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Monet Happy Mazur (born April 17, 1976)
is an American actress and musician.
Early life: Mazur was born in Los Angeles,
California; her Jewish American father, Ruby Mazur, is
an artist who has also worked in the record industry and
at one time was the manager of Billy Joel. Her mother is
a former model. Mazur has three siblings: Cezanne,
Matisse and Miro. Her cousin is Epic Mazur, co-frontman
of the Hollywood-based band Crazy Town.
Career: Mazur began modeling and acting in her
teens. She has appeared in a number of widely released
films in the past several years, including
Monster-In-Law and Just Married. She has also appeared
in several television shows, including Jack & Jill,
Strange World and Party of Five.
A lithe, blonde actress with model looks and a
rock-and-roll attitude, Monet Mazur racked up acting
credits with small roles in film and guest shots on
television while fronting the popular Los Angeles punk
outfit Nancy Raygun. Born in the mid-1970s to a fashion
model mother and an artist father with several album
covers to his credit ("I think I was conceived on a
cross-country motorcycle trip"), Mazur spent her
relatively average childhood dreaming of stardom and
began her acting career with a role on the NBC daytime
drama "Days of Our Lives" and a cameo in the
comedy feature "Addams Family Values" in 1993.
A recurring stint on "Party of Five" (Fox) in
1995 would gain her a wide audience, though that year's
music-themed supernatural mystery "Raging
Angels" would prove a lackluster vehicle for her
feature starring debut. A small part in 1997's
"Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"
returned the actress to the big screen.
In 1999, she resurfaced in a bigger way, beginning with
guest roles on "Jack & Jill", a
twentysomethings romantic comedy series on The WB, and
the ABC sci-fi drama "Strange Days". Unlike
many of her contemporaries, Mazur was up-front about her
age and didn't intend to make her way in teen fare while
in her mid-twenties.
The assured and unimpressed but mature
and genuine way that she carried herself would help to
separate her from the flock of pretty young blondes, and
after paying her dues with bit parts in the 1999
features "The Mod Squad" and "Mystery
Men" and impressing with a leading turn in the
little-seen independent "The Learning Curve",
Mazur got her break. Cast as one of Johnny Depp's
cohorts in "Blow" (2001) Ted Demme's gritty
look at the explosion of the cocaine trade in the United
States, Mazur saw her profile rise quickly.
She followed up with featured roles in the 2001 summer
release "Angel Eyes" starring Jennifer Lopez
and in 2002, and appeared with Josh Hartnet and Shannyn
Sossamon in "40 Days and 40 Nights" (2002).
The films, both with high profile stars and big
marketing campaigns behind them, would make the actress
a recognizable performer. The resulting attention
undoubtedly helped give Mazur's career a deserved boost.
Still active with her band, Mazur lined up additional
acting projects that included the independent feature
"In Memory of My Father" (lensed 2001), the
crime comedy "Stark Raving Mad" (2002), the
romantic drama "Kiss the Bride" (2002) and the
Ashton Kutcher-Brittany Murphy comedy "Just
Married" (2003).
In 2004 she was the lead good girl biker
babe in the high-octane but lowbrow motorcycle actioner
"Torque," and she had a nice cult-fan scene in
which she goes woman-to-woman against Jaime Pressly. She
then had an arch supporting turn in the comedy
"Monster-In-Law" (2005) as a spoiled, snobby
but sexy rich girl who tries to keep Jennifer Lopez from
landing her dream man (Michael Vartan).
Personal life: In the summer of 2005, Mazur gave
birth to son Preston Daniel de Rakoff, her first child
with husband Alex de Rakoff, whom she married in April
2005. She previously dated actor Adrien Brody and
guitarist Dave Navarro. |
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