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Mo'Nique

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Mo'Nique

Born December 11, 1967 in Woodlawn, Maryland, USA24 films

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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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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire posterFirst watchPrecious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire20097.3as MaryIn Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Domino poster5.9Domino2005Baby Boy poster7.1Baby Boy2001The Deliverance poster6.0The Deliverance2024Beerfest poster5.8Beerfest2006Almost Christmas poster6.0Almost Christmas2016Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins poster6.0Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins2008Soul Plane poster5.5Soul Plane2004Bessie poster6.4Bessie2015

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 2024The DeliveranceCynthia Henry
  2. 2023The ReadingEmma Leeden
  3. 2021SleuthCaptain Edwards
  4. 2016Almost ChristmasAunt May
  5. 2016InterwovenBarbara
  6. 2015BessieMa Rainey
  7. 2014BlackbirdClaire Rousseau
  8. 2009Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by SapphireMary
  9. 2009Steppin: The MovieAunt Carla
  10. 2008Welcome Home Roscoe JenkinsBetty
  11. 2006BeerfestCherry
  12. 2006Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A BeanstalkAunt Moo (voice)
  13. 2006Phat GirlzJazmin Biltmore
  14. 2006Irish JamPyscho
  15. 2005DominoLateesha Rodriguez
  16. 2005ShadowboxerPrecious
  17. 2005The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 2
  18. 2004Hair ShowPeaches
  19. 2004Soul PlaneJamiqua
  20. 2003Good FencesRuth Crisp
  21. 2002Half Past DeadTwitch's Girl
  22. 2001Two Can Play That GameDiedre
  23. 2001Baby BoyPatrice
  24. 20003 StrikesDahlia