Monica Raymund

Monica Raymund is probably best known for her role as Ria Torres on television's Lie to Me. But she also starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and played "Sarah" in Fighter . She's a relatively low-key actress that is likely to break out and start taking on bigger roles now that she's proven herself to be a competent actress.  She will need to break out of the "sexy Latina" typecast if she really wants to achieve success on the larger world stage, but one step at a time...Read Full Story

My brother and I were mixed kids growing up in this very conservative town. My mother came from the Dominican Republic. She moved to the United States when she was about 19 years old. My father was  his guy going to Georgetown for grad school and my mom was in D.C. working at the bank. And my dad came in and she rung her little bell and that was that. My dad started this business and had to move to Clearwater, Florida, So I grew up eating Dominican food and going to the Synagogue every Friday...Read Full Story

For Guys: I think it’s really important to know this because I went through this. If a girl meets you for the first time and she says, “Hi, I’m so and so, it’s really nice to meet you.” And you see her smile, it’s not going to be a genuine smile unless there’s wrinkling around her eyes. Like her crow’s feet area, those wrinkles have to really be there, otherwise the smile is considered fake or not genuine. For a genuine smile to occur there has to be a little bit of wrinkling around the eyes...Read Full Story

I have no idea how I got in. I have no idea. I was applying to colleges, I applied to maybe two or three conservatories just to see, but most of them were normal, private liberal arts colleges. When I got into Julliard, I was so convinced that I wasn’t going to get in that I must have been incredibly relaxed, and then I got called back. I was like, “Ech, they called me back. I’m not going to get in. All right. I’ll go to the call back,” and sort of dragged my feet because I knew it was going...Read Full Story

Name: Monica Raymund Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL Sign: Leo High School: Shorecrest Preparatory School College: The Juilliard School First Role: Sebastian in “The Little Mermaid” Current Role: Ria Torres on “Lie To Me” Hair color: Dark Brown Favorite Three TV Shows: The Daily Show, The Office, Modern Family Favorite Three Movies: The Shining, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Matador Favorite Music: Devotchka, Feist, The Beatles Favorite Books: Ender’s Game, Shantaram, The Singularity...Read Full Story