Remember The Name: Mo'Nique

It's awards season now, for acting that is! And aside from Sandra Bullock, another name stands out for her highly acclaimed performance, as a hard-as-rock, abuser mother in the movie PRECIOUS "from the novel "PUSH" by Sapphire).

Her name is... Monique Imes also known as Mo'Nique.

She was born on December 11, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland. She worked as a phonesex operator before she decided to try STAND UP Comedy with her brother Steve. And as the True Hollywood Story goes, the rest is history.

She is best known for the role of Nicole "Nikki" Parker on the UPN television series The Parkers. The show ran from 1999 to 2004. Mo'Nique was subsequently featured on a number of leading stand-up venues, including stints on Showtime at the Apollo, Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, and Thank God You're Here.



She was also named hostess of Showtime at the Apollo, and is currently the hostess and executive producer of Mo'Nique's Fat Chance, a beauty pageant for plus-sized women, on the Oxygen cable network. She hosted the first season of Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School on VH1, where she crowned Saaphyri as the winner.

Her luck is on her side as she is sweeping all the awards from the Golden Globes to the Screen Actors Guild awards, and hopefully, she will bag the Oscars on March.

She will also launch her own clothing line- F.A.T Chance for plus-size women. Great! Big Girls are beautiful!

I LVoe!