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
2025
- Mercato as Lina
- Out of Love as Nicole
- Love Me Tender as Sarah
- Love Letters as Nadia Hamadi
- Where Souls Go as Eléonore
2024
2023
- Room 999 as Self
- The Nature of Love as Françoise
2022
- Babysitter as Nadine
- Falcon Lake as Violette
2021
2020
- La semaine des 4 Julie as Self
2019
- Bonsoir bonsoir! as Self
- Poor Georges as Emma Maurin
- Jarvik as Louise
- We Are Gold as Marianne
- Fragile as Camille Bachand
- A Brother’s Love ... (Executive Producer)
- Sing Me Back Home as Jewell Stone
- Before We Explode as Psy
2018
- Cette année-là as Self
- Rousseau's Show as Self
- Emma Peeters as Emma
- My Intelligent Comedy as Josie
- L'appartement
2017
- Ravenous as Tania
- Y'a du monde à messe as Self
- Dans les médias as Self
- Sur-Vie as Véronique Dufaux
- A Taste of Ink as Julia
2016
- Les échangistes as Self
- Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible as Self
- Heal the Living as Jeanne
- Slurpee
2015
- The Saver as Adoree
- Silence, on joue! as Self
- Le Pédophile as Johanne
- Endorphine as Simone's Mother
- Yesterday, Today, Yesterday
- Puisqu'il le faut ... (Writer)
2014
- Mensonges as Fanny Caron
- All Yours as Audrey
- Nouvelle adresse as Magalie Lapointe
- À couteaux tirés as Self - Guest Judge
- Entre chien et loup
- La trilogie du canard (Élise, Gédéon, Sofia)
2013
- Deux hommes en or as Self
- An Extraordinary Person ... (Director)
- Gare du Nord as Joan
2012
- Le Tricheur as Self
- Laurence Anyways as Stéfanie Bellair
- Clemenceau as Charlotte Beauséjour
2011
2010
- Heartbeats as Marie
- Mirador as Patricia Infirmière
- Les Rescapés as Tanya
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