Maika Monroe

Biography

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). 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Maika Monroe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Reminders of Him

It Follows

Longlegs

Eleventh Hour

Independence Day: Resurgence

The 5th Wave

The Guest

All Movies (41)

• Victorian Psycho2026 · as Winifred Notty
• Reminders of Him2026 · as Kenna Rowan
• Resident Evil Requiem: Evil Has Always Had a Name2026 · as Jay (uncredited)
• In Cold Light2026 · as Ava
• 100 Nights of Hero2025 · as Cherry
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle2025 · as Polly Murphy
• Longlegs2024 · as Agent Lee Harker
• God Is a Bullet2023 · as Case
• Significant Other2022 · as Ruth
• Watcher2022 · as Julia
• Flashback2021 · as Cindy Williams
• Brothers by Blood2021 · as Grace
• Honey Boy2019 · as Sandra
• Villains2019 · as Jules
• How to Be Alone2019 · as Lucy
• Greta2019 · as Erica Penn
• After Everything2018 · as Mia
• Hot Summer Nights2018 · as McKayla Strawberry
• Tau2018 · as Julia
• The Scent of Rain & Lightning2018 · as Jody Linder
• The Tribes of Palos Verdes2017 · as Medina
• I'm Not Here2017 · as Karen
• Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House2017 · as Joan Felt
• Bokeh2017 · as Jenai
• Independence Day: Resurgence2016 · as Patricia Whitmore
• Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'2016 · as Self
• The 5th Wave2016 · as Marika "Ringer" Kimura
• Burned2015 · as Lila
• Echoes of War2015 · as Abigail Riley
• It Follows2015 · as Jay Height
• The Guest2014 · as Anna Peterson
• Labor Day2013 · as Mandy
• The Bling Ring2013 · as Beach Girl
• Synthesizers2013 · as Woodson's Girl
• Flying Monkeys2013 · as Joan
• Bad Blood... the Hunger2012 · as Maika Lathrop
• At Any Price2012 · as Cadence Farrow
• The Darkness Is Close Behind2011 · as Amy Southern
• They Follow— · as Jay Height
• Place to Be— · as Heidi
• Vegas: A Love Story— · as Dillon

All TV Shows (3)

• The Stranger2020 · as Clare
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Eleventh Hour2008 · as Maya Wynne