Talking about Oprah Winfrey. Poppy: She's a wonderful role model.
Poppy: When it comes to guys, make sure you are treated like a princess, always.
Poppy Montgomery: To me, they sound like porn star names. I'm like, 'Good God, Poppy Petal?' (Poppy Montgomery, on her real name)
Poppy Montgomery: When I told my mother I got the part of Marilyn Monroe, she didn't even bat an eyelash. She said, 'Well, you've been rehearsing for it your whole life.'
Poppy once lost out on a role because the casting people thought her real Australian accent sounded fake.
Poppy has a tattoo of the initials of her current boyfriend, Adam Kaufman, on her wrist.
Poppy's mother, Nicola, is in marketing and her father, Phil, is a restaurateur.
Poppy’s step-sister is Claire Mitchell-Taverner, a former Australian Hockeyroo's player.
Poppy says that her mother is a huge fan of Ellen Degeneres.
Poppy was praised by some critics for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the 2001 made for television movie Blonde.
At the Sundance Movie Festival, Poppy purchased a custom Nintendo DS for $2,500.
Poppy was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for ' Without a Trace' (2004).
Poppy stopped working out and doing yoga in order to to gain about 12 pounds for the role to obtain the lush figure of Marilyn Monroe. For her role in 'Blonde'.
Was taunted at school with names such as Sloppy Poppy, Poopy Poppy and Floppy Poppy.
Her Acting Inspirations include: Audrey Hepburn, Gillian Armstrong, Jack Nicholson, Juliet Binoche, Katharine Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Molly Ringwald
Was the cover girl for the May 2005 issue of the magazine Stuff, an issue that labeled Poppy as TV's Hottest Cop.
Poppy is 5' 5" (1.65 m) tall.
Poppy convinced Julia Roberts' agent to take her even though he told her he didn't work with unknowns.
She said in ''InStyle Magazine'' that she loves wearing Cosabella thong underwear.
Poppy was thrown out of six private schools, for such things as eating with her elbows on the table and wearing the wrong underwear.
Although she is an Australian native, she did not succeed at an audition to play an Aussie because the casting people felt she had the worst Australian accent they had ever heard.
Poppy's full real name is "Poppy Petal Ema Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue"
Poppy is the fifth of ten children.
Poppy and most of her sisters and are named after flowers. Their names are Rosie Thorn, Daisy Yellow, Lily Belle and Marigold Sun, and Poppy Petal.
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