Monia Chokri
Monia Chokri (born 27 June 1982; Québec) is a Canadian actress and film director. Born in Quebec City in 1982, she began her acting career after she completed her studies at Montreal's Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in 2005. Her mother is of Scottish origin through Scandinavian ancestors, while her father is descended from Tunisian Berber roots. In addition to having played in several theatre productions in Montreal, she has received notable roles in films presented at the Cannes Film Festival directed by Québécois filmmakers who are better known outside of Canada, namely Denys Arcand and Xavier Dolan. In Heartbeats, she played Marie, a young woman who falls in love with the same man as her gay male best friend Francis, played by Dolan, who also directed. The quality of her acting has been noted by critics, notably in Les Inrockuptibles and Le Monde. At the end of 2010, the readers of Les Inrockuptibles named her #4 on their list of the top actresses of the year for her performance in Heartbeats. Her debut as a director, the short film An Extraordinary Person (Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire), was released in 2013 and won the Prix Jutra for Best Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards. Her feature debut, A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère), premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Babysitter, in which she was both the director and an actor, was released in 2022. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.
The Nature of Love
as FrançoiseSophia is a philosophy professor in Montreal and has lived as a couple with Xavier for 10 years....
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Ravenous
as TaniaIn an isolated rural community of Quebec, Canada, some inhabitants attack other people, hungry...
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Heartbeats
as MarieFrancis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends...
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Heal the Living
as JeanneThe intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of...
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Laurence Anyways
as Stéfanie BellairThe story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named...
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Falcon Lake
as VioletteA shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he...
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Babysitter
as NadineAfter a sexist joke goes viral, Cédric loses his job and embarks on a therapeutic journey to...
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Days of Darkness
as Jeune femme arabeJean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and...
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Room 999
as SelfIn 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema,...
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Gare du Nord
as JoanParis, North Station, anything comes by, even trains. One would like to stay, but they have to...
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Poor Georges
as Emma MaurinGeorges (Grégory Gadebois), teaches school in Montreal – he and wife Emma, (Monia Chokri) have...
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Before We Explode
as PsyThe Third World War is on the horizon. Despite attempts at nuclear deterrence, the threat of...
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Endorphine
as Simone's MotherTwelve-year-old Simone feels painfully disconnected from the world after witnessing the brutal...
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All Yours
as AudreyA penniless Argentine male escort meets a solitary, lonely Belgian baker who wants to help him...
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A Taste of Ink
as JuliaVincent, still of tender age, has already tattooed most of his body and hoarsened his voice with...
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Emma Peeters
as EmmaAfter 10 years of struggle in Paris, Emma Peeters has to face the facts: she will never be an...
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The Saver
as AdoreeWhen teenaged Fern is orphaned in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter, she is determined to...
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Sing Me Back Home
as uncreditedAfter scuttling her career as a singer, Jewell Stone lives in Paris a job as a waitress. Marie,...
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Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
as SelfActors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Niels...
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My Intelligent Comedy
as JosieDamien Nadeau-Daneau, a young filmaker, is unable to finish a movie he started with french actor...
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Clemenceau
as Charlotte Beauséjour1917, German troups are moving forward to Paris, the French government calls a providential man...
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We Are Gold
as MarianneTen years after the tragic death of her parents in a mining disaster, Marianne returns to her...
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Le Pédophile
as JohanneNina has lived a traumatizing past since she's a little girl. She attempts to break this vicious...
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Slurpee
as uncreditedA boy struggling with a newly discovered fetish meets a hooker reminiscing her past as an...
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Jarvik
as LouiseA teenager who longs to just be a teenager must instead spend the last days of summer helping...
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Résonance
as uncreditedAn intimate portrait of a young woman, Sophie, diagnosed with a chronic and incurable disease...
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L'appartement
as uncreditedBetween tension and tenderness, a mother welcomes her two children in her new and modest...
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Tout le monde en parle
as SelfHost Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports,...
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Bonsoir bonsoir!
as SelfEach day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His...
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Deux hommes en or
as SelfPresented in the form of a large live set, the hosts enlightening interviews with personalities...
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Y'a du monde à messe
as SelfPublic figures from different backgrounds meet each week. At first glance, these guests would...
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Le Tricheur
as SelfThis daily quiz show puts strategy front and centre, as five celebrities answer...
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Dans les médias
as SelfJoined by contributors, and with a different guest each week, Marie-Louise Arsenault hosts this...
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Cette année-là
as SelfA culture show set hosted by Marc Labrèche and his collaborators, Simon Boulerice, Émilie...
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Les échangistes
as SelfHost Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping...
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The Killer Inside
as Fanny CaronPsychological crime series following the investigations of interrogation experts Julie...
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Silence, on joue!
as SelfIn a friendly atmosphere, two teams consisting of two celebrities and a contestant face off in a...
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Nouvelle adresse
as Magalie LapointeNathalie Lapointe is in her early forties, a single mother of three with a successful career as...
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Sucré salé
as SelfPatrice Bélanger and his team are here to give Quebecers a little boost to their lives with this...
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Fragile
as Camille BachandFragile tells the story of two diametrically opposite families: the wealthy, influential...
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Le Cercle
as uncreditedAs long as there is cinema, LE CERCLE will be there. It is the only television program of...
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Les Rescapés
as TanyaLes Rescapés is a Canadian television drama series, which debuted on Télévision de Radio-Canada...
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