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Monica Meadows (born c.1981) is an actress and model.

Meadows was born in McDonough, Georgia and moved to Colorado to attend the University of Northern Colorado.

While in college, Monica became heavily involved in acting and modeling. She also appeared in theater and done some regional commercials for different companies, including Russell Athletics, and a commercial for a Colorado community college. Monica also performed in university plays "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Tartuffe". She also appeared in such magazines as "Self" and "First" while modeling.

Monica also in appeared in several high profile projects including: City's Edge, a Denver based internet soap opera where Monica portrayed "Veronica Deveroux", heiress to the Devoreux Mining fortune. She also starred in an independent film "LaLaLand" where she played "Julia", an unfulfilled trophy girlfriend.

After graduating from the university in 2002 with a B.A. in Musical Theatre, Monica moved to New York City to pursue her dream of musical theatre. She then starred in a film "The Sexes", which comments on the roles both men and women take on in a relationship. Monica also done a musical entitled Fashion based on the 1800’s play by Anna Mowatt where she played the Seraphina, the daughter of a high society-obsessed woman with the Helen Hayes Theatre Company at White Plains PAC.

Monica's most high profile appearance was in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "F.P.S.", which aired January 4, 2004. Monica appears in the opening scenes of the episode.

On June 1, 2004, Monica was suddenly and frighteningly brought into national headlines when she was shot on a New York City subway. Monica, only 23 at the time, had just left her modeling agency and was on her way to a casting call when she was shot in the chest by an unknown assailant. Monica was assisted by a few good samaritans and was rushed to New York City's Bellevue Hospital. There, doctors dubbed Monica "The Miracle Model" as the bullet miraculously missed her vital organs and major arteries. Monica was released from Bellevue a few days later and made several high profile television appearances, including "The Early Show" and "The Montel Williams Show" to talk about her ordeal. Unfortunatley, the case remains unsolved.

In the year since the shooting, Monica fled New York City, even though she had vowed not to, because she was overcome by anxiety and panic attacks. Monica decided to take a cruise with her parents to try to relax. She found being out in the ocean rejuvenating and her panic attacks and anxiety lessened. Monica decided to take a job on the cruise ship to immerse herself in her new found calm.

There, Monica met her future boyfriend, and they now perform together in Norwegian Wind's cabaret show, with Meadows singing Broadway crowd-pleasers such as her favorite, "Trouble" from "Smokey Joe's Caf," and other tunes "Big Spender" from "Sweet Charity." Monica now has the job as the lead entertainer on the cruise ship touring the Hawaiian Islands.

Though emotionally and mentally still healing from her ordeal, Monica is ready to return to New York City to repursue her dream of becoming a Broadway actress. Now Monica is even determined to run again, since she had been training for a marathon before the shooting. Monica intends to run the Honolulu Marathon this December.

Trivia

Monica is the woman in the opening scenes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 3 episode "F.P.S." which aired January 4, 2004.

Monica's height is 5'10".

Monica has blue eyes.

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