Monica Lacy (née Creel; born August 27, 1970) is an American television and film actress. Lacy is an identical triplet who, along with her sisters, Leanna and Joy, started acting in the late 1980s. They appeared together in two television movies aired on The Wonderful World of Disney: Parent Trap III and Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon.
Biography Monica Lacy grew up in Fullerton, California.
Lacy studied acting with Larry Moss and Howard Fine and took classes at The Groundlings. She's performed stand-up about her unusual childhood behind the ‘Orange Curtain’ and has starred in nearly 200 television commercials; she currently serves as a TV commercial spokesperson for AutoNation.
The Creel sisters, Monica, Joy, and Leanna, appeared in roles together on Growing Pains and Beverly Hills 90210, among others; they also were interviewed on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. While her sisters eventually chose paths away from the spotlight, Monica began appearing in several popular television shows, which included Married... with Children, where she appeared as Esther, a celibate teen-in-distress, whom Bud, who works as a dispatcher for a "Virgin Hotline", must talk into staying celibate in the season 9 episode "Dial "B" for Virgin". Lacy's additional television credits include dating Kramer on the classic Seinfeld episode "The Yada Yada", going through heartbreak on FOX's Party of Five, and an appearance on the Baywatch episode "Shark's Cove" in 1992.
Lacy's more recent television appearances include guest-starring roles on CBS's Hawaii Five-O as an MIT computer scientist and on ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a suffering wife.
She has also appeared in such films as the Sundance Award-winning Possums, Freeway with Reese Witherspoon, and The Cell alongside Vincent D'Onofrio. She's starred in five hour-long pilots for CBS, MTV, and NBC, including Clyde Phillips' Time Well Spent and the series lead in the 1999 made-for-TV movie Sorority, alongside January Jones and Christina Hendricks.
Personal life Lacy holds a B.A. in English Literature from UCLA and completed the university's Professional Screenwriting Program.
She and her two children reside in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1996FreewayTwin #11998PossumsSarah Jacobs1999Ladies Room (1999 film)Assistant (Tony Roman)2000The CellMother2004The Old Man and the StudioDanielle Short Film 2006PaperdollsStar 2018The Legacy of The Parent TrapHerself
Television Year Title Role Notes 1987 Growing Pains Schwartz Twins Episode: "Michaelgate" 1989 Parent Trap III Jessie Wyatt Television film1989My Two DadsCathy Episode: "Basket Case (My Two Dads episode)" 1989 Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon Jessie Wyatt Television film1991Parker Lewis Can't LoseBarbieEpisode: "King Kube"1991Anything But LoveActress Episode: "Stop Me Before I... Again: Part 1 & 2"1992BaywatchDebbie KentEpisode: "Shark's Cove"1992Vinnie & BobbyActressEpisode: "Vinnie Gets Sued"1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Claire / Rory Episode: "The Twins, the Trustee, and the Very Big Trip" 1993 Sworn to Vengeance Jesse Television film 1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special Tina Kosloski Episode: "Crosses on the Lawn"1994Dead at 21Younger sister of leadPilot Episode 1994Married... with ChildrenEstherEpisode: "Dial B for Virgin"1995Spring Fling!CassieTelevision Film1995Party of FiveHolly Blanchard Episode: "Ready or Not" (Party of Five episode)1996Time Well SpentActressTelevision Film 1996RattledMichelleTelevision Film 1996Nowhere ManTeenage LauraEpisode: "Through a Lens Darkly"1997 Ned and Stacey Lauren Episode: "Scenes from a Muffin Shop" 1997 Seinfeld Julie Episode: "The Yada Yada"1999 Sorority Jesse Sloan Television Film 2013 Hawaii Five-0 Sandra Cutler Episode: "A ia la aku" & "Kupu'eu" 2014 Hairapy Lacey Episode: "BFFWTF!" 2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Katie Thompson Episode: "The Writing on the Wall"2015 The Advocate Shirley Television Film 2015 The Kicks Sharon Burke
References
External links Monica Lacy Official Website