---
name: "Maika Monroe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maika-monroe"
fi1m_id: "maika-monroe"
imdb_id: "nm2140860"
tmdb_id: 1094091
wikidata_id: "Q16235655"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 May 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-14T04:23:22.621475+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Maika Monroe

## Identity

Maika Monroe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maika-monroe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maika-monroe
- **IMDb ID:** nm2140860
- **TMDB ID:** 1094091
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16235655
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maika_Monroe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16235655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2140860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1094091

Actor. Born 29 May 1993 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 May 1993, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Maika Buckley, Dillon Monroe Buckley, Dillon Buckley
- **Frequently works with:** [Dan Kagan](https://film.one/person/dan-kagan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 69 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 4 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Mystery 3, Horror 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $243m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maika_Monroe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16235655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2140860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1094091

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*It Follows*](https://film.one/film/it-follows.md) (84), [*Reminders of Him*](https://film.one/film/reminders-of-him.md) (49)
- **AMC+:** [*The Guest*](https://film.one/film/the-guest.md) (77)
- **Disney+:** [*Longlegs*](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Maika Monroe

> Maika Monroe makes fear legible in a guarded posture or a low voice, without making the frightened person seem foolish. We rate her most highly when horror gives that person someone to care about.

In *Longlegs* (2024), Maika Monroe holds her arms close and speaks barely above a murmur. Her Agent Lee Harker seems to have learnt to take up as little space as possible, even while investigating horrors that demand her attention. Monroe is good at letting fear alter the way a person occupies a room. We value that restraint, especially when the writing lets us see whom the frightened person might trust.

Her breakthrough films, Adam Wingard’s *The Guest* (2014) and David Robert Mitchell’s *It Follows* (2015), established her in horror and thrillers. Subsequent work has not been confined to those genres, though Chloe Okuno’s *Watcher* (2022) continued the run of thrillers before *Longlegs*. The risk is repetition: we want her to have more to do than register the next threat. It is worth looking closely, though, at how differently Jay Height and Harker respond to fear.

Mitchell gets more from her in *It Follows* by giving Jay people who care about her. As Jay, pursued after a sexual encounter, Monroe conveys distress without suggesting that the young woman is foolish or merely waiting for the next scare. We were moved by the tenderness between Jay and Keir Gilchrist’s Paul; their care for each other gives us a reason to dread something happening to them. Mitchell lets the young people help one another, and Monroe makes that help matter. The hazy rules occasionally weaken the suspense, but our concern for Jay survives them.

In Osgood Perkins’ *Longlegs*, Harker is harder to approach, and Monroe makes that reserve feel different from Jay’s more open distress. Andres Arochi’s boxed-in frames suit a performance that allows so little physical ease. Monroe helps hold our attention through a horror film worth seeing with reservations, though she cannot prevent its explanations from draining the fear. Start with *It Follows*, and give the scenes between Jay and Paul as much attention as the approaching danger.

## Biography

Maika Monroe is an American actress. Born Dillon Monroe Buckley on 29 May 1993 in Santa Barbara, California, she initially trained as a professional kiteboarder before moving into acting.

