Mo'Nique
Also Known As: Monica Imes, モニーク , モニーク・アイメス
Biography: 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mo'Nique, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Woodlawn, Maryland, USA
Birthday: December 11, 1967
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Gender: Female
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The Reading
Overview: After a deadly home invasion, Emma (Mo'Nique Hicks) copes by writing a book, but when a young psychic and her team perform a reading in her home, a new terror is unleashed.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-02
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Phat Girlz
Overview: Two large women struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet the men of their dreams in completely unexpected ways.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-07
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Mo'Nique: One Night Stand
Overview: Mo'Nique is a shining star that gets brighter as she continues to illuminate the world of entertainment. UPN sitcom star, stand- up comedienne, author, model and designer, Mo'Nique is the first female host of the historic late night variety show, "It's Showtime at the Apollo!"
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-07
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Two Can Play That Game
Overview: Corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend Keith, from straying—until he discovers a greener pasture, Shanté's archrival, Conny. Scorned, she plans to get her man back by any means necessary.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-07
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Precious
Overview: Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-06
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Soul Plane
Overview: Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar settlement. Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, one that caters to an African-American clientele. Going into business with a tricked-out plane piloted by the smooth Capt. Mack, the airline hits a snag when it has to deal with the family of Elvis Hunkee.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-28
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Shadowboxer
Overview: Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant girlfriend. Instead, she delivers her baby and convinces Mikey to help her protect them both. As Rose weakens from cancer, Mikey becomes breadwinner for this unusual family. But tranquility will not last.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-09
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Domino
Overview: The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-14
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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Overview: When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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Beerfest
Overview: During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-25
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The Queens of Comedy
Overview: Four of today's hottest black comedians headline this Queens of Comedy video special, a follow-up to Spike Lee's "The Original Kings of Comedy". Adele Givens, Mo'Nique (from UPN's The Parkers), Sommore, and Laura Hayes (from BET's Comic View) present a very provocative adult program with riffs on everything from the size of various body parts, to the habits of men, to former president Bill Clinton.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-27
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Overview: Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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My Name Is Mo'Nique
Overview: You think you know Mo'Nique? From staring down a racist teacher to her grandmother's sex warning, she spills all in this stand-up comedy special.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-04
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3 Strikes
Overview: Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hooks has 2 strikes, and wants to change his life for the better. When a friend picks him up, they are pulled over, and his friend shoots at police officers, and Hooks escapes. Now Hooks, a wanted man, must clear his name of having nothing to do with the shooting.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-01
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Sleuth
Overview: After his daughters untimely kidnapping, a distraught detective must reunite with his estranged partner to catch the most notorious serial killer of their careers.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-02
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Mo'nique: I Coulda Been Your Cellmate
Overview: Mo'nique visited a women's prison and performed her stand-up comedy for the inmates. I Coulda Been Your Cellmate is as much a documentary as it is a performance film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-03
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The Deliverance
Overview: Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-16
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Hair Show
Overview: Running from the IRS due to back taxes, Baltimore hairdresser and salon owner Peaches reunites with her more successful sister, Angela, a fellow stylist, in Los Angeles. Angela is burdened by her sister's financial woes, and Peaches' rival, Marcella, threatens to take over the salon back in Baltimore. While Angela helps her sister get back on her feet, Peaches enters a hairstyling competition in hopes of winning a big cash prize and saving her salon.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-17
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The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 2
Overview: This laugh-packed second installment of "The Big Black Comedy Show" is hosted by Mo'Nique, along with co-host Rodney Perry, and features a talented lineup of today's most popular African-American comics performing their routines at large venues. You'll bust a gut laughing at these talented, in-your-face stand-up acts who don't hold anything back. Vince Morris, Ralphie May, Chris Spencer and Sexy Marlo are among the featured comics.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-24
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Blackbird
Overview: Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, Randy is hiding a secret inner struggle and denial of his true self. It's not until he opens himself up to love that he discovers that becoming a man means accepting who you really are.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-16
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Bessie
Overview: The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-16
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The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Overview: Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-08
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Almost Christmas
