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Keena in 2011, photo by Joe Seer /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 28, 1979
Ethnicity: Irish, one quarter Swedish
Monica Keena is an American actress. She starred in the film Freddy Vs. Jason . Her roles also include the films While You Were Sleeping , Ripe (1996), Snow White: A Tale of Terror , The Devil’s Advocate (1997), All I Wanna Do , Crime and Punishment in Suburbia , The Simian Line , Orange County , Man of the House (2005), Bad Girls from Valley High , Left in Darkness , Brooklyn Rules , Loaded (2008), The Narrows , Night of the Demons (2009), 40 Days and Nights (2012), Aftermath (2013), and The Ghost and the Whale ; the shows Dawson’s Creek , Undeclared , Entourage , Grey’s Anatomy , Private Practice , and Beavis and Butt-Head ; and the made-for-tv movie First Daughter (1999).
Monica’s paternal grandfather was William Bernard Keena, Jr. (the son of William Bernard Keena and Hannah Monica Daley). Monica’s grandfather William was born in New Jersey, to Irish parents. Monica’s great-grandfather William was born in Ballynacargy, County Westmeath, the son of Patrick Keena and Mary Martin. Hannah was born in Rathcarrick, County Sligo, the daughter of Patrick Daley and Mary Whelan.
Monica’s paternal grandmother was Doris Eleanora Eastlund (the daughter of Frederick Arthur Eastlund and Lily Heckman). Doris was born in New Jersey. Frederick was born in Minnesota, to Swedish parents, Sven Erick Eastlund and Emma Johnson. Lily was the daughter of William Heckman and Eleanora Walgamuth.
Monica’s maternal grandfather’s surname was O’Malley.