Monica Kimball is an author who is formerly Andrew Meyer's girlfriend. She is portrayed by Lauren Bowles.
Season 5[]
Monica makes her first appearance in Mother, supporting Catherine while Mee-Maw is in the hospital. She is sort of a mother figure for Catherine, in a way. Catherine calls her "Moni", knowing it sounds like "Mommy". She appears again in Camp David.
Her book, Chesapeake Christmas, appears in C**Tgate when Selina breaks up with Charlie Baird. This book reveals her last name.
Season 6[]
Following Andrew's reconciliation and subsequent break-up with Selina, Monica appears again in Groundbreaking, having reconcliled with Andrew.
Season 7[]
After Andrew's "death" in Super Tuesday, it's unlikely that Monica would still be with him.
Trivia[]
-Andrew was originally going to propose to Monica in Camp David, but the storyline was scrapped.
-According to the DVD commentary of C**Tgate, Monica's last name was going to be Gellar, a direct reference to the Friends character of the same name.
-Monica's last name Kimball is the last name of writer Billy Kimball, who wrote the episodes Congressional Ball and Georgia.