Mo'Nique

Mo'Nique earns my respect twice over. First as a comedian who came up through The Queens of Comedy, commanding rooms with fearless, unapologetic material. Then as the actress who delivered one of the most devastating supporting performances of her era in Precious, sweeping the Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA in a single season. That range — from raucous stand-up to harrowing drama — is vanishingly rare. I also find her public battles with the industry telling: she has paid real career costs for refusing to play along, and whether you call it stubbornness or principle, it is consistent. Talent plus conviction makes her impossible to ignore.

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Name (English)

Mo'Nique

Name (Japanese)

モニーク

Reading

もにーく

Born

December 11, 1967 (age 58)

Origin

Woodlawn, Maryland, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / television producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Goat

University

Morgan State University

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
• 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
• 2010 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Official sitehttps://www.therealmoworldwide.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/therealmoworldwide/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo'Nique
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%20(%E5%A5%B3%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229169

Tags

• Maryland
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.