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Background:

“Marguerite is the prototype of the motivated young actor. She is very fun off-stage, but very serious while filming. She has rekindled my enthusiasm for what we do as actors. She's great!” “Firestarter: Rekindled” costar Danny Nucci on Marguerite Moreau

American actress of film and television Marguerite Moreau has collected a number of credits since making her debut in the ABC sitcom “The Wonder Years” (1991). The brown-eyed beauty, however, is probably best known for playing the recurring role of Melanie on the praised TV series “Blossom” (1994-1995) and as Connie Moreau on the hit comedy “The Mighty Ducks” (1992), from which she netted two Young Artist nominations, and its two installments (1994 and 1996). Subsequent film performances include “Wag the Dog” (1997), “Mighty Joe Young” (1998), “Wet Hot American Summer” (2001), “Queen of the Damned” (2002), “Easy” (2002) and “Runaway Jury” (2003). She has also played regular or recurring roles on the series like “Amazing Grace” (1995), “Life As We Know It” (2004-2005), “The O.C.” (2005), “What About Brian”(2006) and guest starring roles in such shows as “Smallville,” “Lost” and “Ghost Whisperer.” Moreau jointly nabbed a Camie Award for her role in the TV film “The Locket” (2002). Other TV film credits include “My Husband's Secret Life” (1998), “Firestarter 2: Rekindled” (also 2002) and “Helter Skelter” (2004).

Recently appearing in “The Uninvited” (2008), Moreau will be cast in the upcoming films “Longshot” (2008), “Wake” (2008) and “Easier with Practice” (2009).

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Childhood and Family:

Marguerite C. Moreau was born on April 25, 1977, in Riverside, California. She attended Gage Middle School and later received a BS degree in political science from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She has has a brother, Matt, and a sister, Dominique.

Marg enjoys camping and going to New York. In her spare time, she likes reading, dancing and going to the movies. She mentions “Lord of the Rings” as her favorite film and Rage Against The Machine and Korn as her favorite musical groups.

“I wish I had pets. I think I pretend sometimes that everyone's pets are mine. I move around too much to have a pet.” Marguerite Moreau

Queen of the Damned

Career:

Marguerite Moreau launched her professional acting career before reaching her fourteenth birthday with a guest spot in a 1991 episode of the hit ABC comedy series “The Wonder Years,” playing a junior high pupil. She continued to have a recurring role as Mary Margaret, the friend of the Catholic girl romanced by a Jewish boy, in the CBS nostalgic sitcom “Brooklyn Bridge” (also 1991), but did not hit the big screen until the following year when she landed the coveted role of Connie Moreau on the booming comedy “The Mighty Ducks,” opposite Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson, Shaun Weiss and Elden Henson. Her performances was nominated for a young Artist for Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Motion Picture. She also co-won another nomination for Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture.

Moreau reprised her award-nominating turn in “The Mighty Ducks” in the sequels “D2: The Mighty Ducks” (1994) and “D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996). In between, she guested in such TV shows as “Almost Home” (1993), “Boy Meets World” (1994), “Second Noah” and “The Secret World of Alex Mack” (both 1994), and enjoyed some success with her recurring role as Melanie on the acclaimed sitcom “Blossom” (1994-1995). Moreau also made her debut as a regular performer in the short-lived NBC sitcom “Amazing Grace” (1995), playing Jenny Miller, and had a small part in “Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home” (1995), a sequel to the 1993 highly successful adventure “Free Willy.”

The blondish teenager resurfaced on the wide screen after “The Mighty Ducks” trilogy in a bit part as teen girl in audition in the Barry Levinson-directed “Wag the Dog” (1997). The dark comedy starred Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Kirsten Dunst, William H. Macy and many others. In the following year she could be seen reprising her guest role as Libby on the series “The Secret World of Alex Mack,” playing Tina Embry on an episode of “3rd Rock from the Sun,” and having somewhat a more adult role as Anne Archer's daughter in the USA Network TV film “My Husband's Secret Life.” Still in that same year, she appeared as cabriolet girl in the melodrama “Mighty Joe Young,” which starred Bill Paxton as Professor Gregory 'Gregg' O'Hara, Charlize Theron as Jill Young, Rade Serbedzija as Andrei Strasser and Regina King as Cecily Banks.

Moreau took some time off to complete her studies and when she returned in 2001, the actress got a more significant part as Katie in David Wain's comedy “Wet Hot American Summer,” where she costarred with Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce and Michael Showalter. After appearing with Michael Rosenbaum on the loosely adaptation of the Shakespeare play “MacBeth,” “Rave Macbeth” (also 2001), portraying a young woman with a penchant for music and drug, the beautiful actress offered a memorable performance as a passionate vampire wannabe named Jesse Reeves on “Queen of the Damned” (2002), based on Anne Rice's novels, “The Vampire Chronicles.” The movie, which marked the late singer Aaliyah first and last movie role, was nominated for a 2003 Saturn for Best Horror Film. Telling about her character in the movie, she said, “... she's messed up. She's more at home with the dead than the living. She spends all of her time chasing vampires and begging to be part of that world. She's an intellectual; she's not just a groupie. She studies their activities.”

Moreau received additional attention with her noted starring turn as Charlene 'Charlie' McGee in the Sci-Fi Channel installment “Firestarter 2: Rekindled” (also 2002), a role originated by young Drew Barrymore in the 1984 motion picture directed by Mark L. Lester. Still in that same year, she guested as Carrie Castle on “Smallville” and jointly nabbed a Camie Award from the Character and Morality in Entertainment for her work in the made-for-TV film “The Locket” (2002), along side Vanessa Redgrave and Chad Willett.

Next up for Moreau, she appeared with Paul Rudd and Donal Logue in the drama/comedy film “Two Days,” received kudos for her starring role as an unchaste twentysomething on the festival screened “Easy,” which was also shown on the Showtime cable television network, and memorably played the assistant of Gene Hackman in the drama/thriller “Runaway Jury”(all 2003). She had the lead role of Kat Shutte in the sport-themed “Off the Lip” (2004) before revisiting the small screen to play Sadie Atkins on the TV movie remake of “Helter Skelter,” about Charles Manson, and Jessica Epstein on another TV film, “Sucker Free City” (both 2004). It was also in 2004 that Moreau returned to series TV as a regular on the acclaimed but short-lived ABC drama series “Life As We Know It” (2004-2005), playing Monica Young, a high school teacher who embarks on an affair with one of her students.

After the cancellation of the show, Moreau took the recurring role of Reed Carlson on the surprise hit “The O.C.” (2005) and filmed a pilot for the Fox show “Killer Instinct” (2005). As Detective Ava Lyford , her part was originally written as a regular but after the first episode she was replaced by Kristin Lehman. Still in that same year, she played Starla in an episode of “Lost” called “Everybody Hates Hugo.” 2006 saw Moreau play the recurring character of Suzanne on the Barry Watson vehicle “What About Brian” (ABC).

In January 2007, Moreau appeared as Lisa Bristow in a season two episode of “Ghost Whisperer.” A year later, she resumed her film career by playing Lee on the horror/thriller “The Uninvited,” which was helmed and written by Bob Badway.

Recently, the 31-year-old actress has completed filming “Longshot” (2008), a comedy/drama which cast her as Cinda. She also has roles in the comedy/romance “Wake” (2008), opposite Danny Masterson, Bijou Phillips, Ian Somerhalder and Jane Seymour, and the drama “Easier with Practice” (2009), costarring with Brian Geraghty.

Awards:

• Character and Morality in Entertainment: Camie, “The Locket,” 2003