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Maika Monroe

Actor

Maika Monroe

Born May 29, 1993 in Santa Barbara, California, USA39 films

Maika Monroe (born Dillon Monroe Buckley; born May 29, 1993) is an American actress. She made her film debut with the drama At Any Price (2012) and led the thriller film The Guest and the horror film It Follows (both 2014), which established her as a scream queen. She starred in the thrillers Greta (2018) and Watcher (2022), as well as the horror film Longlegs (2024).

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In addition to her horror and thriller roles, Monroe appears in the action film Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), the neo-noir Hot Summer Nights (2017), the black comedy Villains (2019), and the action film God Is a Bullet (2023).

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It Follows posterFirst watchIt Follows20156.6as Jay HeightA young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Longlegs poster6.5Longlegs2024The 5th Wave poster5.9The 5th Wave2016Labor Day poster7.1Labor Day2013The Guest poster6.6The Guest2014Greta poster6.6Greta2019Reminders of Him poster7.8Reminders of Him2026Independence Day: Resurgence poster5.4Independence Day: Resurgence2016Honey Boy poster7.0Honey Boy2019

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. TBAThey FollowJay Height
  2. TBAVegas: A Love StoryDillon
  3. 2026Victorian PsychoWinifred Notty
  4. 2026Reminders of HimKenna Rowan
  5. 2026Evil Has Always Had a NameJay (uncredited)
  6. 2026In Cold LightAva
  7. 2025100 Nights of HeroCherry
  8. 2025The Hand That Rocks the CradlePolly Murphy
  9. 2024LonglegsAgent Lee Harker
  10. 2023God Is a BulletCase Hardin
  11. 2022Significant OtherRuth
  12. 2022WatcherJulia
  13. 2021FlashbackCindy Williams
  14. 2021Brothers by BloodGrace
  15. 2019Honey BoySandra
  16. 2019VillainsJules
  17. 2019How to Be AloneLucy
  18. 2019GretaErica Penn
  19. 2018After EverythingMia
  20. 2018Hot Summer NightsMcKayla Strawberry
  21. 2018TauJulia
  22. 2018The Scent of Rain & LightningJody Linder
  23. 2017The Tribes of Palos VerdesMedina
  24. 2017I'm Not HereKaren
  25. 2017Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White HouseJoan Felt
  26. 2017BokehJenai
  27. 2016Independence Day: ResurgencePatricia Whitmore
  28. 2016The 5th WaveRinger
  29. 2015BurnedLila
  30. 2015Echoes of WarAbigail Riley
  31. 2015It FollowsJay Height
  32. 2014The GuestAnna Peterson
  33. 2013Labor DayMandy
  34. 2013The Bling RingBeach Girl
  35. 2013SynthesizersWoodson's Girl
  36. 2013Flying MonkeysJoan
  37. 2012Bad Blood... the HungerMaika Lathrop
  38. 2012At Any PriceCadence Farrow
  39. 2011The Darkness Is Close BehindAmy Southern