monique angela hicks known professionally as monique is an american actress stand-up
comedian television producer author and talk show host she first gained recognition for her work
in stand-up comedy debuting as a member of the queens of comedy monique has received an academy
award golden globe award bafta award screen actors guild award and grammy award in 2002 she received
a grammy award nomination for best comedy album monique began her transition into mainstream film
and television having a starring role as nicole nicki parker in the upn series the parkers from
1999 to 2004 as well as appearing in fat girls in 2006 and welcome home roscoe jenkins in 2008.
in 2009 monique garnered critical acclaim for her performance in the film precious for which she
won numerous awards including the academy award for best supporting actors becoming the fourth
african-american woman to win the award she has since hosted the monique show from 2009 to 2011
and starred as ma rainey in the hbo biopic bessie in 2015 earning a primetime emmy award
nomination monique has an estimated net worth of 14 million us dollars about monique's early
life monica angela hicks was born on december 11 1967 in baltimore county maryland she's the
daughter of engineer alice ims and drug counselor steven ims jr she's the youngest of four children
monique graduated from milford mill high school in baltimore county in 1985 and attended morgan
state university she's a 1987 graduate of the broadcasting institute of maryland before she was
an actress monique worked as a customer service representative at the phone company mci in hunt
valley maryland she got her start in comedy at the downtown baltimore comedy factory outlet when her
brother steve imes dared her to perform at an open mic night during a 2008 essence magazine
interview monique revealed that she was sexually abused by her brother gerald ims from ages 7 to
11. he went on to sexually abuse another girl and was sentenced to 12 years in prison after her twin
boys were born in 2005 monique cut off all contact with gerald on april 19 2010 gerald imes admitted
on the oprah winfrey show to sexually abusing her over several years he also was abused by family
members and struggled with substance abuse monique is 5 feet 8 inches tall or 1.75 meters tall
about monique's personal life monique was briefly engaged to an accountant named kenny mung
from 1997 to 2001 she was married to mark jackson they had a son shalon calvin jackson who was born
in 1990 and adopted another son mark eric jackson jr who was born in 1992. monique
later began a relationship with producer and actor sydney hicks welcoming twin sons jonathan
and david hicks in october of 2005 two months premature in 2006 monique married sydney hicks
in a new york times profile she mentions that she and sydney hicks have an open marriage we have an
agreement that will always be honest and if sex happens with another person that's not a deal
breaker for us that's not something where we'll have to say oh god we've got to go divorce court
because you cheated on me because we don't cheat she repeated this view later on the oprah winfrey
show when she said that in her prior marriages she was constantly searching for that extra oomph
monique explained when i said i had an open marriage people automatically jumped to sex
they automatically went there but i've been best friends with my husband since we were 14 years old
when we say open we're very honest there are no secrets oftentimes you have people that are
married but they're strangers and we refuse to be those people she concluded i've had to
sneak and i've had to lie and i don't want to do that anymore but my husband is so awesome and so
fine and so oh girl no other man can compare monique reportedly owes 620 000 in back taxes
and has been hit with liens from the irs and the georgia department of revenue in 2019 she sued
netflix for gender and racial discrimination after the streaming service offered her five
hundred thousand dollars for a 2018 comedy special a relatively small amount compared to the massive
payments comics like amy schumer dave chappelle and chris rock received for their netflix specials
netflix attempted to have the lawsuit dismissed but in july 2020 a judge ruled that it could go
forward about monique's career monique made her acting debut as nicole nicki parker on
a 1999 episode of the upn sitcom moisha and later that year she began playing the role on upn's the
parkers which aired 110 episodes for five seasons she played nikki on three episodes of moesha as
well as a 2001 episode of abc's the huglies while starring on the parkers monique voiced bunetta
on the proud family she co-starred with whoopi goldberg and danny glover in the television film
good fences and guest starred on the bernie mac show in 2005 she hosted and produced monique's fat
chance a plus size beauty pageant on the oxygen network and she hosted vh1's flavor of love girls
charm school in 2007. she has guest starred on nip and tuck in 2006 the game in 2007 and ugly
betty in 2007. monique has released several stand-up comedy specials and documentaries
including monique one night stand in 2005 monique behind bars in 2007 and monique and friends
live from atlanta in 2020 in 2015 monique played ma rainey in the hbo film bessie earning critical
acclaim and several award nominations monique's first film was the 2000 comedy three strikes
and the following year she appeared in baby boy and two can play that game as well as the stand-up
comedy film the queens of comedy in 2004 she starred in soul plane and played the lead role in
hair show then appeared in shadowboxer and domino in 2005. the following year monique lent her voice
to farce of the penguins and appeared in irish jam fat girls and beer fest and in 2008 she co-starred
with martin lawrence cedric the entertainer and james earl jones and welcome home roscoe jenkins
in 2009 monique played mary lee johnston in precious winning the academy award for best
supporting actress since her award-winning turn and precious monique has appeared in the film's
blackbird in 2014 bessie in 2015 interwoven in 2016 and almost christmas in 2016. monique
released the books skinny women are evil notes of a big girl in a small-minded world in 2004
and skinny cooks can't be trusted in 2006. 2006 about monique's house monique used to rent a 7
292 square foot home in roswell georgia for 22 thousand dollars per month but in 2011 her
landlord sued her because she broke her rental agreement and allegedly owed them 370 thousand
dollars monique countersued saying that she wanted out of her lease because the home smelled like dog
feces and urine and had an overflowing septic tank and a mold problem the lawsuits were settled for
an undisclosed sum in 2012 about monique's car collection monique owns or has owned a bmw m3
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