Maika Monroe

Actor

Maika Monroe (born Dillon Monroe Buckley; born May 29, 1993) is an American actress. She made her film debut with the drama At Any Price (2012) and led the thriller film The Guest and the horror film It Follows (both 2014), which established her as a scream queen. She starred in the thrillers Greta (2018) and Watcher (2022), as well as the horror film Longlegs (2024).

In addition to her horror and thriller roles, Monroe appears in the action film Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), the neo-noir Hot Summer Nights (2017), the black comedy Villains (2019), and the action film God Is a Bullet (2023).

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Known For

It Follows Not in library

It Follows

2015

Independence Day: Resurgence Not in library

Independence Day: Resurgence

2016

The 5th Wave Not in library

The 5th Wave

2016

The Bling Ring Not in library

The Bling Ring

2013

Longlegs Not in library

Longlegs

2024

The Guest Not in library

The Guest

2014

Greta Not in library

Greta

2019

Tau Not in library

Tau

2018

Labor Day Not in library

Labor Day

2013

Watcher Not in library

Watcher

2022

Acting

2026 In Cold Light as Ava
2026 Reminders of Him as Kenna Rowan In Library
2026 Victorian Psycho as Winifred Nottey
2026 Resident Evil Requiem: Evil Has Always Had a Name as Jay (uncredited)
2025 100 Nights of Hero as Cherry
2025 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Polly Murphy
2024 Longlegs as Agent Lee Harker
2023 God Is a Bullet as Case
2022 Significant Other as Ruth
2022 Watcher as Julia
2021 Brothers by Blood as Grace
2020 Flashback as Cindy Williams
2020 The Stranger as Clare (13 episodes)
2019 Greta as Erica Penn
2019 Villains as Jules
2019 How to Be Alone as Lucy
2019 Honey Boy as Sandra
2018 Hot Summer Nights as McKayla Strawberry
2018 The Scent of Rain & Lightning as Jody Linder
2018 Tau as Julia
2018 After Everything as Mia
2017 Bokeh as Jenai
2017 The Tribes of Palos Verdes as Medina
2017 Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House as Joan Felt
2017 I'm Not Here as Karen
2016 The 5th Wave as Marika "Ringer" Kimura
2016 Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' as Self
2016 Independence Day: Resurgence as Patricia Whitmore
2015 It Follows as Jay Height
2015 Echoes of War as Abigail Riley
2015 Burned as Lila
2014 The Guest as Anna Peterson
2013 Labor Day as Mandy
2013 Flying Monkeys as Joan
2013 The Bling Ring as Beach Girl
2013 Synthesizers as Woodson's Girl
2012 At Any Price as Cadence Farrow
2012 Bad Blood... the Hunger as Maika Lathrop
2011 The Darkness Is Close Behind as Amy Southern
2008 Eleventh Hour as Maya Wynne (1 episode)
— They Follow as Jay Height
— Place To Be as Heidi
— Vegas: A Love Story as Dillon
— Blood Covenant

Directing

2024 The Yellow Director

Production

2022 Significant Other Executive Producer
2018 Tau Executive Producer
— Vegas: A Love Story Producer