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🎬 Filmography

Screen catalogue →

The Deliverance

2024 · as Cynthia Henry

Almost Christmas

2016 · as Aunt May

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

2009 · as Mary

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

2008 · as Betty

Phat Girlz

2006 · as Jazmin Biltmore

Domino

2005 · as Lateesha Rodriguez

Soul Plane

2004 · as Jamiqua

Baby Boy

2001 · as Patrice

The Parkers

1999 · as Nikki Parker

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Overview

Monique Angela Hicks (née Imes; born December 11, 1967), known mononymously as Mo'Nique, is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. Mo'Nique first gained recognition for her work in stand-up comedy, debuting as a member of The Queens of Comedy. In 2002, she received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album. She began her transition into mainstream film and television having a starring role as Nicole "Nikki" Parker in the UPN series The Parkers (1999–2004), as well as appearing in Phat Girlz (2006) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008). In 2009, Mo'Nique garnered critical acclaim for her performance in the film Precious, for which she won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the fourth African-American woman to win the award. She has since hosted The Mo'Nique Show (2009–2011), and starred as Ma Rainey in the HBO biopic Bessie (2015) earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Early life Mo'Nique was born on December 11, 1967, in Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, the daughter of engineer Alice Imes and drug counselor Steven Imes Jr. She is the youngest of four children. Mo'Nique graduated from Milford Mill High School in Baltimore County in 1985 and attended Morgan State University. She is a 1987 graduate of the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland.

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Notable 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.”
— Mo'Nique speak on her Apollo performance in 2017.
“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.”
— Mo'Nique in an interview with vulture in 2018.
“Inequality is devastating and it's extreme.”
— Mo'Nique responded to steve harvey in an interview in 2019.
“And stop hiding behind what you call is negative comments…what people are beginning to do is see you for who you are.”
— Mo'Nique speak about oprah in an interview with comedy hype in 2019.
“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.”
— Mo'Nique in a heated argument with charlamagne on black community in 2020.
“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.”
— Mo'Nique advice black female comedians in 2020.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Monique Angela Hicks (née Imes; born December 11, 1967), known mononymously as Mo'Nique, is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award.

Overview

Monique Angela Hicks (née Imes; born December 11, 1967), known mononymously as Mo'Nique, is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. Mo'Nique first gained recognition for her work in stand-up comedy, debuting as a member of The Queens of Comedy. In 2002, she received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album. She began her transition into mainstream film and television having a starring role as Nicole "Nikki" Parker in the UPN series The Parkers (1999–2004), as well as appearing in Phat Girlz (2006) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008). In 2009, Mo'Nique garnered critical acclaim for her performance in the film Precious, for which she won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the fourth African-American woman to win the award. She has since hosted The Mo'Nique Show (2009–2011), and starred as Ma Rainey in the HBO biopic Bessie (2015) earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Early life Mo'Nique was born on December 11, 1967, in Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, the daughter of engineer Alice Imes and drug counselor Steven Imes Jr. She is the youngest of four children. Mo'Nique graduated from Milford Mill High School in Baltimore County in 1985 and attended Morgan State University. She is a 1987 graduate of the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Mo'Nique across IJR

Studio characters

Mo'NiqueThe late-night sketch version — live in your chat.

Ask Genius about Mo'Nique Create in Studio Build a game Watch videos

🎬 Filmography

Screen catalogue →

The Deliverance

2024 · as Cynthia Henry

Almost Christmas

2016 · as Aunt May

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

2009 · as Mary

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

2008 · as Betty

Phat Girlz

2006 · as Jazmin Biltmore

Domino

2005 · as Lateesha Rodriguez

Soul Plane

2004 · as Jamiqua

Baby Boy

2001 · as Patrice

The Parkers

1999 · as Nikki Parker

Notable 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.”
— Mo'Nique speak on her Apollo performance in 2017.
“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.”
— Mo'Nique in an interview with vulture in 2018.
“Inequality is devastating and it's extreme.”
— Mo'Nique responded to steve harvey in an interview in 2019.
“And stop hiding behind what you call is negative comments…what people are beginning to do is see you for who you are.”
— Mo'Nique speak about oprah in an interview with comedy hype in 2019.
“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.”
— Mo'Nique in a heated argument with charlamagne on black community in 2020.
“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.”
— Mo'Nique advice black female comedians in 2020.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.