Monica Lacy

Monica Lacy (née Creel; born August 27, 1970) is an American television and film actress. Lacy is an identical triplet who, along with her sisters, Leanna and Joy, started acting in the late 1980s. They appeared together in two television movies aired on The Wonderful World of Disney: Parent Trap III and Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon.

Monica Lacy
Born
Monica Creel

(1970-08-27) August 27, 1970
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present
SpouseRoss Lacy (1996–2021)
Children2
RelativesLeanna Creel (sister)

Biography

Monica Lacy grew up in Fullerton, California.[1]

Lacy studied acting with Larry Moss and Howard Fine and took classes at The Groundlings.[2] She's performed stand-up about her unusual childhood behind the ‘Orange Curtain’ and has starred in nearly 200 television commercials; she currently serves as a TV commercial spokesperson for AutoNation.[3]

The Creel sisters, Monica, Joy, and Leanna, appeared in roles together on Growing Pains and Beverly Hills 90210, among others; they also were interviewed on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. While her sisters eventually chose paths away from the spotlight, Monica began appearing in several popular television shows, which included Married... with Children, where she appeared as Esther, a celibate teen-in-distress, whom Bud, who works as a dispatcher for a "Virgin Hotline", must talk into staying celibate in the season 9 episode "Dial "B" for Virgin". Lacy's additional television credits include dating Kramer on the classic Seinfeld episode "The Yada Yada", going through heartbreak on FOX's Party of Five, and an appearance on the Baywatch episode "Shark's Cove" in 1992.[3]

Lacy's more recent television appearances include guest-starring roles on CBS's Hawaii Five-O as an MIT computer scientist and on ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a suffering wife.

She has also appeared in such films as the Sundance Award-winning Possums, Freeway with Reese Witherspoon, and The Cell alongside Vincent D’Onofrio. She's starred in five hour-long pilots for CBS, MTV, and NBC, including Clyde Phillips' Time Well Spent and the series lead in the 1999 made-for-TV movie Sorority, alongside January Jones and Christina Hendricks.[3]

Personal life

Lacy holds a B.A. in English Literature from UCLA and completed the university's Professional Screenwriting Program.[3]

She and her two children reside in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Freeway Twin #1
1998 Possums Sarah Jacobs
1999 Ladies Room (1999 film) Assistant (Tony Roman)
2000 The Cell Mother
2004 The Old Man and the Studio Danielle Short Film
2006 Paperdolls Star
2018 The Legacy of The Parent Trap Herself

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Growing Pains Schwartz Twins Episode: "Michaelgate"
1989 Parent Trap III Jessie Wyatt Television film
1989 My Two Dads Cathy Episode: "Basket Case (My Two Dads episode)"
1989 Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon Jessie Wyatt Television film
1991 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Barbie Episode: "King Kube"
1991 Anything But Love Actress Episode: "Stop Me Before I... Again: Part 1 & 2"
1992 Baywatch Debbie Kent Episode: "Shark's Cove"
1992 Vinnie & Bobby Actress Episode: "Vinnie Gets Sued"
1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Claire / Rory Episode: "The Twins, the Trustee, and the Very Big Trip"
1993 Sworn to Vengeance Jesse Television film
1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special Tina Kosloski Episode: "Crosses on the Lawn"
1994 Dead at 21 Younger sister of lead Pilot Episode
1994 Married... with Children Esther Episode: "Dial B for Virgin"
1995 Spring Fling! Cassie Television Film
1995 Party of Five Holly Blanchard Episode: "Ready or Not (Party of Five episode)
1996 Time Well Spent Actress Television Film
1996 Rattled Michelle Television Film
1996 Nowhere Man Teenage Laura Episode: "Through a Lens Darkly"
1997 Ned and Stacey Lauren Episode: "Scenes from a Muffin Shop"
1997 Seinfeld Julie Episode: "The Yada Yada"
1999 Sorority Jesse Sloan Television Film
2013 Hawaii Five-0 Sandra Cutler Episode: "A ia la aku" & "Kupu'eu"
2014 Hairapy Lacey Episode: "BFFWTF!"
2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Katie Thompson Episode: "The Writing on the Wall"
2015 The Advocate Shirley Television Film
2015 The Kicks Sharon Burke

References

  1. "Reality, TV merge for actress Monica Lacy, who grew up in Fullerton". Ocregister.com. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. Bachman, Debbi (July 20, 2016). "Exclusive Interview with The Kicks' Monica Lacy". Talk Nerdy With Us.
  3. "About me: Monica Lacy". Retrieved October 23, 2015.


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