Monia Chokri
Born: 1982-06-27 in Québec City, Québec, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Monia Chokri (born June 27, 1982) is a Canadian actress and film director. Born in Quebec City in 1982, she began her acting career after she completed her studies at Montreal's Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in 2005. Her mother is of Scottish origin through Scandinavian ancestors, while her father is descended from Tunisian Berber roots. In addition to having played in several theatre productions in Montreal, she 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 and Le Monde. At the end of 2010, the readers of Les Inrockuptibles named her #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 Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards. Her feature debut, A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère), premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Babysitter, in which she was both the director and an actor, 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.
Filmography
2026
- Think Good as Gil
- Momo 3000 ... (Thanks)
2025
- Where Souls Go as Eléonore
- Love Letters as Nadia Hamadi
- Mercato as Lina
- Out of Love as Nicole
- Love Me Tender as Sarah
2024
2023
- The Nature of Love as Françoise
- Room 999 as Self
2022
- Falcon Lake as Violette
- Babysitter as Nadine
2021
2020
- La semaine des 4 Julie as Self
2019
- Bonsoir bonsoir! as Self
- Fragile as Camille Bachand
- We Are Gold as Marianne
- A Brother’s Love ... (Executive Producer)
- Poor Georges as Emma Maurin
- Before We Explode as Psy
- Sing Me Back Home as Jewell Stone
- Jarvik as Louise
2018
- Rousseau's Show as Self
- Cette année-là as Self
- My Intelligent Comedy as Josie
- L'appartement
- Emma Peeters as Emma
2017
- Dans les médias as Self
- Y'a du monde à messe as Self
- Ravenous as Tania
- Sur-Vie as Véronique Dufaux
- A Taste of Ink as Julia
2016
- Les échangistes as Self
- Slurpee
- Heal the Living as Jeanne
- Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible as Self
2015
- Silence, on joue! as Self
- Le Pédophile as Johanne
- Endorphine as Simone's Mother
- The Saver as Adoree
- Puisqu'il le faut ... (Writer)
- Yesterday, Today, Yesterday
2014
- Nouvelle adresse as Magalie Lapointe
- Mensonges as Fanny Caron
- À couteaux tirés as Self - Guest Judge
- All Yours as Audrey
- La trilogie du canard (Élise, Gédéon, Sofia)
- Entre chien et loup
2013
- Deux hommes en or as Self
- Gare du Nord as Joan
- An Extraordinary Person ... (Director)
2012
- Le Tricheur as Self
- Laurence Anyways as Stéfanie Bellair
- Clemenceau as Charlotte Beauséjour
2011
2010
- Mirador as Patricia Infirmière
- Les Rescapés as Tanya
- Heartbeats as Marie
2009
2007
- Days of Darkness as Jeune femme arabe
- Frédérique au centre as Frédérique
2005
- Le Cercle as Self
2004
- Tout le monde en parle as Self
2002
- Sucré salé as Self