Monique Dupree

Monique Dupree
Monique Dupree
	Dupree in 2020
Born	December 10, 1974 (age 49); Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, wrestling talent, producer, social media manager, entrepreneur
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Anthony Saint Thomas
Children	10
Relatives	Tony Todd (brother)
Website	moniquedupree.com

Last updated July 09, 2024

Monique Dupree (born December 10, 1974), nicknamed "Tha True Original GATA", is an American actress, wrestling talent, singer, burlesque dancer, content creator, and entrepreneur.^[1] As an actress, she is best known for her role as Emerald in Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned and as a shower girl in Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 . She is best known for her time as a wrestling talent/producer/social media manager for Tommy Dreamer's company, House of Hardcore. Dubbed "The Heart and Soul of House of Hardcore" for her hard work on camera and behind the scenes on numerous occasions via their Twitch stream by Dreamer, whom she also had a relationship with for an undetermined amount of years. She has also made appearances on Impact Wrestling.

Personal life

Dupree was born in Newark, New Jersey. She is married to published author Anthony Saint Thomas and they have ten children together. Monique has been involved in many grassroots charities, but nothing has been more important than helping other children who have lost their way. She's raised dozens of other children, not including her own. Her brother is an actor Tony Todd.

Career

Her film career began at the age of 14, when she appeared in the 1989 Morgan Freeman film Lean On Me, about high school principal Joe Clark. ^{[ citation needed ]} It was then that she realized that she wanted to pursue acting as a career.^{[ citation needed ]} By the age of 18, she had done numerous stage productions, including the play Cry of the People by Robert Banks. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Dupree's experience also included her having worked as a model. In working with Troma Entertainment in films, she was the first African American "Tromette," and the first to be a Tromette four times.^[1] She appeared in numerous magazines across the world, including The Autograph Collector Magazine^[2] and Primera Linea.^[3] She also worked as a comicbook model. In Gingerstein: Rise of the Undead, she played the character Edie Van Horne.^[4]

Dupree is the lead singer of the musical team Negro Childe.^[5]

Monique, referred to as “Tha True Original Gata” returned as a burlesque performer in 2021 after taking a decade-long break from the art.^{[ citation needed ]} She has since traveled the world as a burlesque entertainer focusing primarily on horror and nerd themed performances.^{[ citation needed ]}

Filmography

Film / Video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
TBD	Now That's Love	Bella	Announced
TBD	Ill	Hope - The Radio DJ	Filming
2023	The Beautiful Ones	Shea Benjamin
2021	Witch Trials	Kat	Filming
2021	Shark, You Son of a Bitch		Filming
2021	The Mick and the Trick	Kat	Post-Production
2020	Bloody Hooker Massacre	Melinda
2020	Death Care	Beatrice Jones
2020	Good Girl Lola	Alien Goddess
2020	The Fright Before Christmas	Miss Cleo
2020	Shakespeare Shtstorm*	Caliban
2020	Remnants	Remy
2020	Killer Waves 2	Aerial Finny
2019	Tiny's October 31st	Protester	Short Film
2019	Sugah Rush	Sugah	Short Film, Additional credits as writer, executive producer
2019	Headstrong	Herself	Documentary
2017	Sickness	Hope - The Radio DJ
2017	Return to Plan 9	Self	Documentary
2017	Skeleton Key 3 Part 2	Posh
2017	Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2	Shower Girl	Billed as Monique "The Original Gata" Dupree
2017	Rednecks	Poor Wrestling Girl
2016	Sex, Blood and Fairy Tales	Meriya	Billed as Monique "Gata" Dupree
2015	Shadowhunters: Devilspeak	Lania	Additional credits as producer, director
2015	The Perfect Letter	Natalie Gata	Additional credit as costume designer
2015	Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween	Flexy
2015	Almost Mercy	Featured Extra	Uncredited
2015	Croatoan Origins	Sally	Additional credit as executive producer
2015	Plan 9	Becky	Additional credit as associate producer as Monique "Gata" Dupree
2013	Post Mortem, America 2021	Rose
2013	Dead Woman's Hollow	Waitress
2013	Sheriff Tom vs. The Zombies	Zombie Slayer
2012	All Wifed Out	Pedestrian	Uncredited
2012	Bloodbath in Creightonville	Chainsaw Melody
2012	Little Big Boy	Jenny
2012	No Strings 2: Playtime in Hell	Pam
2012	The Chainsaw Sally Show Season 2	Victim	Billed as Monique "Gata" Dupree
2011	Skeleton Key 3: The Organ Trail	Posh
2011	Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
2011	Hollywood Scream Queens III	Self	Documentary
2011	Hunting Chupacabra	Ike Chow	Short Film, Additional credit as producer
2011	The Trouble with Bliss	Customer	Uncredited
2011	The Fixer: The Power of Balance	Monique
2011	Shadowhunters: Lost	Lania	Short Film
2010	The Good Parts	Jennifer	Short Film
2010	2 Guns, A Grenade & A Pizza Guy	Sheila	Short Film
2010	The Lovecraft Chronicles: Dumas	Vampire Bride	Short Film
2010	Step Up 3D	Hip Hop Girl
2010	The Horror Vault 3	Missing Girl	Segment: A Christmas Haunting
2010	Satan Hates You	Succubus
2010	For Christ's Sake	Jackie Angel
2010	Play Dead	Black Mona	Short Film
2010	Spirit	Pastor Sophia
2009	Bikini Bloodbath Christmas	Dungaree
2009	Caged Lesbos A-Go-Go	Demme
2009	Handsome Harry	Bar Patron
2009	Timo Rose's Beast	Monique
2009	Cottonmouth	The Bloated Ghost	Short Film
2009	Welcome to My Darkside!	Self	Documentary
2009	Heavy Mental: A Rock-N-Roll Blood Bath	Self / New Mrs. Delicious
2008	Super Tromette Action Movie Go!	Flasher Woman
2008	Deadlands 2: Trapped	N/A	Associate producer
2008	Skeleton Key 2: 667 - Neighbor of the Beast	Posh
2008	Zombthology	Busty Jogger	Segment: A Slight Case of Zombism
2008	Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned	Emerald, The Demon Boobie Vampire
2007	American Gangster	Club Dancer	Uncredited
2007	One Night	Club Goer
2007	The Ten	Student	Uncredited
2005	Pot Zombies	Hemophilia	Uncredited
2000	The Replacements	Football Fan	Uncredited
1989	Lean on Me	Student	Uncredited

Wrestling

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	NWR: Solar Charge	Commissioner
2023	NWR: All Star Glory	Commissioner	Resumed sole Commissioner duties as Mone't Dupree transitioned to color commentary
2023	NWR: Cards on the Table	Co-Commissioner	Continued Co-Commissioner duties with Mone't Dupree
2023	NWR: Rise of the Vixens	Co-Commissioner	Reunited w/ daughter Mone't Dupree as Co-Commissioners
2023	NWR: Reign of the Kaiju	Commissioner
2023	New Wrestling Revolution: Attack of the Kaiju	Special Guest	Role expanded to Commissioner of New Wrestling Revolution
2019	House of Hardcore56	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2019	House of Hardcore 55	Self	Appeared at the Pre-show Meet & Greet
2019	House of Hardcore 54	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2019	House of Hardcore 53	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2018	House of Hardcore for Charity	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2018	House of Hardcore 52	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2018	House of Hardcore 51: Blizzard Brawl-For-It All	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2018	IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory	Valet
2018	House of Hardcore 44	Valet
2018	House of Hardcore 43	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2018	House of Hardcore 41	Valet
2018	House of Hardcore 40	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2018	House of Hardcore 39	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2017	House of Hardcore 36	Self	Appeared on the Twitch post-show
2017	House of Hardcore 35	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees, Additional credit as Social Media Manager
2017	House of Hardcore 34	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees, Additional credit as Social Media Manager
2017	House of Hardcore 33	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees, Additional credit as Stage Manager
2017	House of Hardcore 32	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2017	House of Hardcore 26	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2017	House of Hardcore 25	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees, Additional credit as Social Media Manager
2017	House of Hardcore 24	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2016	House of Hardcore 23	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2016	House of Hardcore 22	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2016	House of Hardcore 21: Blizzard Brawl	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2016	House of Hardcore 20	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2016	House of Hardcore 19	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2016	House of Hardcore 18	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2016	House of Hardcore 17	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2016	House of Hardcore 16	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees, Additional credits as Production Assistant and Social Media Manager
2016	House of Hardcore 13	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2016	House of Hardcore 12	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2015	House of Hardcore 11	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2015	House of Hardcore 10	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2015	House of Hardcore 9	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2015	House of Hardcore 8	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2014	House of Hardcore VII	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2014	House of Hardcore V	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees
2014	House of Hardcore IV	Valet	Part of the Double Duprees, Additional credit as Prosduction Assistant
2013	House of Hardcore III	Valet
2013	House of Hardcore 2	Valet

