Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson
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Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson (born December 11, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American comedian and actress, known simply by her first name. Mo'Nique's big break came in 1993 when she played Mark Curry's neighbor Sonia Brown on the ABC sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992-1997). She is most notable for her role of Nicole 'Nikki' Parker on the UPN television series The Parkers (1999-2004).
Mo'Nique was one of four African-American women headlining a concert film The Queens of Comedy. She also hosted It's Showtime at the Apollo. She was rated the best 'Showtime' host of all time on a TV website. Mo'Nique is the host and executive producer of Mo'Nique's Fat Chance, a beauty pageant for plus-sized women, on the Oxygen cable network.
She has two teenage sons from a previous relationship. She has also been romantically linked with singer Gerald Levert. She married Mark Jackson on Christmas Day 1997 and appended his surname to hers professionally, but they separated after four years of marriage and divorced in 2001.
Mo'Nique married her childhood friend Sidney Hicks in 2006. With Hicks she gave birth to twin boys, Jonathan and David, on Monday, October 3, 2005 at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, CA. David and Jonathan weighed 3 lb and 4 lb.
Mo'Nique is the author of the best-selling book Skinny Women Are Evil.
Filmography
- 3 Strikes (2000)
- The Queens of Comedy (2001)
- Baby Boy (2001)
- Two Can Play That Game (2001)
- Half Past Dead (2002)
- Soul Plane (2004)
- Hair Show (2004)
- Shadowboxer (2005)
- Domino (2005)
- Phat Girlz (2006)
Television Work
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992-1997)
- The Parkers (1999-2004)
- Intimate Portrait: Mo'Nique (2003)
- 3rd Annual BET Awards (2003)
- The Sharon Osbourne Show- 16 September 2003, 3 December 2003, 12 February 2004, 24 February 2004
- Last Comic Standing (2003)
- It's Showtime at the Apollo (frequent host from 2002-present)
- 4th Annual BET Awards (2004)
- Mo'Nique's Fat Chance (2005) (miniseries)
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