Monica Keena was born on 28 May 1979, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, to Mary, a nurse, and William Keena, a financial sales manager. She is an actress, probably best known for her role of Abby Morgan in the television series “Dawson’s Creek”.
So just how rich is Monica Keena at present? Sources state that Keena has acquired a fortune of over $500,000, as of early 2017, accumulated during her acting career which began in the mid-‘90s.
Monica Keena Net Worth $500,000
Keena grew up in Brooklyn, along with her sister, where she attended Saint Ann’s School. She excelled in various forms of art, such as dancing, singing, drawing and acting, from her early childhood, which led her to enroll at the prestigious Manhattan’s LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts when she was 13 years old, attending both the dramatic and the vocal arts departments of the school.
Monica soon got the opportunity to land her first role, a small part in the short film “Burning Love”. She made her feature film debut in 1995, with the role of Mary Callaghan in the romantic comedy “While You Were Sleeping”, and went on to land a supporting role in the supernatural drama thriller film “The Devil’s Advocate” and a lead role as Lilli Hoffman in the horror film “Snow White: A Tale of Terror” in the following year. Meanwhile, she landed several television gigs as well, appearing in series such as “Law & Order” and “Homicide: Life on the Street”. Her involvement in these projects paved her way to recognition, considerably adding to her net worth.
In 1998 Keena secured a major TV role, being cast in the WB’s teen drama series “Dawson’s Creek”, in the recurring part of trouble-making Abby Morgan, which earned her a great deal of fame and significantly increased her wealth.
Opportunities continued to come Keena’s way in the 2000s as well; she starred as Rachel Lindquist in the short-lived TV series “Undeclared”, and had the recurring part of Kristen in the series “Entourage”. As for the big screen, she starred as rock musician Marta in “The Simian Line”, and as Roseanne in “Crime and Punishment in Suburbia”. Keena had the leading role of Lory Campbell in the slasher film “Freddy vs. Jason”, and as Brooke in “Bad Girls from Valley High”. All contributed to her net worth.
The actress went on to make guest appearances in a number of popular television series, such as “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Without a Trace”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, “Ghost Whisperer”, “Private Practice” and “Castle”, among other. She has also done some voice-over work, providing her voice for the series “Robot Chicken” and “Beavis and Butt-head”. Other notable film parts came in “Left in Darkness”, “Loaded”, “The Narrows” and “40 Days and Nights”, all of which boosted her fortune.
Keena’s most recent film parts were in the 2015 apocalyptic thriller “Aftermath” and in the 2017 mystery drama thriller “The Ghost and the Whale”. She is currently involved in filming “Mansion Girls” and “Karma”, both being in pre-production in mid-2017.
When it comes to her private life, Keena has had a long, on-and-off relationship with actor Edward Furlong, and been involved in controversy, as Furlong was twice arrested for assaulting Keena.
