Mo'Nique

Mo'Nique ( born December 11, 1967 in Woodlawn, Maryland; native Monique Imes ) is an American actress and Academy Award winner.

Life and achievements

Mo'Nique made ​​her debut as an actress in the television series The Parkers in which they occurred in the years 1999 to 2004. For this role, the Afro-American in the years 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005 received the Image Award in the category Best Serial Actress - Comedy; In 2003 she was nominated for the same price. In 2004 she was nominated for the BET Comedy Award. In the comedy The 10 rules of love from the year 2001, she starred with Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut and Gabrielle Union is one of the major roles for which she was nominated in 2002 for another Image Award. A nomination for this award in 2003 brought her her role in the television comedy Good Fences (2003 ), in which she appeared alongside Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg; in 2004 she received for this role to the Black Reel Award.

Your role in the comedy Soul Plane (2004) brought Mo'Nique in 2004, the second nomination for BET Comedy Award; another, she received a year later for the lead role in the comedy Hair Show ( 2004). A major role she played in the comedy Phat Girlz (2006). In the comedy Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) she appeared alongside Martin Lawrence.

The high point in her career turned out in 2009 with Lee Daniels ' drama Precious - Life is precious one, with whom she had collaborated on Shadow Boxer in 2005. In the film adaptation based on the novel Push the African-American author Sapphire Mo'Nique took the supporting role of an unemployed mother, her overweight daughter (played by Gabourey Sidibe ) exposes psychological and physical violence. The part of Mary earned her numerous awards, including the Awards of Film Critics Associations of Los Angeles and New York, the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Mo'Nique designed in the years 2000 to 2002 clothing. She married in 1997, Mark Jackson, with whom she had a child together, and from which she was now divorced. In 2006, she married actor Sidney Hicks, with whom she has two children.

Filmography (selection)

Awards (selection)

  • 2010: British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in Precious
  • 2010: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in Precious
  • 2010: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Precious
  • 2010: NAACP Image Award in the category: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Precious
  • 2010: Screen Actors Guild Award in the category: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Precious
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