Hottest Pictures Of Poppy Montgomery. Poppy Montgomery is well known for her role as FBI agent Samantha Spade in the popular TV series Without a Trace. Poppy was born on June 15, 1972, in Sydney, Australia. Her birth name is Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue.
Her mother was Nicola Montgomery, a market researcher, and executive, and her father was Phil Donahue, a restaurateur. Poppy has four sisters, all of whom have similar flower-themed names like Poppy.
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She was bullied in school because of her name, and so, she dropped out at the age of 14. She went on traveling at 16 and 18; she landed in America. She settled in LA and took on her mother’s maiden name as her stage name.
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Poppy tried to contact Julia Roberts’ agent, who told her that he doesn’t know how to handle newcomers and so referenced her to another agent. Poppy played several guest roles in NYPD Blue and Party of Five.
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She became a regular in Relativity and earned a proper part in The Cold Equations. Her career took an upward trajectory since then. Poppy received critical acclaim when she got her coveted part of Marilyn Monroe in the series Blonde.
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In 2002, she got the role of Agent Spade in Without a Trace and was nominated collectively for the 2004 SAG Award with her cast. Poppy has been married to Shawn Sanford since 2014, and the couple has two children.