Wendy Moniz
Encyclopedia
Wendy Moniz is an American actress of Portuguese descent, best known for her role as Dinah Marler
on the daytime soap opera
Guiding Light
(1995-1999, 2000, 2002) and primetime dramas Nash Bridges
(2000-2001) and The Guardian
(2001-2004). She also had a recurring guest-starring role on Battery Park
.
She has been nominated twice for Soap Opera Digest Award for her work on Guiding Light.
She married David Birsner in 1991, but the couple divorced without issue in 1996.
Since October 28, 2000, she has been married to her former Guiding Light
co-star, Frank Grillo
(ex-Hart Jessup
), also of Portuguese
descent. The couple have two boys, Liam (born August 2004) and Rio Joseph Grillo (born January 25, 2008).
She has been cast in the recurring role of Llanview Mayor Finn - who succeeds the exiting Mayor Dorian Lord - on the ABC
daytime soap opera One Life to Live
. She begins airing in September 2011.
Dinah Marler
Dinah Marler is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light.The character is the daughter of the late lawyer and mayor...
on the daytime soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
(1995-1999, 2000, 2002) and primetime dramas Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...
(2000-2001) and The Guardian
The Guardian (TV series)
The Guardian is an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. It is currently showing in re-runs on the Sleuth Channel in the US. The Guardian has also aired in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel, ABC1 and more recently five USA and as of August...
(2001-2004). She also had a recurring guest-starring role on Battery Park
Battery Park (TV series)
Battery Park is an American comedy television series starring Elizabeth Perkins and Justin Louis. The series premiered March 23, 2000 on NBC...
.
She has been nominated twice for Soap Opera Digest Award for her work on Guiding Light.
She married David Birsner in 1991, but the couple divorced without issue in 1996.
Since October 28, 2000, she has been married to her former Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
co-star, Frank Grillo
Frank Grillo
Frank Grillo is an American actor.-Career:Grillo is perhaps best known for his role as Nick Savrinn in Season One of Prison Break. He also had roles in other television shows and movies, including Blind Justice and Battery Park...
(ex-Hart Jessup
Hart Jessup
Hart Jessup was a fictional character on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light on and off from 1991 to 1999.-Character history:Hart Jessup is the son of the late Roger Thorpe and Laura Jessup. After his maternal grandfather Peter Jessup's death, Hart learned the truth about who his father was – the...
), also of Portuguese
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
descent. The couple have two boys, Liam (born August 2004) and Rio Joseph Grillo (born January 25, 2008).
She has been cast in the recurring role of Llanview Mayor Finn - who succeeds the exiting Mayor Dorian Lord - on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
daytime soap opera One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
. She begins airing in September 2011.
Filmography
- Guiding LightGuiding LightGuiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
(80 episodes, 1995-1999, 2000, 2002) .... Dinah Adele Chamberlain Marler Thorpe Jessup/Morgan - Partners (1 episode, "Pilot", 1999) .... Maggie Spivak
- Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Janine - Battery ParkBattery Park (TV series)Battery Park is an American comedy television series starring Elizabeth Perkins and Justin Louis. The series premiered March 23, 2000 on NBC...
(2 episodes, "Pilot" and "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?", 2000) .... Maria DiCenzo - The OthersThe Others (TV series)The Others is an American TV series created by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, and produced by Delusional Films, NBC and DreamWorks Television. It ran for 13 40-minute episodes from February 5, 2000 to June 10, 2000, airing on NBC in the US, Five in the UK and Nine in Australia...
(1 episode, "Life Is for the Living", 2000) .... Eva - Nash BridgesNash BridgesNash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...
(21 episodes, 2000-2001) .... Insp. Rachel McCabe - The GuardianThe Guardian (TV series)The Guardian is an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. It is currently showing in re-runs on the Sleuth Channel in the US. The Guardian has also aired in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel, ABC1 and more recently five USA and as of August...
(56 episodes, 2001-2004) .... Louisa "Lulu" Archer - Law & OrderLaw & OrderLaw & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
(1 episode, "House of Cards", 2005) .... Arlene Tarrington - Big ShotsBig Shots (TV series)Big Shots is an American television drama created and executive produced by Jon Harmon Feldman. The pilot was directed by Charles McDougall.-History:...
(4 episodes, "Pilot", "Tall, Dark and Hairless", "Greatest Amerimart Hero" and "The Way We Weren't", 2007) .... Stacey Walker - DamagesDamages (TV series)Damages is an American television drama series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler . It is broadcast in the United States on the DirecTV channel Audience Network after originally airing on FX and is produced by the creators' own...
(7 episodes, 2009-2010) .... Jill Burnham - One Life to LiveOne Life to LiveOne Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
(September 2011- ) .... Mayor Finn