Mo'Nique
Mo' Nique is an award-winning actress, comedienne, and talk show host, whose career began 16 years ago in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. She took to the stage for the first time on a dare from her brother. The overwhelming response and standing ovation she received gave her the courage to persue a comedy career professionally.
She is best known for the role of Nicole "Nikki" Parker on the UPN television series The Parkers. The show ran from 1999 to 2004. Mo'Nique was subsequently featured on a number of leading stand-up venues, including stints on Showtime at the Apollo, Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, and Thank God You're Here and has had a number of supporting roles in film.
She was also named hostess of Showtime at the Apollo, and is currently the hostess and executive producer of Mo'Nique's Fat Chance, a beauty pageant for plus-sized women, on the Oxygen cable network.
Mo'Nique has become a role model for voluptuous women everywhere, proving that you don't have ato be a size 0 to be sexy and fabulous. Her musings on life are featured in the best-selling book entitled Skinny Women are Evil published by Atria books. The book became a New York times bestseller.
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. She recently won the Golden Globe Award and earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her role as Mary in Prescious.
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