Mo'Nique

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Birthday:

11 December 1967, Woodlawn, Maryland, USA

Birth Name:

Monique Imes

Height:

169 cm

Monique received a standing ovation when she stepped on stage for the first time in the hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, giving her confidence to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. After numerous stand-up performances, she took a leap forward with one of the starring roles in The Parkers (1999).Mo'Nique's huge international breakthrough came with her performance in the independent movie Precious (2009), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and over 30 other major awards for acting, including all the most important ones like Golden Globe, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Circle, Chicago Film Critics Association, Independent Spirit, Screen Actors Guild, National Society of Film Critics, Critics' Choice, BAFTA, Sundance Film Festival. Show less «

I don't think that anyone should be in control of a relationship. I think that if you have a woman that controls her man, he is a puppet and...Show more »

I don't think that anyone should be in control of a relationship. I think that if you have a woman that controls her man, he is a puppet and he is weak. Show less «

I would like to thank the Academy for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics. I want to thank Miss Hattie McDanie...Show more »

I would like to thank the Academy for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics. I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel for enduring all that she had to so that I would not have to. Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey because you touched it, the whole world saw it. Ricky Anderson, our attorney of Anderson & Smith, thank you for your hard work. My entire BET family, my Precious family, thank you so much. To my amazing husband Sidney, thank you for showing me that sometimes you have to forego doing what's popular in order to do what's right. And baby, you were so right. God bless us all. [Academy Award acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress for Precious (2009)] Show less «