Mircea Monroe
Mircea Monroe (born March 11, 1982) is an American model and actress, known for her roles on the TV series "Episodes" as Morning Randolph (2011–2017), "Hart of Dixie" as Tansy Truitt (2011–2015), "Impastor" as Alexa Cummings (2015–2016) and "Sing It!" as Stacey Needles (2016). She has also performed in films including "Cellular" (2004), "House of the Dead 2" (2005), "Just Friends" (2005), "The Change-Up" (2011) and "Magic Mike" (2012). Life and career. Monroe was born in St. Louis, Missouri. According to Monroe, her first name Mircea, given to boys in Romania, was chosen by her father as  an homage to his favorite professor, Mircea Eliade, with whom he studied History of the Religions at the University of Chicago. She lives with her long-term partner, Stephen Merchant, in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles. Her first professional acting job was in the New Line film, "Cellular". Since then, Monroe has appeared in various films, and pilots for The WB and Fox, starred in the Fox show "Drive", and guest starred on TV shows, including "Freddie", "Scrubs", and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip". Monroe appeared in the starring role of the film "The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked  Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It", playing Sarah Marshall. She also appeared as Veronique in the horror film "The Black Waters of Echo's Pond". Monroe was featured in the September 2004 issue of "Maxim" and on the cover of "Yoga" magazine's August 2014 issue. She had a regular role on the Showtime series "Episodes".