Biography
Sumalee Montano (Thai: สุมาลีรัตน์ มอนทาโน; RTGS: Sumalirat Monthano; born August 3, 1972) is an American actress and voice actress. Born in Columbus, Ohio, she had worked as an investment bank analyst in New York City and Hong Kong before starting her acting career and is also a writer. She has acted in ER, Minority Report, The West Wing, Boston Legal, Bones, Nip/Tuck, Hancock and Commander in Chief. As a voice actress, she has provided the voices of the President in Saints Row IV, Yerema in De...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Casagrandes Movie
2024
as Maria (voice)
On a birthday trip to Mexico, 12-year-old Ronnie Anne accidentally frees a demigod trapped in a mountain and needs her family's help to set things rig...

Commuted
2023
Co-Executive Producer
When Danielle Metz’s triple life sentence was commuted, she got a rare chance to regain the life and family that she’d been dreaming about in prison. ...

Razing Liberty Square
2023
Executive Producer
Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on a ridg...

Black Barbie
2023
Executive Producer
Discover the untold story of the first Black Barbie and the pivotal role three trailblazing women at Mattel had in creating a doll who looked like the...

The Deal
2022
as Tala Bayani
A mother fights to save her ailing daughter after a global pandemic worse than any seen before ravaged the planet, leaving resources so scarce you mus...

The Deal
2022
Writer, Producer
A mother fights to save her ailing daughter after a global pandemic worse than any seen before ravaged the planet, leaving resources so scarce you mus...

Nanny
2022
Executive Producer
Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City, finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and...

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
2022
as Kindra (voice)
Hellbent on taking over Earthrealm, Kano viciously attacks town after town with the aid of three cold-blooded Black Dragon mercenaries. Those who don’...

Riotsville, USA
2022
Executive Producer
An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a moc...

The Resemblance
2022
as Lan
When a grieving couple go to a "rental family" agency to hire an actor to role-play their dead son, they discover that their evening of remembrance is...

Marmaduke
2022
as Amy (voice)
Great Dane Marmaduke epitomizes the overgrown lapdog, with an irascible streak and a penchant for mischief that is tempered with a deep sense of love ...

PAW Patrol: The Movie
2021
as Additional Voices (Voice)
Ryder and the pups are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos.

Wish Dragon
2021
as Granny Neighbor / Cougar / Party Guest (voice)
Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibiliti...

Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
2019
as Emerald Empress (voice)
The Justice League faces a powerful new threat — the Fatal Five! Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman seek answers as the time-traveling trio of Mano, Pe...

Eve
2017
as Gabrielle
Set in a dystopian future, biblical Eve has a dream that changes the trajectory of life as we know it.

10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
as Voice on Radio (voice)
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic at...

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
2015
as Mera (voice)
After the events of Justice League: War, Ocean Master and Black Manta have declared a war against the surface in retaliation of the aftermath of Apoko...

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
2013
as Arcee (voice)
Autobots, Decepticons, Predaking and Predacons form an unlikely alliance to battle a resurrected Unicron.

Superman vs. The Elite
2012
as Newscaster (voice)
The Man of Steel finds himself outshone by a new team of ruthless superheroes who hold his idealism in contempt.
County
2012
as Malea
The lives of a group of young doctors, nurses, and administrators working at an underfunded Los Angeles county hospital.

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011
as Su Wu / Wing Wu / Wan Wu (voice)
Po and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu's greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox, and Master Croc.

Eating Out: All You Can Eat
2009
as Pam
Tiffani attempts to help her geeky but very cute friend Casey find true love - or at least a sexy hunk. Taken under Tiffani’s wing, Casey pretends to ...

Final Approach
2008
as ATF Agent 1
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nigh...

Choose Connor
2007
as Newscaster
Idealistic 15-year-old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in...

Cherish
2002
as Officer Montano
After a martini-induced rampage, a fantasy-prone young woman is placed under house arrest.

Teknolust
2002
as Nelia (uncredited)
Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, a bio-geneticist creates a Recipe for Cyborgs and uses her own DNA in order to bre...