Monique Coleman

Adrienne Monique Coleman ( born November 13, 1980 in Orangeburg, South Carolina) is an American actress and singer. She became famous in the movie High School Musical, in which she plays the role of Taylor McKessie.

Career

Monique Coleman was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina and attended Heathwood Hall Episcopal School. Then she attended the Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, where she met her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting made ​​in 2002. From a young age she played theater and would receive smaller advertising contracts and supporting roles on television.

Her first starring role was in the independent film Coleman Mother of the Riverin of which was filmed in Charleston, South Carolina. The film won several awards at film festivals in Chicago. Two years later, Coleman took over the role of Donna in The Ditchdigger 's Daughters, for which she received a nomination for the Young Artist Award in Hollywood. During her second year of high school, she wrote the play Voices from Within, in which she led off the main role also Director. On stage in Chicago, she played among others in Noises Off, Polaroid Stories, The Real Thing and The Colored Museum.

In 2005, she took a starring role as Leesha alongside James Earl Jones in the TV movie The Reading Room. She received the Camie Award for this role and represented the film at the NAACP Image Awards. Also in 2006, she took over the role of Taylor McKessie in High School Musical.

In addition to the filming of High School Musical 2, she took several more moderation orders for the Disney Channel or The View. Followed in 2008 High School Musical The Senior Year.

In 2010 she made ​​a guest appearance in Bones - The Knochenjägerin.

Filmography

Discography

  • Published: August 14, 2007
  • Single releases: " What Time Is It? "
  • "Work This Out "
  • " Everyday"
  • "All For One"
  • Published: October 16, 2007
  • Single releases: " Christmas Vacation "

Awards

  • (1996-1997)
  • Best Performance in a TV MOVIE or FEATURE FILM: Young Ensemble - The Ditchdigger 's Daughters
  • Best Family TV MOVIE / PILOT / MINI -SERIES ( CABLE ) - The Ditchdigger 's Daughters, Family Channel
  • 2006: The Reading Room
  • 2006: Award for Choice TV Show: Comedy / Musical - High School Musical
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