Monica Horan

Monica Louise Horan (born January 29, 1963) is an American actress best known for her role as Amy MacDougall-Barone on the television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.

Life and career Horan was born in Darby, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Selma (née Spencer), a clerk, and Robert J. Horan, a courthouse officer of Irish descent. She graduated from Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School for Girls in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania in 1980. Horan attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, graduating with a degree in Theater Performance in 1984. She then moved to New York City where she performed in off-off Broadway theatre while working as a telephone sales agent for Telecharge. Horan met her future husband, Philip Rosenthal, who served as executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond, while attending Hofstra, and she converted to Judaism before their marriage in 1990.

Horan is best known for her appearance in the part of Amy McDougall (later Barone), Robert Barone's off-on again girlfriend, then wife, on the CBS-TV sitcom series Everybody Loves Raymond. Horan appeared in 66 episodes of the series, making her first appearance in the episode titled "Who's Handsome?" (Season 1, episode #14). She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two children. Horan has guest-starred on the Hot in Cleveland series (Season 2) playing an Amish woman, and in 2017 was reunited with her Everybody Loves Raymond co-star Patricia Heaton when she guest-starred on a Season 8 episode of The Middle. She is featured in her husband's travel/food show, Somebody Feed Phil.

Horan's maternal grandfather was Jewish and her paternal grandfather was Irish. Horan is a Democrat.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday Ruby Carpool Tracy Short film

Television Year Film Role Notes 1990 L.A. Law Reporter #1 Episode: "Happy Trails" 1991 In Living Color Episode: "Homey the Sellout: Part 2" 1993Coach Nurse Episode: "The Pioneer Bowl" 1994 Maureen Episode: "Jailbirds" 1996 In the House April Episode: "Come Back, Kid" 1997–2005 Everybody Loves Raymond Amy Barone (née MacDougall) Recurring Role (Season 1–7); Series regular (Season 8–9) 2011 Hot in Cleveland Sarah Episode: "Where's Elka?" The Whole Truth Episode: "Lost in Translation" 2013 Enlightened Sharon Episodes: "Revenge Play" & "Agent of Change" 2015 The Adventures of Mr. Clown Monica Episode: "Word of the Day: Mother" 2016-2019 The Bold and the Beautiful Kieran Cannistra Recurring role, 8 episodes 2017 The Middle Anna Ferguson Episode: "The Confirmation" 2019 Better Things Jaia Episode: "No Limits" 2021 The Corona Dialogues: a Dylan Brody project Arlene Winter Episode: "Conditional"

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