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Mo'Nique
Mo'Nique is an award-winning comedienne whose career began 16 years ago in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland when she took to the stage for the first time on a dare from her brother and received a standing ovation. Encouraged by the overwhelming response, she began pursuing comedy professionally. From there, she gained visibility and immense popularity with performances on "Showtime at the Apollo," HBO's "Def Comedy Jam," "Apollo Comedy Hour," HBO's "Snaps," BET's "Comic View," The Montreal Comedy Festival and Uptown Comedy Club.
Mo'Nique credits her big break as the day she quit her job at the phone company in Baltimore to pursue her comedy dream wholeheartedly. Another pivotal career break came in 1999 when she landed a starring role as Nikki Parker on the hit UPN television series "The Parkers." During the shows five year run, in which Mo'Nique and her co-star Countess Vaughn-James played a mother/daughter duo attending college and living together, Mo'Nique earned numerous awards. Among them include winning NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series in 2001, 2002 and 2004 and receiving nominations all five years of the show's existence.
Her film credits include MGM's comedy "Soul Plane," the Showtime tele-film "Good Fences" opposite Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover, "3 Strikes," with David Alan Grier and George Wallace II, John Singleton's "Baby Boy," and a role opposite Vivica A. Fox in the Screen Gems production "Two Can Play... [MORE]
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