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.
2025
2023
as Self
2023
as Françoise
2022
as Violette
2022
as Nadine
2021
2019
as Camille Bachand
2019
as Louise
2019
as Emma Maurin
2019
as Marianne
2019
2019
as Psy
2018
as Emma
2018
2018
as Josie
2017
as Tania
2017
as Véronique Dufaux
2017
as Julia
2016
as Jeanne
2016
2016
as Self
2015
as Adoree
2015
as Simone's Mother
2015
as Self
2015
2015
as Johanne
2014
as Audrey
2014
as Magalie Lapointe
2014
as Self - Guest Judge
2014
2014
2014
as Fanny Caron
2013
as Joan
2012
as Charlotte Beauséjour
2012
as Stéfanie Bellair
2012
as Self
2011
2010
as Marie
2010
as Tanya
2010
as Patricia Infirmière
2009
2007
as Jeune femme arabe
2007
as Frédérique
as Nicole