HER character's grim death shocked Dawson's Creek fans 25 years ago.
Abby Morgan, played by Monica Keena, 45, became the first character on the teen drama to die when she perished in season two.
The mean girl crashed a wedding with pal Jen Lindley before boozing on a dock close-by.
Disaster struck when Abby bashed her head on a pole causing her to fall into the freezing water and drown.
More than two decades later, the Los Angeles-based actress has barely aged.
Though she hasn't had a high-profile role for a number of years, Monica did act alongside horror legend Robert Englund in 2003's Freddy vs Jason.
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Two years later she starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones in dark comedy Man of the House.
More recently she had a cameo role in Grey's Anatomy that saw her character brutally impaled on a pole after a train crash.
However, her work on 14 episodes of Dawson's Creek in the late 90s remains her best known.
While the hugely popular programme had the potential to elevate to stardom like it did with Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams, Monica followed her heart and decided continuing as a main character on the show wasn't for her.
Show creator Kevin Williamson previously told Variety that he thought Monica was fed up of filming in Wilmington, North Carolina.
He said: "She was, like, begging to be killed off. Unlike the other actors on the show, I think that she wasn't as excited to be there. I loved her and I think she's awesome.
"She was game. I ran into her a couple years later and she loved the experience, she just didn't want to be on the show."
Some viewers felt the character of Abby was given a raw deal and, despite her obvious shortcomings, was misunderstood.
Writing in a fan forum more than two decades after her exit, one person said: "Yes they showed her being a spiteful hostile bully so frequently. She was playing the role of an antagonistic sort. Causing trouble, sort of like Valerie Malone or something.
"But the backlash towards her, before and after her tragic end, was cartoonish. They kind of forget that she was a literal child. We're seeing her at ages 15 and 16 on this show. She had not fully developed an adult brain yet."
Another modern day fan added: "I'm literally on the episode of her death. I think this is probably the worst episode I've seen as a newcomer to Dawson's Creek. They did Abby wrong for killing her off."
Monica once had a troubled relationship with Terminator 2 star Edward Furlong.
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Over the course off the relationship, the actor was arrested numerous times for allegations of domestic violence and Monica once filed a restraining order against him.
However, they were pictured looking happy together as friends as recently as 2023.
