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Monica Dean in Cannes, originally uploaded by gorgeoux.

There was a time when I got really excited with Monica Dean (here, here, and here), a Romanian TV star that proved a good actor, out of the blue, in The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, the Romanian movie amassing 22 awards so far, including Cannes' Un Certain Regard (2005) and BBC Four's World Cinema Award (2007).

I was, in truth, excited with Monica Dean moving to Hollywood, taking acting classes, and making it to the Lost series—mainly due to her looks, I'd guess. But what happened before and after that? She actually debuted in Buds for Life (2004), a comedy rated 8.4 on iMDB that I've yet to see; not bad, it'd seem. After her appearance in Lost, however, she played in no less than five horrendous movies, and only scored a brief role in Nip/Tuck.

It is only these days that I'm getting interested in Monica Dean again, as she's starring in Out of the Night next to Peter O'Toole, among others. The movie is in production, which may mean we'll be seeing it soon, yet there's hardly any detail about it online. Hmm. Anyway, can she act?