Bridget Moynahan (full name Catherine Bridget) is an American actress and model. She started her modeling career right after leaving school. In the late 1990s, she received her first roles in television projects. She starred in the films: "I, Robot", "Intuition", "Gun Baroque", "John Wick", "Sex and the City", "Eli Stone".
Starting her modeling career, Bridget Moynahan signed a contract with the Ford agency and soon appeared on the covers of fashion magazines "Glamor" and "Vogue". Then she began acting on television and became not only a famous fashion model, but also an actress. Today, in the creative biography of Moynahan, there are already more than forty roles in television and film projects.
Biography facts
The girl was born in the USA in the spring of 1971. She has two brothers. The eldest is named Andy, and the youngest is Sean. My father worked as a senior administrator at the University of Massachusetts, and my mother was engaged in housekeeping and raising children.
Moynahan's parents are from Ireland. The girl got her name for a reason. Bridget is an Anglicized form of the Celtic name Brigit, which means “exalted”. In Irish mythology, this is the name of the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda.
Having given their daughter the name Bridget, the parents believed that she would be under the protection of the Celtic gods, who would help her in life.
All her childhood, Bridget spent in the city of Longmeadow, where she graduated from high school. The girl was actively involved in sports, played basketball and field hockey, participated in track and field competitions. In addition, she studied at the theater studio and more than once appeared on stage in school performances.
Creative way
After leaving school, Bridget decided to start a career in the modeling business. After passing the selection, she was hired by a modeling agency and signed a long-term contract with them. At first, the girl starred in commercials, and then began to appear on the covers of famous fashion magazines.
During the same period, Bridget began to seriously think about her acting career. She completed an internship at Caymichael Patten Studios in New York before filming her first films.
Moynahan made her debut on the screen in the TV series Sex and the City. The young, interesting and talented actress was noticed and invited to new projects.
In the early 2000s, Bridget got roles in the films Coyote Ugly Bar, The Loser, Intuition, The Price of Fear, The Recruit.
In the film "I, Robot" Moynahan got one of the central roles, she played Dr. Susan Calvin. On the set, she ended up with the famous actor Will Smith. The plot of the picture unfolds in the future, where robots have become constant human helpers. The main character, detective Del Spooner, has to investigate a murder in which robots are involved, and he has negative emotions towards them, to put it mildly.
The film received high ratings. Was nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Project.
Literally a year later, Moynahan played another major role in the film "The Baron of Arms" along with the famous Nicholas Cage.
Bridget's next role was in the equally famous thriller "5 Unknowns". Then she played in the series: "Six", "Eli Stone", "Blue Blood" and films: "Prey", "Noise", "Ramona and Beezus", "Alien Invasion: Battle of Los Angeles", "John Wick "," Midnight Sun "," John Wick 2 ".
Personal life
In the early 2000s, Bridges began an affair with football player Tom Brady, which lasted for several years. In 2006, the couple broke up. This happened while Bridges was three months pregnant. In 2007, her son John Edward Thomas was born.
In 2015, Moynahan married businessman Andrew Frankel.
