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Mo'Nique

Mo'Nique

Highest Rated: 92% Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (2009)

Lowest Rated: 0% 3 Strikes (2000)

Birthday: Dec 11, 1967

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

One of the best-loved female comedians of the new millennium and a role model for plus-sized women everywhere, Mo'Nique's comic talent carried her from the comedy club stage to television, film and beyond. Mo'Nique was already a local hero in her native Baltimore and a seasoned stand-up comedienne known for her down-home truth when she achieved every comic's dream - to star in her own sitcom. "The Parkers" (UPN, 1999-2004) jettisoned Mo'Nique to national fame, while her continuing work on stage - highlighted in "The Queens of Comedy" (2002) - established her as an inspiring "everywoman" who encouraged her audiences to be confident and proud, no matter their size or situation. In addition to a growing film career in comedies like "Two Can Play that Game" (2001) and "Soul Plane" (2004), as well as an increasing demand for her to host everything from the BET Awards to her own late night talk show, Mo'Nique received surprisingly glowing reviews for her award-winning work in the drama, "Precious" (2009). It seemed no matter the genre or the medium, Monique's hilariously mouthy persona cut through racial divides as she maintained a commitment to encouraging women through humor.

Highest rated movies

92% Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
91% Bessie
49% Almost Christmas
45% Blackbird
40% Beerfest
40% Two Can Play That Game 23% Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
21% Phat Girlz

Photos

The Mortified Sessions, David Nadelberg (L), Mo'Nique (R), 12/05/2011, ©SC ALMOST CHRISTMAS, Mo'Nique, 2016. ph: Quantrell D. Colbert/©Universal Pictures The Mortified Sessions, David Nadelberg (L), Mo'Nique (R), 12/05/2011, ©SC ALMOST CHRISTMAS, l-r: Mo'Nique, D.C. Young Fly, 2016. ph: Quantrell D. Colbert/©Universal Pictures DOMINO, Delroy Lindo, Joe Nunez, Mo'Nique, 2005, (c) New Line PRECIOUS, (aka PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE, aka PUSH: BASED ON THE NOVEL BY SAPPHIRE), Mo'Nique, 2009. ©Lions Gate PRECIOUS, (aka PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE, aka PUSH: BASED ON THE NOVEL BY SAPPHIRE), from left: Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe, Mo'Nique, 2009. ©Lions Gate PRECIOUS, (aka PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE, aka PUSH: BASED ON THE NOVEL BY SAPPHIRE), Mo'Nique, 2009. Ph: Anne Marie Fox/©Lions Gate ALMOST CHRISTMAS, l-r: Danny Glover, Mo'Nique, 2016. ph: Quantrell D. Colbert/©Universal Pictures ALMOST CHRISTMAS, Mo'Nique, 2016. ph: Quantrell D. Colbert/©Universal Pictures Bessie, Queen Latifah (L), Mo'Nique (R), 05/16/2015, ©HBO Bessie, Mo'Nique, 05/16/2015, ©HBO Bessie, Mo'Nique, 05/16/2015, ©HBOMR Bessie, Mo'Nique, 05/16/2015, ©HBOMR HAIR SHOW, Mo'Nique, 2004, (c) New Line HAIR SHOW, Gina Torres, Mo'Nique, 2004, (c) New Line HAIR SHOW, Mo'Nique, 2004, (c) New Line HAIR SHOW, Mo'Nique, 2004, (c) New Line Martin Lawrence and Monique 'Mo 'Nique' Imes in "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins" Joy Bryant, Martin Lawrence, Monique 'Mo'Nique' Imes, Nicole Ari Parker and Cedric The Entertainer in "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins"
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 54% My Name Is Mo'Nique Self,
Screenwriter 		- 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Reading Emma Leeden (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Interwoven Barbara (Character) - 2016
49% 64% Almost Christmas Aunt May (Character) $42.0M 2016
91% 68% Bessie Ma Rainey (Character) - 2015
45% 56% Blackbird Claire Rousseau (Character) $75.0K 2014
No Score Yet 43% Steppin: The Movie Aunt Carla (Character) - 2009
92% 78% Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Mary (Character) $47.5M 2009
23% 63% Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Betty (Character) $42.2M 2008
40% 75% Beerfest Cherry (Character) $19.2M 2006
21% 65% Phat Girlz Jazmin Biltmore (Character),
Executive Producer 		$7.1M 2006
No Score Yet 75% Mo'Nique - I Coulda Been Your Cellmate! Unknown (Character) - 2006
17% 38% Shadowboxer Precious (Character) $370.6K 2005
18% 56% Domino Lateesha Rodriguez (Character) $10.1M 2005
17% 69% Hair Show Peaches (Character) $303.0K 2004
18% 51% Soul Plane Jamiqua (Character) $13.9M 2004
No Score Yet 59% Good Fences Ruth Crisp (Character) - 2003
3% 37% Half Past Dead Twitch's Girl (Character) $15.4M 2002
40% 83% Two Can Play That Game Diedre (Character) $22.2M 2001
No Score Yet 86% The Queens of Comedy Unknown (Character) - 2001
0% 67% 3 Strikes Dahlia (Character) $9.8M 2000

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The History of Comedy Self 2018
No Score Yet 7% The View Guest 2015 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Long Island Medium Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2015-2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2015-2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2015-2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mo'Nique Show Host 2009-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Family Feud Contestant 2008
97% 83% Ugly Betty L'Amanda (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Game Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School Host 2007
74% 82% Nip/Tuck Evetta Washington (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girlfriends Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Parkers Nicole "Nikki" Parker (Character) 1999-2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bernie Mac Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 39% The Proud Family Boonnetta (Guest Voice) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hughleys Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moesha Unknown (Guest Star) 1999-2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam Unknown (Character) 1994