Mo'Nique
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Monica Imes (born December 11, 1967) known professionally as Mo'Nique, is an American comedienne and actress. Mo'Nique rose to fame in the UPN series The Parkers while making a name as a stand-up comedian hosting a variety of venues, including Showtime at the Apollo. Mo'Nique transitioned to film with roles in such films as Phat Girlz, and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins.
In 2009, she received critical praise for her villainous role in the film Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire. For this performance, she has won numerous awards including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. She is the sixteenth African American actress to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the fourth to win. Overall, Mo'Nique is the twelfth individual African-American to win an Oscar for acting; and the seventh winner during the decade of the 2000s. She hosts The Mo'Nique Show, a late-night talk show that premiered in 2009 on BET.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 18.521 |
Birthday | 1967-12-11 |
Place of Birth | Woodlawn, Maryland, USA |
Also Known As | Monica Imes, モニーク , モニーク・アイメス, |
2006
Phat Girlz
4.8/56
Two large women struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet the men of their d...
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Phat Girlz
2001
Two Can Play That Game
6.6/76
Corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend Keith, from straying—until he...
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Two Can Play That Game
2009
Precious
7.328/1578
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the se...
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Precious
2004
Soul Plane
5.4/413
Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar...
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Soul Plane
2006
Shadowboxer
5.1/66
Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a...
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Shadowboxer
2005
Domino
5.9/1160
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
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Domino
2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
6/272
When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2001
The Queens of Comedy
6/6
Four of today's hottest black comedians headline this Queens of Comedy video special, a follow-up to Spike Lee's "The Original Kings of Comedy". Adele...
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The Queens of Comedy
2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
8/6
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2000
3 Strikes
5.6/50
Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hook...
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3 Strikes
2007
Mo'nique: I Coulda Been Your Cellmate
5.2/4
Mo'nique visited a women's prison and performed her stand-up comedy for the inmates. I Coulda Been Your Cellmate is as much a documentary as it is a p...
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Mo'nique: I Coulda Been Your Cellmate
2004
Hair Show
5.2/7
Peaches, a hair stylist from Baltimore, and her estranged sister, Angela, the owner of an upscale salon in Beverly Hills, get reacquainted when Peache...
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Hair Show
2015
Bessie
6.349/109
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
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Bessie
2014
Blackbird
5.683/31
Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's th...
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Blackbird
2016
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
3.3/3
Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insigh...
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The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016
Almost Christmas
5.9/348
Walter Meyer is a retired mechanic who lost the love of his life one year earlier. Now that the holiday season is here, he invites daughters Rachel an...
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Almost Christmas
2001
Baby Boy
7.183/289
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitment...
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Baby Boy
2006
Irish Jam
5.7/20
Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest w...
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Irish Jam
2007
Farce of the Penguins
4/44
In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best frien...
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Farce of the Penguins
2004
The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 1
0/0
Comedian/actress Mo'Nique hosts this 2004 comedy show with the outrageously funny Rodney Perry as her co-host. The all-star lineup features Esau, Doug...
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The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 1
2003
Good Fences
6/19
Set in the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "the colored man's losing streak." When his winning of a high-...
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Good Fences
2003
Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith
5.7/3
A dream team of sports celebrities and comedians join megastars Shaquille ONeal and Jamie Foxx to roast NFL superstar, Emmitt Smith, at the world fam...
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Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith
2016
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
0/0
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image footage featuring African-American actors and singers f...
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Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2006
Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk
5.4/9
Aunt Moo, a kindly old cow, and her Children (The Rugrats) are given a bag of magical beans by a mysterious stranger. This stranger (Susie) turns out...
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Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk
2010
All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Dallas
0/0
Academy Award winner and one of the Original Queens of Comedy, Mo'Nique rules the stage as host of the 3rd installment in Shaquille O'Neal's All Star...
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All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Dallas
2002
Half Past Dead
5.2/337
A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot in...
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Half Past Dead
2002
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
7/1
The Shaquille O'Neal Celebrity Roast is a unique urban comedy special that combines the world of sports and entertainment. In an unconventional format...
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Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
2020
Mo'Nique & Friends: Live from Atlanta
0/0
Comedy legend Mo'Nique hosts an amazing night of comedy featuring her friends, who also happen to be amazing comedians. Starring Prince T-Dub, Just Ne...
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Mo'Nique & Friends: Live from Atlanta
2009
Steppin : The Movie
4.179/14
Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. At this university, the Geeks run the campus and the greatest Steppers are king of the...
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Steppin : The Movie
2024
The Deliverance
0/0
A mother whose children became demonically possessed in a thriller inspired by an actual case.
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The Deliverance
2005
The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 2
0/0
This laugh-packed second installment of "The Big Black Comedy Show" is hosted by Mo'Nique, along with co-host Rodney Perry, and features a talented li...
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The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 2
2023
The Reading
7.7/28
After a deadly home invasion, Emma (Mo'Nique Hicks) copes by writing a book, but when a young psychic and her team perform a reading in her home, a ne...
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The Reading
2004
Mo'Nique: One Night Stand
10/1
Mo'Nique is a shining star that gets brighter as she continues to illuminate the world of entertainment. UPN sitcom star, stand- up comedienne, author...
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Mo'Nique: One Night Stand
2006
Beerfest
5.856/526
During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing...
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Beerfest
2023
My Name Is Mo'Nique
4.2/5
You think you know Mo'Nique? From staring down a racist teacher to her grandmother's sex warning, she spills all in this stand-up comedy special.
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My Name Is Mo'Nique
2021
Sleuth
0/0
After his daughters untimely kidnapping, a distraught detective must reunite with his estranged partner to catch the most notorious serial killer of t...
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