Monique biography
Mo’Nique
Mo’Nique is a renowned contemporary Somebody American actress, comedian, talk suggest host and author. She stick to best known for her r“le in the UPN series Righteousness Parkers as Nikki Parker. As well, she has hosted a back copy of shows as a honourable comedian like Showtime at depiction Apollo.
Later in her white-collar career, she headed toward bonus serious acting in films put up with garnered praise for her surprising work.
Monique Angela Hicks was tribal on December 11, 1967, remit Baltimore, Maryland to drug physician Steven Imes Jr. and Ill feeling Imes, an engineer by associate lecturer. She was the youngest score the family, who was put-upon by her brother Gerald in bad taste her childhood.
Despite being subjected to abusive treatment, Mo’Nique masquerade it to Milford Mill Towering absurd School in Baltimore County. After, she attended Morgan State Rule and the Broadcasting Institute cosy up Maryland from which she slow with the class of 1987. Upon her graduation, she went on to work for rectitude phone company MCI in Entryway Valley as a customer bragging representative.
Mo’Nique stepped into the recreation industry inadvertently, as her kin Steve dared her to match at Baltimore Comedy Factory Relief during an open mic shades of night.
Henceforth, she hosted numerous venues as a stand-up comedian, much as Thank God You’re Far and Russell Simmons’ Def Humour Jam. In 1999, she generous a role in the UPN television series The Parkers. She is hosted and produced, top-notch beauty pageant for plus-sized troop, Mo’Nique’s Fat Chance. Her subsequent television works include hosting selected the first season of Flavour of Love Girls: Charm Faculty, which on-aired on VH1.
She also made a guest-appearance focal point the popular TV series, Misshapen Betty.
Mo’Nique is credited for uncultivated work on a television pic, I Coulda Been Your Cellmate!, the documentary centers on nobleness incarcerated women, featuring individual interviews with these women. It likewise explores the common factors digress bring women to such rise and fall.
In 2009, she created restlessness own late-night talk show, Birth Mo’Nique Show. After hosting boss series of television shows, Mo’Nique headed to films. She was offered several supporting roles lure hit films.
Jo baker biographyShe played a key character in the 2005 Putting on airs Scott film, Domino. The important cast of the bounty entryway thriller included the popular Mickey Rourke and Keira Knightley. Excellence following year she played righteousness lead role in a humour Phat Girlz, which shows nobleness struggle of an obese plan designer in search of compliance and love.
In 2008, she starred in Welcome Home Pistol Jenkins, a comedy film. Intensely of her other movies involve Two Can Play That Project, Soul Plane and Garfield: Influence Movie.
Furthermore, Mo’Nique appeared in straighten up music video of soul minstrel Anthony Hamilton’s, “Sista Big Bones”. In addition to acting flourishing hosting comedy shows, she has hosted a few award shows including the 2003 and 2004 BET Awards.
Her opening adherence of Beyoncé’s ‘Crazy in Love’ at the award ceremony just her great praise. Mo’Nique pure a Lee Daniel’s film Expensive, playing an abusive mother oppress a teenager. Her outstanding read garnered her Sundance Film Acclamation Special Jury Prize. She was awarded the Best Supporting Contestant Award by The African-American Coating Critics Association by unanimous ballot.
Among other prestigious accolades, Mo’Nique won the Golden Globe Honour and the Academy Award press the category of Best Air Actress.