Monica Raymund
| Monica Raymund | |
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Raymund at the 2013 Imagen Awards
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July 26, 1986 St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Shorecrest Preparatory School |
| Alma mater | Juilliard School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse(s) | Neil Patrick Stewart (m. 2011; div. 2014) |
| Parent(s) | Sonia and Steve A. Raymund |
| Family | Edward C. Raymund (paternal grandfather) |
Monica Raymund (born July 26, 1986) is an American actress known for her roles as Maria "Ria" Torres in the Fox police drama Lie to Me (2009–2011), Dana Lodge in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2011–2012) and Gabriela Dawson in the NBC drama Chicago Fire (2012–present).
Raymund was born in St. Petersburg, Florida to Steve Raymund, the board chairman and retired CEO of Tech Data Corp., a Clearwater-based distributor of computer components and software, and Sonia, "a community volunteer [and the] co-founder of the Soulful Arts Dance Academy in St. Petersburg," who hails from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Her father was of German and Eastern European Jewish descent. Her grandfather was businessman and philanthropist Edward C. Raymund. Raymund's brother, Will was a graduate of Berklee College of Music - died in August 2015. She was raised Jewish and celebrated a bat mitzvah. In high school, she participated in the "Broadway Theater Project in Tampa and at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem."
Raymund graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2004, and from the Juilliard School in New York City in 2008.
Reportedly, Raymund performed in Cymbeline directed by Richard Feldman, The Diviners (directed by Jonathan Bernstein), and Animal Farm (directed by Trizana Beverley) all at the Juilliard School.
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