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Mo'Nique
Film and video career
Mo'Nique has had a number of supporting roles in film. She appears in the 2008 comedy film, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins with Martin Lawrence. She has had roles in Beerfest, 3 Strikes, Two Can Play That Game, Half Past Dead, and Garfield: The Movie, in which she voiced a CGI character but her role was cut from the movie. She also appeared in Soul Plane.
In 2005, Mo'Nique played a significant role in the Tony Scott bounty hunter thriller Domino, co-starring Keira Knightley and Mickey Rourke. In 2006, Mo'Nique was cast as the lead in Phat Girlz, a comedy about an aspiring plus size fashion designer struggling to find love and acceptance. The film was met with lukewarm response from critics and fans. It did earn back its $3 million production cost in its first weekend of release.
She was featured in soul singer Anthony Hamilton's video "Sista Big Bones", the second single from his Ain't Nobody Worryin' album. She plays the role of a beautiful plus sized woman whom Anthony secretly admires because she has always loved herself.
Mo'Nique hosted the 2003 and 2004 BET Awards and appeared as the host again for the 2007 BET Awards. She received positive responses in July 2004 with her opening performance of Beyoncé's famous "Crazy in Love" dance; as well as in 2007 by performing her "Déjà Vu".
Mo'Nique claimed on the January 28, 2008 Oprah Winfrey Show that Martin Lawrence gave her invaluable advice about show business: "He pulled me to the side and he said, 'Listen, don't ever let them tell you what you can't have.' Since that day, I've made some of the best deals I've ever made in my career because it keeps ringing in my head. ... It will stay with me forever."
In 2009, Mo'Nique appeared in the film Precious, directed by Lee Daniels. She won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for her critically acclaimed performance in the film. The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) awarded Mo'Nique with the Best Supporting Actress Award in December of 2009. They also announced that Mo'Nique received the AAFCA's first ever unanimous vote in an acting category. Moreover, she received "Best Supporting Actress" awards from the Stockholm International Film Festival, the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Boston Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Online, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Southeastern Film Critics Association, the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, the Utah Film Critics Association, the Detroit Film Critics Society, the Indiana Film Critics Association, the Online Film Critics Society, the National Society of Film Critics Awards, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and the Critics Choice Awards. Time magazine ranked Mo'Nique's outstanding performance as the "Best Female Performance of 2009," beating performances by Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Carey Mulligan, Julianne Moore and Marion Cotillard. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress along with a Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Independent Spirit Award, and the BAFTA Award
Theatre
Mo'Nique's first play was Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning production of The Vagina Monologues, in March 2002. Mo'Nique, along with Ella Joyce (Roc); Wendy Raquel Robinson (The Steve Harvey Show and The Game) and Vanessa Bell Calloway (What's Love Got to Do with It), were the first all black celebrity cast to perform The Vagina Monologues. Executive produced by YYP & Associates, LLC, the show was produced and directed by noted theater producer/director, Yetta Young.
Books and radio
Mo'Nique is the author of the best-selling book Skinny Women Are Evil: Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded World. She also released a 2006 cookbook called Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted.
Mo'nique was part of the Washington DC WHUR radio show with George Wilborn.
In 2006 she occasionally filled in for afternoon personality Michael Baisden when his contract with ABC Radio was in the process of getting renewed.
In 2008, Radio One inked a deal for her to get her own radio show, Mo'Nique In the Afternoon (or The Mo'Nique Show) which premiered on several Radio One-owned Urban Adult Contemporary-formatted R&B/soul radio stations in July 2008. The show lasted until March 18, 2009 when Mo'Nique decided leave to "further her career in television, film, and comedy."
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
1999–2000 Moesha Nicole "Nikki" Parker TV, 3 episodes
1999–2004 The Parkers Nicole "Nikki" Parker TV, 111 episodes
2000 3 Strikes Dahlia
2001 The Hughleys Nicole "Nikki" Parker TV, 1 episode
Baby Boy Patrice
Two Can Play That Game Diedre
2002 Half Past Dead Twitch's Girl
2003 Good Fences Ruth Crisp Television Movie
2004 The Bernie Mac Show Lynette TV, 1 episode
Soul Plane Jamiqua
Hair Show Peaches
Garfield: The Movie Rat Role was deleted in final cut of the film
2005 Shadowboxer Precious
Domino Lateesha Rodriguez
2006 Farce of the Penguins Vicky Voice
Phat Girlz Jazmin Biltmore
Beerfest Cherry
Rugrats: Tales from the Crib Aunt Moo Voice
Nip/Tuck Evetta Washington TV, 1 episode
2007 Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School Host TV, 13 episodes
The Boondocks Jamiqua (Voice) TV, 1 episode
Ugly Betty L'Amanda TV, 1 episode
2008 Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins Betty
Steppin: The Movie Aunt Carla
2009 Precious Mary Lee Johnston See awards and nominations
The Mo'Nique Show Herself Host
Awards and nominations
Year Award Result Category Series or film
2001 NAACP Image Awards Won Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series The Parkers
2002 Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Two Can Play That Game
Won Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series The Parkers
2003 Won Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series The Parkers
2004 Won Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special Good Fences
Won Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series The Parkers
2005 Won Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series The Parkers
2004 BET Comedy Awards Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Box Office Movie Soul Plane
Won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series The Parkers
2005 Nominated Outstanding Lead Actress in a Theatrical Film Hair Show
2004 Black Reel Awards Won Television: Best Supporting Actress Good Fences
2009 Sundance Film Festival Won Special Jury Prize Precious
NAACP Image Awards Won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Independent Spirit Awards Won Best Supporting Actress
Satellite Awards Won Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Stockholm International Film Festival Won Best Actress
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Won Best Supporting Actress
Detroit Film Critics Society Won Best Supporting Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Won Best Supporting Actress
Boston Society of Film Critics Won Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Online Won Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Won Best Supporting Actress
National Society of Film Critics Won Best Supporting Actress
Broadcast Film Critics Association Won Best Supporting Actress
Screen Actors Guild Award Won Best Supporting Actress
Southeastern Film Critics Association Won Best Supporting Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Won Best Supporting Actress
Toronto Film Critics Association Won Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globe Awards Won Best Supporting Actress
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award Won Best Supporting Actress
London Film Critics' Circle Won Actress of the Year
2010 Academy Awards Won Best Supporting Actress
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