Biography
Lithe, blonde Monet Mazur toiled in bit-part obscurity for several years before capturing attention with a role in
Ted Demme's cocaine biopic
Blow (2001). Named for her dad's favorite painter, Mazur grew up in Malibu familiar with the entertainment world through her record industry father and model mother. While still in her teens, Mazur began acting professionally with a bit role in the popular movie sequel
Addams Family Values (1993), and a part on the TV daytime drama
Days of Our Lives. Mazur moved to nighttime TV drama with a guest appearance on Fox's orphan tearjerker
Party of Five in 1995. Mazur also played her first movie lead that same year in the schlock horror movie
Raging Angels (1995), tellingly directed by
Alan Smithee. Returning to higher profile projects, Mazur had one line as a "Mod Girl" in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), appeared in the ill-fated film version of
The Mod Squad (1999), and played a TV reporter in the superhero spoof
Mystery Men (1999). Mazur also continued to guest star on TV, including episodes of the WB's
Jack and Jill in 1999. Mazur finally earned a spate of "actress on the verge of stardom" articles when she was cast in a meatier role as one of
Johnny Depp's stoner cohorts in
Blow (2001). Though
Blow was not a major hit, Mazur continued to register on the movie radar with a dramatic turn as
Jennifer Lopez's abused sister-in-law in the mystical romance
Angel Eyes (2001), and a starring role as a seductive con artist in the independent crime drama
The Learning Curve (2001). Returning to lighter work, Mazur subsequently played a sexy dot-com employee intent on breaking
Josh Hartnett's vow of abstinence in the romantic comedy
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002). ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide