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| Born | 27 June 1982 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, filmmaker |
Monia Chokri (born 27 June 1982) is a Canadian actress and filmmaker.
Monia Chokri | |
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| Chokri in 2012 | |
| Born | 27 June 1982 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, filmmaker |
Monia Chokri (born 27 June 1982) is a Canadian actress and filmmaker.
Born in Quebec City in 1982, [1] Chokri began her acting career after she completed her studies at Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal in 2005. [2] Her mother is of Scottish descent, while her father is Tunisian with Berber roots. [3]
In addition to having played in several theatre productions in Montreal, Chokri 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 [4] and Le Monde . [5]
At the end of 2010, the readers of Les Inrockuptibles named Chokri #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 Live Action Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards. [6] Her feature debut, A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère), premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. [7]
Babysitter , in which she was both the director and an actress, 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. [8]
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Heartbeats is a 2010 Canadian romantic drama film written, directed and edited by Xavier Dolan. It follows the story of two friends who both fall in love with the same man. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Laurence Anyways is a 2012 Canadian epic romantic drama film written, directed and edited by Xavier Dolan. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where Suzanne Clément won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress. Laurence Anyways also won the Queer Palm Award at the festival.
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