FrameThrower · Actors · Michelle Monaghan
Michelle Monaghan
8 films · 561 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2005–2024
Born 23 March 1976 · Winthrop, Iowa, USA
Michelle Lynn Monaghan is an American actress. Her first notable roles were in episodes of Young Americans, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, both in 2001. That year she also her big screen debut in the movie "Perfume" (2001), followed by another small role in "Unfaithful" (2002).
Monaghan had her big break in 2002 when she co-starred in the television series Boston Public. She is known for her roles in feature films including Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Gone Baby Gone, Made of Honor, The Heartbreak Kid, Eagle Eye and the Mission: Impossible franchise.
How their films are shot
Measured across 561 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Michelle takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 55% low key — the look of the work Michelle takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 561 frames from Michelle Monaghan's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.