Bridget Moynahan | |
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Born |
Kathryn Bridget Moynahan April 28, 1971 Binghamton, New York, U.S. |
Residence | Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse(s) | Andrew Frankel (m. 2015) |
Partner(s) | Tom Brady (2004–2006) |
Children | 1 (with Brady) |
Bridget Moynahan (born Kathryn Bridget Moynahan; April 28, 1971) is an American actress and model. She graduated from Longmeadow High School, in Massachusetts, in 1989, and began pursuing a career in modeling. She appeared in department-store catalogs and magazines, and after doing television commercials, she began taking acting lessons. Moynahan made her television debut in a guest appearance in the comedy series Sex and the City in 1999, where she later had a recurring role as Natasha.
She made her feature film debut in Coyote Ugly (2000). She was cast in a supporting role in Serendipity (2001). Moynahan was also featured in the action film The Sum of All Fears (2002), spy thriller The Recruit (2003), the science-fiction movie I, Robot (2004), and the political thriller Lord of War (2005).
She starred in the ABC television series Six Degrees, which premiered in September 2006, but was cancelled after one season. Moynahan completed work in Elizabeth Allen's Ramona and Beezus, which was released in July 2010, and has starred in the CBS drama Blue Bloods since September 2010.
Moynahan was born in Binghamton, New York, the daughter of Irish American parents Mary Bridget (née Moriarty), a former school teacher, and Edward Bradley Moynahan, a scientist and former administrator at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has two brothers, Andy and Sean. Her family moved to Longmeadow, Massachusetts when Moynahan was around seven years old, where she later attended Longmeadow High School, and was captain of the girls' soccer, basketball, and lacrosse teams, graduating in 1989. She has said that, during her childhood, she was a tomboy.