Illustrated portrait of Monica BarbaroFLM.RED

MONICA
BARBARO

โมนิกา บาร์บาโร

From the flight deck to folk music

The American actor has moved between action films, television and musical biography.

Different skills for different roles

Monica Barbaro is an American actor born in San Francisco and raised in Mill Valley, California. Before acting, she trained in dance.

In Top Gun: Maverick, Barbaro played naval aviator Natasha “Phoenix” Trace, one of the pilots selected for a demanding mission. The role introduced her to a broad international audience.

She later appeared in the action-comedy television series FUBAR, continuing to work in both television and film.

For A Complete Unknown, Barbaro portrayed singer Joan Baez. The performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for supporting actress and brought music into a different kind of screen role.

The films below are those currently available on FLM.RED, not a complete list of her work.

Selected work

2022

Top Gun: Maverick

Natasha “Phoenix” Trace

2023

FUBAR

Emma Brunner

2024

A Complete Unknown

Joan Baez

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.