Monia Chokri
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Les échangistes
Self
2016
Series
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Self
2019
Series
Tout le monde en parle
Self
2004
Series
Dans les médias
Self
2017
Series
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self
2020
Series
Y'a du monde à messe
Self
2017
Series
Le Tricheur
Self
2012
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Sucré salé
Self
2002
Series
Deux hommes en or
Self
2013
Series
Le Cercle
Self
2005
Series
Silence, on joue!
Self
2015
Film
Ravenous
Tania
2017
Series
Cette année-là
Self
2018
Rousseau's Show
Self
2018
Series
Les Rescapés
Tanya
2010
Series
Mensonges
Fanny Caron
2014
Series
Fragile
Camille Bachand
2019
Series
Mirador
Patricia Infirmière
2010
Series
Nouvelle adresse
Magalie Lapointe
2014
Film
Falcon Lake
Violette
2022
Film
Out of Love
Nicole
2025
Film
Laurence Anyways
Stéfanie Bellair
2012
Film
The Nature of Love
Françoise
2023
Film
Love Letters
Nadia
2025
Film
Heartbeats
Marie
2010
Film
Heal the Living
Jeanne
2016
Film
Days of Darkness
Jeune femme arabe
2007
Film
Love Me Tender
Sarah
2025
Series
Serge à Paris
2024
Series
Sur-Vie
Véronique Dufaux
2017
Film
Le Pédophile
Johanne
2015
Film
Mercato
Lina
2025
Film
Room 999
Self
2023
À couteaux tirés
Self - Guest Judge
2014
Film
Slurpee
2016
Film
A Taste of Ink
Julia
2017
Film
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Self
2016
Film
Think Good
Gil
2026
Film
Babysitter
Nadine
2022
Film
Gare du Nord
Joan
2013
Film
Endorphine
Simone's Mother
2015
Film
Where Souls Go
Ève
2025
Film
L'appartement
2018
Film
My Intelligent Comedy
Josie
2018
Film
Emma Peeters
Emma
2018
Film
The Saver
Adoree
2015
Film
Résonance
2021
Film
Poor Georges
Emma Maurin
2019
Film
All Yours
Audrey
2014
Film
Before We Explode
Psy
2019
Film
We Are Gold
Marianne
2019
Film
Sing Me Back Home
Jewell Stone
2019
Film
Frédérique au centre
Frédérique
2007
La trilogie du canard (Élise, Gédéon, Sofia)
2014
Film
Clemenceau
Charlotte Beauséjour
2012
Film
Jarvik
Louise
2019
Yesterday, Today, Yesterday
2015
Entre chien et loup
2014
N.T.N.E
2009
Film
Nothing Else
2011