Karen Moncrieff

Karen Moncrieff (born December 20, 1963, in Sacramento, California) is an American actress, director and screenwriter. She is best known as the writer and director of critically acclaimed films Blue Car and The Dead Girl The Keeping Hours won the Audience Award for Fiction Feature Film at the L.A. Film Fest in 2017.

Her directing credits are in both television and features, and she has acted in the soap operas Days of Our Lives and Santa Barbara''. In 1985, she was crowned Miss Illinois and competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant. She graduated from Rochester Adams High School in 1982.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1986 Guiding Light Patricia Murphy 1987 Days of Our Lives Gabrielle Pascal Episode #5572 1989 The Bold and the Beautiful Dr. Michelle Brookner 9 episodes 1990 Matlock Miss Eberhardt Episode: "The Witness" 1990–1992 Santa Barbara Cassandra Benedict 278 episodes1993 Midnight Witness Katy Rage Sarah Dameron Renegade Cynthia Mainard Episode: "No Good Deed" Perry Mason Mimi Hoyle Episode: "Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss" Wings Deidre Episode: "Come Fly With Me" 1993–1994 Silk Stalkings Various roles 2 episodes 1994 Murder Between Friends Amy Morin 1995 Robin's Hoods Heather Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury" Nowhere Man Pam Peterson Episode: "A Rough Whimper of Insanity" Xtro 3: Watch the Skies J.G. Watkins Russian Roulette: Moscow 95 Uncredited 1996–1997 Diagnosis Murder Dr. Claire Hartman 2 episodes 1997 Unhappily Ever After Zelda Episode: "Sternberg" 1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Lucille Banks Episode: "A Candidate for Murder" 1998 Waking Up Horton Miriam 1998–2000 Any Day Now Uncredited 2 episodes 2002 Blue Car Director and writer 2003 Six Feet Under Director Episode "The Opening" 2004 Touching Evil Director Episode "Slash 30" 2006 The Dead Girl Director and Writer 2013 The Trials of Cate McCall Director, Writer, and Producer 2014 Petals on the Wind Director 2017 The Keeping Hours Director 2018 The Quad Director Episode "Native Son" 13 Reasons Why Director 2 episodes The Girl in the Bathtub Director and Writer 2019 Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Big Story Director 2020 Paradise Lost Director 2 episodes