Bridget Moynahan has been revered as a prolific actress in Hollywood. But did you know her parents wanted her to go to business school? Before joining the modeling world, Tom Brady’s ex received multiple co-curricular accolades. She captained the girls’ soccer, basketball, and lacrosse teams in high school.

Moreover, upon graduating from high school in 1989, Moynahan’s parents wanted her to attend business school and enter the corporate world. But she had other plans. Bridget became interested in pursuing modeling and acting. Consequently, Bridget signed with a modeling agency. As a result, she convinced her parents to let her pursue acting and modeling since she had no interest in pursuing academics.

She made appearances in multiple fashion magazines, including Vogue. Further, she has also been featured in television commercials and began studying acting. Moynahan joined the K Michael Patton studio in New York and took acting classes readily.

Bridget Moynahan and the beginning of her illustrious acting career

The much-celebrated actress made her television debut with a guest appearance in 1999 in the show Sex in the City. In addition, she made a reappearance in the show. Consequently, she did her first film, a comedy-drama named Coyote Ugly. Brady’s ex considered this movie to be her breakthrough.

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When she met Tom Brady in 2004, she did her first major production house film with Will Smith. The movie, I Robot, fared well at the box office, putting Bridget on the map. Consequently, she starred in many films and television series going ahead.

Moreover, Moynahan received offers from major studios for her movies Serendipity, John Wick, Sum of All Games, and many more. Conversely, reports of her pregnancy also surfaced after dating the NFL legend Tom Brady. On 22nd August 2007, she gave birth to the broken-up couple’s child, John Edward Thomas Moynahan.

Although it was difficult for the actress to convince her parents, Moynahan embraced the challenges she faced along the way. She lived her life by her means with some of the best movies in her career.

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