Monia Chokri
Acting • Born 1982-06-27
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
60 credits
The Nature of Love
Movie • 2023
Françoise
Heartbeats
Movie • 2010
Marie
Entre chien et loup
Movie • 2014
Yesterday, Today, Yesterday
Movie • 2015
La trilogie du canard (Élise, Gédéon, Sofia)
Movie • 2014
N.T.N.E
Movie • 2009
Falcon Lake
Movie • 2022
Violette
Laurence Anyways
Movie • 2012
Stéfanie Bellair
Clemenceau
Movie • 2012
Charlotte Beauséjour
Gare du Nord
Movie • 2013
Joan
Room 999
Movie • 2023
Self
All Yours
Movie • 2014
Audrey
Frédérique au centre
Movie • 2007
Frédérique
Nothing Else
Movie • 2011
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Movie • 2016
Self
Résonance
Movie • 2021
Love Letters
Movie • 2025
Nadia Hamadi
Endorphine
Movie • 2015
Simone's Mother
Heal the Living
Movie • 2016
Jeanne
Mercato
Movie • 2025
Lina
Ravenous
Movie • 2017
Tania
A Taste of Ink
Movie • 2017
Julia
My Intelligent Comedy
Movie • 2018
Josie
Slurpee
Movie • 2016
Days of Darkness
Movie • 2007
Jeune femme arabe
L'appartement
Movie • 2018
Poor Georges
Movie • 2019
Emma Maurin
Emma Peeters
Movie • 2018
Emma
Before We Explode
Movie • 2019
Psy
We Are Gold
Movie • 2019
Marianne
Sing Me Back Home
Movie • 2019
Jewell Stone
Jarvik
Movie • 2019
Louise
The Saver
Movie • 2015
Adoree
Le Pédophile
Movie • 2015
Johanne
Babysitter
Movie • 2022
Nadine
Where Souls Go
Movie • 2025
Eléonore
Love Me Tender
Movie • 2025
Sarah
Out of Love
Movie • 2025
Nicole
Si tu penses bien
Movie
Gil
Les Rescapés
TV • 2010
Tanya
Nouvelle adresse
TV • 2014
Magalie Lapointe
Mirador
TV • 2010
Patricia Infirmière
Tout le monde en parle
TV • 2004
Self
Mensonges
TV • 2014
Fanny Caron
Cette année-là
TV • 2018
Self
Sur-Vie
TV • 2017
Véronique Dufaux
Les échangistes
TV • 2016
Self
Rousseau's Show
TV • 2018
Self
Bonsoir bonsoir!
TV • 2019
Self
Sucré salé
TV • 2002
Self
Y'a du monde à messe
TV • 2017
Self
Fragile
TV • 2019
Camille Bachand
Dans les médias
TV • 2017
Self
Silence, on joue!
TV • 2015
Self
La semaine des 4 Julie
TV • 2020
Self
Deux hommes en or
TV • 2013
Self
Le Tricheur
TV • 2012
Self
À couteaux tirés
TV • 2014
Self - Guest Judge
Le Cercle
TV • 2005
Self
Serge à Paris
TV • 2024