Karen Moncrieff was born on December 20, 1963, in Sacramento, California. But then the girl's family moved to Michigan, Rochester. There Karen studied in high school and graduated from it. It is interesting that this same educational institution graduated at one time the famous American pop star Madonna. But he and Moncriffe did not study together. Karen then attended Los Angeles City College and then Northwestern University. There, in Los Angeles, Moncriffe studied film. It is interesting that
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Karen Moncrieff was born on December 20, 1963, in Sacramento, California. But then the girl's family moved to Michigan, Rochester. There Karen studied in high school and graduated from it. It is interesting that this same educational institution graduated at one time the famous American pop star Madonna. But he and Moncriffe did not study together.
Karen then attended Los Angeles City College and then Northwestern University. There, in Los Angeles, Moncriffe studied film. It is interesting that at first her career developed as an actress. She has starred in several soap operas such as Santa Barbara, The Bold and the Beautiful, Guide Light, Days of Our Lives. This all happened in the 80s. And then there was a long break in Moncriffe's work.
But already in 2002, the actress shot her debut picture as a director and screenwriter. Her.
film "Blue Taxi" He immediately received well-deserved recognition. When it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, the famous Miramax company immediately became interested in the tape and purchased it for rental.
Having participated with the film in a number of other film festivals (in Toronto, Montreal, Dogville, London), Karen received several awards and many critical reviews. Variety recognized her as one of the 10 best writers of 2002.
In 2006, the second Moncriffe film, Dead Girl, was released. The picture was also recognized as successful and went well at the box office. The last work of the director, the drama “The Trial of Kate McCulloch”, was released in 2011.
Karen has a husband. This is a successful producer, Eric Carten. In the autumn of 2005, the couple had a daughter.