Monia Chokri

Monia Chokri

Birthdate
June 27, 1975 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
June 27, 1975 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Known For
Acting

Biography

Monia Chokri (born 27 June 1982; Québec) 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.

Monia Chokri's LGBTQ+ Titles

Laurence Anyways
Laurence Anyways
Stéfanie Bellair
Heartbeats
Heartbeats
Marie

Acting (58)

Des preuves d'amour
Les enfants vont bien as Nicole
Love Me Tender
Où vont les âmes?
2025
Mercato
2023
Room 999 as Self
2023
The Nature of Love as Françoise
2022
Falcon Lake as Violette
2022
Babysitter as Nadine
2021
Résonance
2020
La semaine des 4 Julie as Self (1 episode)
2019
Fragile as Camille Bachand (10 episodes)
2019
Jarvik as Louise
2019
Poor Georges as Emma Maurin
2019
Bonsoir bonsoir! as Self (2 episodes)
2019
We Are Gold as Marianne
2019
Sing Me Back Home
2019
Before We Explode as Psy
2018
Emma Peeters as Emma
2018
Cette année-là as Self (1 episode)
2018
L'appartement
2018
Rousseau's Show as Self (1 episode)
2018
My Intelligent Comedy as Josie
2017
Ravenous as Tania
2017
Dans les médias as Self (1 episode)
2017
Y'a du monde à messe as Self (1 episode)
2017
Sur-Vie as Véronique Dufaux (6 episodes)
2017
A Taste of Ink as Julia
2016
Heal the Living as Jeanne
2016
Slurpee
2016
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible as Self
2016
Les échangistes as Self (1 episode)
2015
The Saver as Adoree
2015
Endorphine as Simone's Mother
2015
Silence, on joue! as Self (5 episodes)
2015
Yesterday, Today, Yesterday
2015
Le Pédophile as Johanne
2014
All Yours as Audrey
2014
Nouvelle adresse as Magalie Lapointe (2 episodes)
2014
À couteaux tirés as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2014
Entre chien et loup
2014
La trilogie du canard (Élise, Gédéon, Sofia)
2014
The Killer Inside as Fanny Caron (1 episode)
2013
Deux hommes en or as Self (1 episode)
2013
Gare du Nord as Joan
2012
Clemenceau as Charlotte Beauséjour
2012
Laurence Anyways as Stéfanie Bellair
2012
Le Tricheur as Self (5 episodes)
2011
Nothing Else
2010
Heartbeats as Marie
2010
Les Rescapés as Tanya (3 episodes)
2010
Mirador as Patricia Infirmière (6 episodes)
2009
En direct de l'univers as Self (1 episode)
2009
N.T.N.E
2007
Days of Darkness as Jeune femme arabe
2007
Frédérique au centre as Frédérique
2004
Tout le monde en parle as Self (3 episodes)
2002
Sucré salé as Self (2 episodes)

Directing (4)

2023
The Nature of Love • Director
• Director
2022
Babysitter • Director
• Director
2019
A Brother’s Love • Director
• Director
2013
An Extraordinary Person • Director
• Director

Production (1)

2019
A Brother’s Love • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer

Editing (1)

2019
A Brother’s Love • Editor
• Editor

Writing (4)

2023
The Nature of Love • Writer
• Writer
2019
A Brother’s Love • Writer
• Writer
2015
Puisqu'il le faut • Writer
• Writer
2013
An Extraordinary Person • Writer
• Writer

Art (1)

2019
A Brother’s Love • Set Designer
• Set Designer

Camera (1)

2010
Heartbeats • Still Photographer
• Still Photographer