She had 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!

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).

Since then, Monroe has appeared in various films, and pilots for The WB and Fox, starred in the Fox show Drive,[6] and guest starred on TV shows, including Freddie, Scrubs, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

She says her father chose the name to honor his favorite professor, Mircea Eliade, with whom he studied History of the Religions at the University of Chicago.

[11] In December 2018, Monroe began dating English comedian and actor Stephen Merchant.