Somerville was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn. She started acting and singing at a young age, appearing in high school plays at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Somerville attended Boston College as a Musical Theater major, and returned home upon completing her education in order to try acting professionally.

In 2004, she dated Zach Braff - an actor noted for his Read more...

Somerville's first acting job was as an extra in the 1996 film City Hall. Her first major role for television was for the lead in the CBS miniseries, Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999), in which she also sang.

Somerville starred in the 2000 series Grosse Pointe, and later played Rachel Hoffman, a colleague of Sandy Cohen, in Season 1 of The O.C. . She had a recurring role Read more...

Somerville was noticed by a modeling scout while waiting tables. At the age of 22, Bonnie moved to Los Angeles at which point she assembled a band and got an agent. Somerville sang backup on Joshua Radin's first record. Her song "Winding Road" was included on the soundtrack for the film Garden State.

Somerville is currently a singer in the group Band from TV with Greg Grunberg, Bob Guiney, Read more...