Marguerite Moreau Biography

Marguerite C. Moreau (born April 25, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jesse Reeves in the fantasy horror film Queen of the Damned, Katie in the comedy cult film Wet Hot American Summer, and her role in The Mighty Ducks series of films. She has also made appearances on the popular television series Smallville, Lost, Cupid and The O.C.

Life and career

Moreau was born on April 25, 1977 in Riverside, California. Her first break-out role was playing the recurring part of Melanie on Blossom in 1994 and 1995. She guest starred in several TV series such as Boy Meets World and 3rd Rock from the Sun. As a child actress, she appeared in the Mighty Ducks films playing Connie Moreau. After graduating from Vassar College with her B.A. in political science in 1999, she landed some of her most prominent roles.

In 2001 the actress starred as Katie in the cult classic Wet Hot American Summer. She reprised this role in an eight-part prequel series produced by Netflix, which debuted on July 31, 2015.

Moreau played the role of Jesse in the 2002 film Queen of the Damned, based on the Anne Rice novels. She played the lead role in the TV miniseries Firestarter 2: Rekindled, succeeding Drew Barrymore in the role of Charlie McGee. In 2003's Runaway Jury she played opposite Gene Hackman. Moreau also starred in the 2003 independent film Easy, which has also been broadcast on the Showtime cable television network.

Returning to television, she starred as Susan Atkins in Helter Skelter, a television movie about Charles Manson, and had a regular role on the ABC network series Life As We Know It in the 2004-2005 season. She played Monica Young, a high school teacher having an affair with one of her students.

Moreau appeared in a season two episode of Lost, playing Starla in "Everybody Hates Hugo", as well as several episodes of The O.C., playing Reed Carlson. Originally, she was to have a regular role in the Fox show Killer Instinct, but her character was written out of the series after the first episode and was replaced by the character played by Kristin Lehman. She has also appeared as a recurring character on the ABC series What About Brian.

She also appeared in a season 2 episode of Mad Men as an enigmatic call girl named Vicky.

In 2008, she was in The Uninvited as an agoraphobic woman whose house torments her with malevolent spirits.

In 2009, she guest starred in the pilot episode of the series Cupid where she helps an Irish man find his "love at first sight". She also made an appearance in the Monk episode "Mr. Monk and the Dog", and episodes of Private Practice, HawthoRNe, and CSI: NY.

She also had a minor role in the 2008 comedy Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

In 2010, she guest starred in two episodes of Brothers & Sisters and had a recurring role on the first season of the NBC show Parenthood. Her last appearance in Parenthood was in episode 5 of season one after she dumped Crosby. The same year, she appeared in several webisodes of a Jersey Shore parody in the format of Masterpiece Theatre, alongside YouTube comedian Ceciley Jenkins. Titled Mashterpiece Theatre Presents Jersey Shore, the series presented verbatim dialogue re-enacted by Moreau, Jenkins and Lisa Nova in aristocratic English accents while taking tea.

In 2011, she guest starred in American series Shameless as Linda, and in "I'm a Liver Not a Fighter" (episode 47 or episode 7 of season 4) of In Plain Sight. In 2013, she guest starred on Grey's Anatomy.

Personal life

Moreau married actor Christopher Redman in May 2010. In July 2015 Moreau gave birth to a son, Casper Hayes Redman.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	'	Connie Moreau
1994	'	Connie Moreau
1995	Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home	Julie
1996	'	Connie Moreau
1997	Wag the Dog	Teenage Girl in Audience
1998	Mighty Joe Young	Cabriolet Girl
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Katie
2001	Rave Macbeth	Helena
2002	Queen of the Damned	Jesse Reeves
2003	Two Days	Jennifer
2003	Easy	Jamie Harris
2003	Runaway Jury	Amanda Monroe
2004	Off the Lip	Kat Shutte
2008	The Uninvited	Lee
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Blair
2009	Lightbulb	Cinda
2009	Ingenious	Cinda
2009	Wake	Lila
2009	Easier with Practice	Samantha
2009	Bullfighter	Cheyenne Kincade	Short film
2010	Douchebag	Steph
2010	Hip	Hipster Girl	Short film
2011	Life Happens	Pauline
2012	Caroline and Jackie	Caroline
2015	Moments of Clarity	Maryanna
2016	Inconceivable	Jess	also known as Deadly Ex

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	'	Julie	Episode: "The Candidate"
1991	Brooklyn Bridge	Mary Margaret	Episodes: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", "Dinner at Six"
1993	Almost Home	Kimberly	Episode: "Dueling Birthdays"
1994	Boy Meets World	Gail / Rebecca	Episodes: "Back 2 School", "Pairing Off"
1994-1998	'	Libby	Episodes: "False Alarms", "Paradise Lost"
1994-1995	Blossom	Melanie	3 episodes
1995	Amazing Grace	Jenny Miller	TV series
1996	Second Noah	Megan Robinson	Episode: "Dreamboat"
1998	3rd Rock from the Sun	Tina	Episode: "Auto Eurodicka"
1998	My Husband's Secret Life	Eileen Sullivan	Television movie
2000	Wall to Wall Records		Television movie
2002	Firestarter 2: Rekindled	Charlene 'Charlie' McGee	Television movie
2002	Smallville	Carrie Castle	Episode: "Drone"
2002	The Locket	Faye Murrow	Television movie
2004	Helter Skelter	Susan "Sadie" Atkins	Television movie
2004	Sucker Free City	Jessica Epstein	Television movie
2004-2005	Life as We Know It	Monica Young	10 episodes
2005	'	Reed Carlson	4 episodes
2005	Killer Instinct	Det. Ava Lyford	Episode: Pilot
2005	Lost	Starla	Episode: "Everybody Hates Hugo"
2006	What About Brian	Suzanne	6 episodes
2007	Ghost Whisperer	Lisa Bristow	Episode: "Dead to Rights"
2008	'	June	Television movie
2008	Mad Men	Vicky	Episode: "Three Sundays"
2008	Life	Betsy Bournes	Episode: "The Business of Miracles"
2009	Cupid	Madelyn	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	Hawthorne	Faye	Episode: "Night Moves"
2009	Monk	Amanda Castle	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Dog"
2009	CSI: NY	Louise Dukes	Episode: "Cuckoo's Nest"
2009	Private Practice	Lynn Jarvis	Episode: "Sins of the Father"
2010	Brothers & Sisters	Gallery Owner / Ginny Lawford	Episodes: "A Valued Family", "Leap of Faith"
2010	Parenthood	Katie	4 episodes
2011-2013	Shameless	Linda	Recurring role
2011	In Plain Sight	Cici	Episode: "I'm a Liver not a Fighter"
2012	Playdate	Emily Valentine	Television movie
2013	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Emma Marling	7 episodes
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Katie	Netflix Original Series
2016	The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story	Laura McKinny	Episode: "Manna from Heaven"
2016	Love Always, Santa	Celia Banks	Television movie
2017	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Katie	Netflix Original Series