Biography
Setting the silver screen ablaze with her memorable moves in
Coyote Ugly and getting small-screen laughs with her role as Mr. Big's fiancée (aka "the stick with no soul") in HBO's massively popular
Sex and the City, former child athlete turned Glamour cover-girl Bridget Moynahan forged a successful transition from catwalk to screen in the early years of the new millennium. Born in Binghamton, NY, and raised in Longmeadow, MA, the soccer-playing youngster soon favored preserving her looks as she began gracing the pages of some of the most-respected fashion magazines in the industry. It wasn't long before she began to seek more of her career, and after making an impression on
Sex and the City, Moynahan appeared in small roles in such features as
In the Weeds and
Trifling With Fate (both 2000). Dancing to
Prince songs was as just about as demanding as her audition for
Coyote Ugly got, and the energetic actress was soon kicking her heels on the bar-top in the free-spirited film. Later appearing in such films as
Whipped (2000),
Serendipity (2001), and
The Sum of All Fears (2002), Moynahan took a choice roll opposite
Al Pacino and
Colin Farrell in the espionage thriller TheRecruit in 2002. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide