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Mo'Nique Imes on VH1's "Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School" |
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Mo'Nique Imes is an award-winning comedienne whose career began 16 years ago in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Mo'Nique Imes took to the stage for the first time on a dare from her brother. The overwhelming response and standing ovation she received gave her the courage to pursue a comedy career professionally. From there, Mo'Nique Imes gained visibility and immense popularity with performances on It's Showtime at the Apollo, HBO's Def Comedy Jam, Apollo Comedy Hour, HBO's Snaps, BET's Comic View, The Montreal Comedy Festival and Uptown Comedy Club.
Mo'Nique Imes credits her big break as the day she quit her job at the phone company in Baltimore to pursue her comedy dream wholeheartedly. Another pivotal career break came in 1999 when Mo'Nique Imes landed a starring role as Nikki Parker on the hit UPN television series "The Parkers." During the shows five year run, in which she starred as a single mom who attends college with her daughter, Mo'Nique Imes earned numerous awards, including four NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005, and received nominations all five years of the show's existence.
Mo'Nique Imes's film credits include "Shadowboxer," "Irish Jam," and "Beerfest," as well as "Phat Girlz," "Domino," "Soul Plane," "Hair Show," "Three Strikes," "Baby Boy," and "Two Can Play That Game" which earned her a NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, and the Showtime tele-film "Good Fences."
Mo'Nique Imes's bold and sarcastic stand-up routine also landed her a starring role in the hit stand-up comedy film, "The Queens of Comedy," which was released in 2002 by Paramount Home Entertainment and aired on the Showtime Network. "The Queens of Comedy" also toured the country as a live comedy concert, which was released as an album, of the same title, and went on to earn a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
For the fourth consecutive year, Mo'Nique Imes is host of NBC's nationally televised program, "It's Showtime at the Apollo." Mo'Nique Imes made history as the first female comedienne to serve in that coveted capacity.
Mo'Nique Imes has become a role model for voluptuous women everywhere, proving that you don't have to be a size 0 to be sexy and fabulous. Mo'Nique Imes's musings on life are featured in the best-selling book entitled "Skinny Women are Evil" published by Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. Released in April 2003, the book quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Mo'Nique Imes is currently at work with co-author Sherri McGee McCovey on a follow-up called "Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted" which was released in November 2006 by Amistad Press, a division of HarperCollins.
In 2005, Mo'Nique Imes created, executive produced and hosted the Oxygen television special, "Mo'Nique's F.A.T. Chance," network cable's first full-figured reality beauty competition and the network's highest-rated original program to date. The special earned a 37th Annual NAACP Image Award nomination for "Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)."
Mo'Nique Imes will soon add another dimension to her growing empire with the launch of an eponymous clothing line for fashionable full-figured women. Mo'Nique Imes experienced motherhood the second time around with the arrival of twin boys, David and Jonathan, in October, 2005.
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