‏Monique Edwards‏

Most recently, Ms. Edwards completed filming episodes of Scandal, Conan and the upcoming feature film Lady Bird, Starring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf; written and directed by Greta Gerwig as well as the ABCS' critically acclaimed drama The Fosters.

Following a 13-year volunteer relationship with the youth-arts organization group Voices in Harmony. Monique traveled to Northern Uganda to work with youth in war-torn areas. That work was chronicled in the award-winning documentary After Kony: Staging Hope. Subsequently, Ms. Edwards traveled to Washington D.C. with Resolve Uganda to lobby on behalf of peace in Northern Uganda.

Earlier in her career, Monique worked on many acclaimed shows such as How I Met your Mother, Rizzoli & Isles and The Social Network. She became more generally known, though, by her recurring roles as Nurse Laurel Canyon on the critically acclaimed Chicago Hope and as Teena Davis in Steven Bochco's Philly.

In 2014, Ms. Edwards had the west coast debut of her acclaimed cabaret show Swallow The Moon at the legendary Gardenia Room in Los Angeles.

Her stage credits include If All the Sky Were Paper with Annette Bening, Gary Cole, Common, Laura Dern, Jason Hall Brad Hall and Dan Lauria, which was performed at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles (Additional performances were held at the Kennedy Center & the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA.), My Child: Mothers of War with Frances Fisher, Laura Ceron, Melina Kanakaredes, Mimi Rogers, Jean Smart; the award winning Adam and Eva Maria and The Emerald Society. She received a nomination for Best Actress from the ADA for her work in the latter.