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Mo'Nique
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Monique Angela Hicks (née Imes; born December 11, 1967), known mononymously as '''Mo'Nique', is an American comedian and Academy Award-winning actress. She debuted as a member of The Queens of Comedy and earned recognition as a stand-up comedian. In 2002, she received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. She transitioned to mainstream roles starring in the UPN series The Parkers (1999–2004) and the films Phat Girlz (2006) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins'' (2008).
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Mo'Nique, born Monique Imes on December 11, 1967, in Woodlawn, Maryland, is an American actor, television actor, film actor, and voice actor. She is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. Mo'Nique attended Morgan State University and began her professional work period in 1999. Her acting career has been recognized with the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
In addition to her screen roles, Mo'Nique is identified as an author with works including *Brins d'herbe*, *Skinny cooks can't be trusted*, *Beacon Hills High*, and *Skinny women are evil*. She identifies as non-heterosexual. Her official website is therealmoworldwide.com.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 10 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Firecrawl, Wikiquote, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Brins d'herbe
- Skinny cooks can't be trusted
- Beacon Hills High
- Skinny women are evil
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Woodlawn, Maryland, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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…
Known for
- The Deliverance — Cynthia Henry2024
- Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
- The Reading — Emma Leeden2023
- My Name Is Mo'Nique — Self2023
- Sleuth — Captain Edwards2021
- Mo'Nique & Friends: Live from Atlanta — Self2020
- The 4%: Film's Gender Problem — Self2016
- Almost Christmas — Aunt May2016
- Interwoven — Barbara2016
- Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) — Self (archive footage)2016
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,642
- Total plays
- 6,101
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mo%27Nique">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
- A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing
· 1999 · cited 5,096x
- Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies
· 2014 · cited 4,112x
- PointNet: Deep Learning on Point Sets for 3D Classification and Segmentation
· 2017 · cited 3,710x
- Experimental Realization of a Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator, Bi
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· 2009 · cited 3,413x
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Quotes
- “There was an energy in that building — of honesty, of truth-telling, of freedom, and that was what that show was, Because it is my journey and my story, where I pick and choose to tell it is totally up to me.”
- “So often times, we do it to ourselves. But, I just can’t. Understand, I love my sister. However, when you know you’re being fed the wrong food, you must say, ‘I can’t chew this, y’all.”
- “Inequality is devastating and it's extreme.”
- “And stop hiding behind what you call is negative comments…what people are beginning to do is see you for who you are.”
- “What you’re saying to the community is, as Black women, you’re devalued. And if you stand up and you make a stand and you say We need equality and we have to say what’s right and what’s fair.”
- “Oftentimes, we get scared because we’re too afraid to lose something, We’re too afraid to lose the mortgage payment...too afraid to lose our stuff, so we’ll just go along to get along. Be unafraid, even if [you have to] stand alone. That’s what has to happen. Because when you look in the mirror, you’ve got to be OK with the one looking back at you.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Person.name
- Mo'Nique
- Person.image
- Mo'Nique attending the 82nd Academy Awards 2010.jpg
- Person.caption
- Mo'Nique at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010
- Person.birth_name
- Monique Angela Imes
- Person.birth_place
- Woodlawn, Maryland, U.S.
- Person.othername
- Myelle Kaye
- Person.years_active
- 1990–present
- Person.works
- Full list
- Person.awards
- Full list
- Person.children
- 3
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Mo'Nique
therealmoworldwide.com →Link to the official site · 3,247 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Monique
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Woodlawn
- Occupation
- stand-up comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.therealmoworldwide.com
- Image
- Mo'Nique SAG Awards (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Mo'Nique
- date of birth
- 1967-12-11
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Monique Imes
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Controversy
- 2009 awards campaign
- 2019 Netflix lawsuit
- Awards and nominations
- Filmography
- Film
- Television
- Specials
- Tours
- Residency show
- References
- External links
Monique Angela Hicks (née Imes; born December 11, 1967), known mononymously as '''Mo'Nique', is an American comedian and Academy Award-winning actress. She debuted as a member of The Queens of Comedy and earned recognition as a stand-up comedian. In 2002, she received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. She transitioned to mainstream roles starring in the UPN series The Parkers (1999–2004) and the films Phat Girlz (2006) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins'' (2008).
Mo'Nique was critically acclaimed for her performance in the film Precious (2009), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the fourth African-American woman to win the award, in addition to accolades at the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. After hosting her talk show ''The Mo'Nique Show (2009–2011), she earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the HBO film Bessie'' (2015) and starred in Lee Daniels' Netflix film The Deliverance (2024).
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