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I’m Monique.
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I’m an actor,
writer,
director,
and human woman.
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Monique is a Canadian born, Emmy nominated writer, producer, director and actor based in New York and LA. An alum of York University’s Film and Theater programs in Toronto, The New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and New York Film Academy, Monique has also studied extensively at comedy schools UCB (Upright Citizen’s Brigade) and The PIT (People’s Improv Theater), spending the last 10+ years performing, teaching and directing at her home theaters as well as venues and arts programs on both coasts.
Notable shows and festivals include: Assssscat 3000 (UCB, NYC), Raaatscraps (Caveat, NYC), The Untitled Improv Project (Dynasty Typewriter, LA), UCB presents Damned If You Do (Woolly Mammoth Theater, Washington, DC), Some Kid (UCB, NYC), Airwolf (UCB, NYC), Astronomy Club Presents: Let's Talk About Race Baby (UCB, NYC), The Story Pirates (The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC) and headlining the Stumptown Improv Fest (Portland, OR), Steelstacks Comedy Fest (Bethlehem, PA) and Fliegende Funken Improv Festival (Bremen, Germany).
TV and Voice Acting credits include:
Inside Amy Schumer, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Unlimited Squirrels, Human Resources, Broad City, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and digital shows for IFC's Comedy Crib (xPat, Sport Court) and Comedy Central (Astronomy Club Presents). Monique has also featured in web and audio content for Above Average, Audible, Funny or Die, Flama, Refinery29, and WeTV. In the summer of 2016, Monique won Best Actress at the Midtown International Theatre Festival for portraying the RZA in the extremely unserious off Broadway musical “Martin Shkreli's Game: How Bill Murray Joined The Wu-Tang Clan.”
As a television writer her credits include Teenage Euthanasia (Adult Swim), Big Mouth spin off Human Resources (Netflix), The Kid’s Tonight Show (Peacock) and consulting on projects with Jimmy Fallon (That’s My Jam, NBC Universal), Mike Myers (The Pentaverate, Netflix) and John Mulaney (Sack Lunch Bunch, Netflix). In 2022 and 2023, she was a co-Head Writer and a co-Executive Producer for Season 4 of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, which was nominated for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series at the 2023 Emmys. As a member of all black comedy team Astronomy Club, she co-created, wrote and starred in 'Astronomy Club The Sketch Show', produced by Khalabo Ink Society and Dan Powell. Astronomy Club premiered on Netflix in 2019 to stellar reviews from Variety, Vulture and Rotten Tomatoes.
