#207: Monica Raymund - Your Point of View

Episode 207 from the "FUNNY IN FAILURE" podcast Monica Raymund is an actor, director and producer. She is the series lead on the STARZ crime-drama series, HIGHTOWN. Monica recently completed production on Showtime and Paramount Global's THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL.  Many know Monica from her starring role as ‘Gabriela Dawson’ spanning 6 seasons on NBC’s hit series CHICAGO FIRE. She also received an Imagen Award for “Best Actress, Television” and was subsequently nominated an additional three times. Her additional television credits include, Michelle and Robert King’s THE GOOD WIFE and a series regular role on Fox’s LIE TO ME opposite Tim Roth and Mekhi Phifer for 3 seasons. She was seen in Universal’s romantic comedy, BROS directed by Nick Stoller, starred in Nicholas Jarecki’s thriller ARBITRAGE opposite Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, HAPPY BABY opposite Bill Heck, and in Mahesh Pailoor’s BRAHMIN BULLS. Behind the camera, Monica was part of the inaugural class of NBC's "Female Forward" initiative aimed at increasing female representation in the director’s chair. Her television directing credits include Starz’s POWER: BOOK II: GHOST, NATIONAL TREASURE for Disney +, NBC’s THE ENDGAME, the Series finale of USA’s THE SINNER, LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME, as well as episodes of CBS’s FBI, NBC'S LAW & ORDER: SVU and LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME and HIGHTOWN. Monica directed the short film TANYA for the Hidden Tears Project, a non-profit media company developing content to bring awareness to sex trafficking. A graduate of The Juilliard School, she received the John Houseman Award for her commitment and dedication. We chat about flow, growth and regrowth, leaving Chicago Fire, the power of ‘no’, expectations, rejection, your point of view, performing, directing, control and moving forward. Check out Monica on insta under MonicaRaymund86 Please support the podcast by following us on inst@ under " Funny in Failure " or " Michael_Kahan "