Television / TV Movies

Year	Title	Role	Note
TBD	Gata Speaks	Tha True Original Gata	Pre-production, Additional credits as producer, director, editor, and cinematographer
2018	Gata Speaks	Tha True Original Gata	Episode: Who is Monique Dupree? Pre-production, Additional credits as producer, director, editor, and cinematographer
2017	The Spook Detail	Vance	Episode: The Case of the Witches Three
2017	The Lovecraft Chronicles, Volume 2	Sacrifice	Episode: Wraiths
2016	The Undead Series	Julia	Series Documentary
2015-2016	Gravebit	N/A	Executive producer, 10 episodes
2015	LeagueOne: In The Spotlight!	Self	Episode: Monique Dupree: Scream Queen Q &A!
2015	Impractical Jokers	Self	Episode: The Dream Crusher
2014	The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell	Self	Guest along with Angelique Morgan
2013	Bath Salts	N/A	Episode: Wrong Place, Wrong Time Executive producer / Associate producer Executive producer, 5 episodes Associate producer, 1 episode
2011	A Tribute to Women in Horror	Self
2011	The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia	Tha Original Gata	Billed as Monique "Gata" Dupree
2010	Royal Pains	Hampton Mother	Episode: The Hankover Uncredited
2010	Spade	Tanya	Episode: Do or Die Time
2009	The Superagent	Bar Patron
2009	Z Rock	Rock Chick	Episode: Episode #2.1
2008	Law & Order	Socialite	Episode: Sweetie Uncredited
2008	The Tyra Banks Show	Self	January 9, 2008 episode
2007	Life Support	Family Member	Uncredited
2007	Without Your Head	Self	Guest along with Warrington Gillette
2006	Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Self	TV special
2006	Pants-Off Dance-Off	Self
2001	Say What? Karaoke	Self	January 2, 2001 episode

Burlesque Performances

Date	Title
July 27 & 29, 2023	The Hen House Show @ The Port Comedy Club
July 22, 2023	DC Braulesque: Shiver Me Tassels: The Sea-Quel (1 Year Anniversary Show)
June 24, 2023	Such Sights: A Tribute to Body Horror Through Bawdy Humor
April 27, 2023	Working Blue

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References

1 2 Monique Dupree at troma.com Archived December 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Autograph Collector Magazine
↑ Primera Linea
↑ Charles, Chris. "Ginger-Stein – Idol Features" . Retrieved 2020-11-24.
↑ Reverb Nation page for Negro Childe

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[Troma.com-1] 1 2 Monique Dupree at troma.com Archived December 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Autograph Collector Magazine

[3] Primera Linea

[4] Charles, Chris. "Ginger-Stein – Idol Features" . Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[5] Reverb Nation page for Negro Childe

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Monique Dupree
Dupree in 2020
Born	(1974-12-10) December 10, 1974 (age 49) Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, wrestling talent, producer, social media manager, entrepreneur
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Anthony Saint Thomas
Children	10
Relatives	Tony Todd (brother)
Website	moniquedupree.com