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Mo’Nique in 2010, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Monique Angela Imes
Place of Birth: Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 11, 1967
Ethnicity: African-American
Mo’Nique is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and television show host. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Precious (2009). Her roles also include the films 3 Strikes , The Queens of Comedy , Baby Boy , Two Can Play That Game , Half Past Dead , Soul Plane , Hair Show , Shadowboxer , Domino (2005), Farce of the Penguins , Irish Jam , Phat Girlz , Beerfest , Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins ; Steppin: The Movie , Blackbird (2014), Interwoven , Almost Christmas , The Reading , and The Deliverance (2024); the shows Moesha , The Parkers , and Black Mafia Family ; and the made-for-tv movies Good Fences and Bessie (2015). She was the host of the show Mo’Nique’s Fat Chance , from 2005 to 2007, and The Mo’Nique Show , from 2009 to 2011. She is also known as Myelle Kaye.
Mo’Nique is the daughter of Alice and Steven Imes, Jr. She is married to Sidney Hicks. She has a son with her former husband, sportswriter Calvin Watkins; and two children with Sidney.
Mo’Nique’s paternal grandfather was Steven Imes, Sr. (the son of Thomas Henry Imes and Laura V. Sayles). Steven was born in Maryland. Thomas was the son of William H. Ijams and Amelia.
Mo’Nique’s paternal grandmother was named Lilian Rodgers (the daughter of Will Rodgers).
Mo’Nique’s maternal grandmother was named Edith Wilson.
Source: Genealogy of Mo’Nique – http://www.geni.com