Mona Sax

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Mona Sax
Max Payne character
Mona Sax as depicted in Max Payne 2
First game	Max Payne (2001)
Created by	Sam Lake
Voiced by	Julia Murney (Max Payne) Wendy Hoopes (Max Payne 2 and Max Payne 3)
Motion capture	Carol Kiriakos (Max Payne) Kathy Tong (Max Payne 2)
Portrayed by	Mila Kunis

Mona Sax is a character in the neo-noir media franchise Max Payne, where she represents the femme fatale archetype. Mona is a mysterious contract killer in a dangerous relationship with the series' titular protagonist, the policeman-turned-vigilante Max Payne. The character was portrayed by Kathy Tong and voiced by Julia Murney and Wendy Hoopes in the video games, and was played by Mila Kunis in the film adaptation.

Mona appears in the first two games in the series, Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. She is the second player character in Max Payne 2 after Max, and her tragic love story with Max is the center of the game's storyline. Mona also appears as a major character in the 2008 film Max Payne and makes a cameo appearance in the multiplayer mode of Max Payne 3. The games' version of the character was perceived highly positively by gaming community and mass media, but her portrayal in the movie received largely negative reviews.