She made her film debut in *At Any Price* (2012) and achieved breakthrough recognition with leading roles in the thriller *The Guest* and the horror film *It Follows* (both 2014). Monroe has since appeared in further thrillers and horror films including *Greta* (2019), *Watcher* (2022) and *Longlegs* (2024), in which she played FBI agent Lee Harker. She has also featured in action films such as *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Reminders of Him* (2026), Fi1m 49, as Kenna Rowan — [page](https://film.one/film/reminders-of-him.md)
- *Longlegs* (2024), Fi1m 72, as Agent Lee Harker — [page](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md)
- *It Follows* (2015), Fi1m 84, as Jay Height — [page](https://film.one/film/it-follows.md)
- *The Guest* (2014), Fi1m 77, as Anna Peterson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-guest.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Victorian Psycho* (2026), as Winifred Notty — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/victorian-psycho.md)
- *Reminders of Him* (2026), as Kenna Rowan — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/reminders-of-him.md)
- *Evil Has Always Had a Name* (2026), as Jay (uncredited)
- *In Cold Light* (2026), as Ava
- *100 Nights of Hero* (2025), as Cherry
- *The Hand That Rocks the Cradle* (2025), as Polly Murphy
- *The Yellow* (2024), Director
- *Longlegs* (2024), as Agent Lee Harker — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md)
- *God Is a Bullet* (2023), as Case Hardin
- *Significant Other* (2022), as Ruth · Executive Producer
- *Watcher* (2022), as Julia
- *Flashback* (2021), as Cindy Williams
- *Brothers by Blood* (2021), as Grace
- *The Stranger* (2020), series, as Clare
- *Honey Boy* (2019), as Sandra
- *Villains* (2019), as Jules
- *How to Be Alone* (2019), as Lucy
- *Greta* (2019), as Erica Penn
- *After Everything* (2018), as Mia
- *Hot Summer Nights* (2018), as McKayla Strawberry
- *Tau* (2018), as Julia · Executive Producer
- *The Scent of Rain & Lightning* (2018), as Jody Linder
- *The Tribes of Palos Verdes* (2017), as Medina
- *I'm Not Here* (2017), as Karen
- *Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House* (2017), as Joan Felt
- *Bokeh* (2017), as Jenai
- *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016), as Patricia Whitmore
- *The 5th Wave* (2016), as Ringer
- *Burned* (2015), as Lila
- *Echoes of War* (2015), as Abigail Riley
- *It Follows* (2015), as Jay Height — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/it-follows.md)
- *The Guest* (2014), as Anna Peterson — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-guest.md)
- *Labor Day* (2013), as Mandy
- *The Bling Ring* (2013), as Beach Girl
- *Synthesizers* (2013), as Woodson's Girl
- *Flying Monkeys* (2013), as Joan
- *Bad Blood... the Hunger* (2012), as Maika Lathrop
- *At Any Price* (2012), as Cadence Farrow
- *The Darkness Is Close Behind* (2011), as Amy Southern
- *Eleventh Hour* (2008), series, as Maya Wynne
- *They Follow*, as Jay Height
- *Vegas: A Love Story*, as Dillon · Producer

## Gallery

- ![Maika Monroe](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-c7c4b5e3bcb1.jpg) Maika Monroe — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Maika_Monroe_June_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maika Monroe at the premiere of Greta, 2018 Toronto Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-07d92ea4a4f5.jpg) Maika Monroe at the premiere of Greta, 2018 Toronto Film Festival. — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Greta_07_%2829809911487%29.jpg/1280px-Greta_07_%2829809911487%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maika Monroe at the premiere of Greta, 2018 Toronto Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-01283e3a70ae.jpg) Maika Monroe at the premiere of Greta, 2018 Toronto Film Festival. — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Greta_07_%2829809911487%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maika Monroe at the premiere of Greta, 2018 Toronto Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-296d92e7f9c3.jpg) Maika Monroe at the premiere of Greta, 2018 Toronto Film Festival. — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Greta_08_%2829809903927%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maika Monroe](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-adfab34b502f.jpg) Maika Monroe — Image via TMDB
- ![Maika Monroe](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-f6fb0c0492ef.jpg) Maika Monroe — Image via TMDB
- ![Maika Monroe](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-219c269b1711.jpg) Maika Monroe — Image via TMDB
- ![インデペンデンス・デイ: リサージェンス ジャパンプレミア ジェフ・ゴールドブラム マイカ・モンロー (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-03623b1e39ea.jpg) インデペンデンス・デイ: リサージェンス ジャパンプレミア ジェフ・ゴールドブラム マイカ・モンロー (2016) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Independence_Day-_Resurgence_Japan_Premiere-_Jeff_Goldblum_%26_Maika_Monroe_%2827962893394%29.jpg/1280px-Independence_Day-_Resurgence_Japan_Premiere-_Jeff_Goldblum_%26_Maika_Monroe_%2827962893394%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![インデペンデンス・デイ: リサージェンス ジャパンプレミア ジェフ・ゴールドブラム マイカ・モンロー (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-fe8d2969d012.jpg) インデペンデンス・デイ: リサージェンス ジャパンプレミア ジェフ・ゴールドブラム マイカ・モンロー (2016) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Independence_Day-_Resurgence_Japan_Premiere-_Jeff_Goldblum_%26_Maika_Monroe_%2827962893814%29.jpg/1280px-Independence_Day-_Resurgence_Japan_Premiere-_Jeff_Goldblum_%26_Maika_Monroe_%2827962893814%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maika Monroe](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-6a7658dd12bd.jpg) Maika Monroe — Image via TMDB
- ![Maika Monroe](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-7c895b82f045.jpg) Maika Monroe — Image via TMDB
- ![Maika Monroe](https://film.one/media/person/11239/gallery-53b3011bc44e.jpg) Maika Monroe — Image via TMDB

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