Monia Chokri

Acting · Born 1982-06-27 in Québec City, Québec, Canada

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…

Filmography

• The Nature of Love as Françoise
• Heartbeats as Marie
• Falcon Lake as Violette
• Laurence Anyways as Stéfanie Bellair
• Clemenceau as Charlotte Beauséjour
• Gare du Nord as Joan
• Room 999 as Self
• All Yours as Audrey
• Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible as Self
• Love Letters as Nadia Hamadi