Monica Lacy is one of the rare actresses working today to move easily between comedy and drama. She's played everything from brainiacs to bombshells, her off-beat humor and warmth always hinting at the surprises underneath her All-American good looks. Next up, she's appearing in Amazon's The Kicks as quirky, idealistic soccer mom Sharon Burke. Other recent TV appearances include guest-starring roles as an MIT computer scientist on CBS' Hawaii Five-O and a suffering wife on ABC's Agents of SHIELD. Monica grew up on an 'urban farm' in Orange County, CA where she practiced her powers of persuasion on the Orange County Fair judges, winning annual awards for her dairy goats. She began her acting career in high school when an agent spotted her and her identical triplet sisters, Leanna and Joy. Taken by their charm and innocence, Disney quickly snapped them up to star in Parent Trap III and Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon. They shot roles on Growing Pains and Beverly Hills 90210, among others, and Monica put her motor-mouth to good use when the girls were interviewed on The Johnny Carson Show. While her sisters eventually chose paths away from the spotlight, Monica knew she was just getting started and soon found roles in several iconic television shows. She asked Bud to help her stay celibate on Married with Children, dated Kramer on the classic "yadda yadda" episode of Seinfeld, and had her heart broken by Bailey on Party of Five. On film, she's been busted out of jail by Reese Witherspoon in Freeway, fought to get out of a small town in the Sundance Award-winner Possums, and haunted Vincent D'Onofrio in The Cell. She's starred in five hour-long pilots for for CBS, MTV, and NBC, including Clyde Phillips' Time Well Spent and the series lead in Sorority, alongside January Jones and Christina Hendricks. Monica studied acting with Larry Moss and Howard Fine and improv with The Groundlings. She's performed stand-up about her unusual childhood behind the 'Orange Curtain' and has starred in nearly 200 television commercials. She can currently be seen showing off her physical comedy chops as the goofy and lovable spokeswoman for AutoNation. In between film and television roles, Monica's made time to earn her BA in English Literature at UCLA and complete its Professional Screenwriting Program. As a triplet, Monica knows how important it is to be recognized for who you are on the inside. To that end, she volunteers with PhotoPiece, a non-profit which helps inner city youth learn to photograph the world and share their perspective. She also supports Phase One, raising money to fund clinical trials for cancer. Monica collects contemporary photography, grows her own herbs and vegetables, and, above all, cherishes her favorite 'role' as real-life quirky, idealistic soccer mom to her two brainiac kids.
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Biography from IMDb.
- August 27, 1970 (56)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Monica Lacy's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 6 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Jessie Wyatt in Parent Trap III (1989)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Monica Lacy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Monica Lacy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Grounded in Love(2025)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Stranger in My Home(2025)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
My Mother the Madam(2025)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Kicks(2015)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Hawaii Five-0(2010)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Cell(2000)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Possums (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Freeway(1996)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Rattled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Nowhere Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Spring Fling! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Party of Five(1994)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Sworn to Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Vinnie & Bobby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Beverly Hills, 90210(1990)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Seinfeld(1989)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Parent Trap III(1989)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Married... with Children(1987)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 66th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 1987 to 2025; peak year 1989.
Film career
Peak 1989 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1989Screen debut· Parent Trap III
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Monica Lacy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 34. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Monica Lacy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Monica Lacy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mollie Miller shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Mollie MillerShared titles: Parent Trap III (1989), Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Mollie Miller
Writers
- Cullen DouglasShared titles: My Mother the Madam (2025), Billy Flanigan: The Happiest Man on Earth (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Cullen Douglas
- Erich KästnerShared titles: Parent Trap III (1989), Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Erich Kästner
Actors
- Barry BostwickShared titles: Parent Trap III (1989), Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Barry Bostwick
- Hayley MillsShared titles: Parent Trap III (1989), Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Hayley Mills
- Leanna CreelShared titles: Parent Trap III (1989), Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Leanna Creel
Composers
- Joel McNeelyShared titles: Parent Trap III (1989), Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Joel McNeely
Producers
- Brad KrevoyShared titles: Grounded in Love (2025), The Stranger in My Home (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Brad Krevoy
- Garrett VanDusenShared titles: Grounded in Love (2025), The Stranger in My Home (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Garrett VanDusen
- Henry PetersonShared titles: Grounded in Love (2025), The Stranger in My Home (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Henry Peterson