb. 24th, 1974

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Bonnie Somerville's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Cashmere Mafia	Caitlin Dowd
Kitchen Confidential	Mimi
Grosse Pointe	Courtney Scott

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Bonnie was raised by her mother, and her mother's large Irish Catholic family in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Her mother is one of 9 children! Bonnie started acting and singing at a young age, appearing in all the high school plays at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. She attended Boston College as a Musical Theater major, and left to move back home to New York to try acting professionally. Bonnie sang in many bands in the NYC music scene, and had a development deal to sing her own music at 17 years old. She was noticed by a modeling scout while waiting tables in NYC, and did some modeling in New York, and Europe, only to return more focused on acting. She packed her bags and moved to Los Angeles at age 22, very quickly had a band and then an agent. One of her first auditions, after getting an agent, was for the lead role in CBS's mini-series, Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999) (TV), in which she also sang. She now lives in Los Angeles.

TRIVIA:

Studied at the 'Lee Strasberg' (qv) Theatre Institute.
Sings female lead with Band From TV, which also features Hugh Laurie, James Denton, Rob Guiney and Bob Grunberg.
Was on the cover of Stuff magazine in May 2004, issue titled, "Girls of _"The O.C." (2003)_ (qv)"
Studied Musical Theatre at Boston College
Her very first acting job was as an extra in the movie, _City Hall (1996)_ (qv)
Sang backup on 'Joshua Radin' (qv)'s very first record.
When Bonnie is not busy working, she enjoys singing in local clubs, playing volleyball and skiing.
She recorded the song "Winding Road" for the Grammy-winning soundtrack of her then boyfriend 'Zach Braff' (qv)'s movie _Garden State (2004)_ (qv). He specifically requested a song from her for the soundtrack.