Overview: A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-11
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Interwoven
Overview: Fifteen true life stories from people struggling with love, loss, homelessness, alcoholism, betrayal and suicidal tendencies. This film explores those moments, big and small, in which strangers impact another person's life in ways they couldn't possibly imagine, all in an effort to answer that elusive question, "What is it all about?"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-01
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Baby Boy
Overview: The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-27
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Irish Jam
Overview: Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest with a tempting grand prize -- the deed to their local pub. But what could happen when a duplicitous American rapper emerges as the best poet around?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Farce of the Penguins
Overview: In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best friends, walk 70 miles to the mating grounds where the female penguins wait. The huddled masses of females - especially Melissa and Vicki - talk about males, mating, and what might happen this year. Carl, Jimmy, and the other males make the long trek talking about food, fornication and flatulence. Until this year, Carl's sex life has been dismal, but he falls hard for Melissa. She seems to like him. A crisis develops when Jimmy comes upon something soft in the dark. Can friends forgive? Does parenthood await Carl and Melissa?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-01
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The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 1
Overview: Comedian/actress Mo'Nique hosts this 2004 comedy show with the outrageously funny Rodney Perry as her co-host. The all-star lineup features Esau, Doug Williams, DeRay Davis, and Chris Spencer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-01
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Good Fences
Overview: Set in the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "the colored man's losing streak." When his winning of a high-profile case thrusts him into the limelight, he decides to moves his wife and their two kids out of their mixed lower-middle-class town and into the posh enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-22
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Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith
Overview: A dream team of sports celebrities and comedians join megastars Shaquille O’Neal and Jamie Foxx to roast NFL superstar, Emmitt Smith, at the world famous MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shaq and Jamie are joined by an all star-studded line up including: Mo’nique, Guy Torry, Joe Torry, Jeff Ross, Michael Coylar, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Irvin, Dick Gregory, Stuart Scott, Daryl Johnston and more! No one was safe when this outrageous group took the stage. They showed no mercy for Emmitt, Shaq, or each other. Hilariously funny, unconventional and irreverent, Shaq’s All-Star Comedy Roast II is 90 minutes of non-stop laughter!
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-17
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Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Overview: Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image footage featuring African-American actors and singers from across the 20th century: from Jackie “Moms” Mabley to Eartha Kitt, Whoopi Goldberg, Whitney Houston, and several others. The video focuses on their individual voices as they express heartbreaking roles, pointed lyrics, sharp jokes, and strong statements of resistance to the dominant culture. The work is a powerful, and often riotous, reflection on the roles of black women in the United States.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-16
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Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks & A Beanstalk
Overview: Aunt Moo, a kindly old cow, and her Children (The Rugrats) are given a bag of magical beans by a mysterious stranger. This stranger (Susie) turns out to be a magic fairy, and the beans they threw out the window grow into a gigantic beanstalk.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-29
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All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Dallas
Overview: Academy Award winner and one of the Original Queens of Comedy, Mo'Nique rules the stage as host of the 3rd installment in Shaquille O'Neal's All Star Comedy Jam concert series. Filmed in front of a live audience during the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend in Dallas Texas, comedy queen Mo'Nique leads ... her court with some of the industry's most talented and sought after comedians. No topic is off limits on this night at AEG's Nokia Theatre stage. Seasoned comedians, Paul Mooney, Corey Holcomb, George Willborn and Michael Blackson deliver side busting, non-stop laughs in this energetic and memorable night of comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-05
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Half Past Dead
Overview: A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-15
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Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
Overview: The Shaquille O'Neal Celebrity Roast is a unique urban comedy special that combines the world of sports and entertainment. In an unconventional format, megastar Shaquilee O'Neal rounds up a dream team of some of comedy's hottest stars for an hour of non-stop laughter all at Shaq's expense. Hosted by Grammy award winner and talk show host, Queen Latifah, this hilarious program features a star-studded roster including Cedric The Entertainer, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hugley, Bill Bellamy, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe Torry, Mark Curry, Tommy Davidson, Michael Colyar, Mo'nique, and the legendary Dick Gregory.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-29
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Mo'Nique & Friends: Live from Atlanta
Overview: Comedy legend Mo'Nique hosts an amazing night of comedy featuring her friends, who also happen to be amazing comedians. Starring Prince T-Dub, Just Nesh, Tone-X, Correy Bell and Donnell Rawlings.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-07
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Steppin: The Movie
Overview: Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. At this university, the Geeks run the campus and the greatest Steppers are king of the hill. When a local radio station announces the beginning of the step competition season, the campus fraternities and sororities fight to recruit the best talent that will help them win the big-money prize.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-19
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