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.
Out of Love
Nicole
2025
Love Letters
Nadia Hamadi
2025
Love Me Tender
Sarah
2025
Mercato
Lina
2025
Serge à Paris
(1 episode)
2024
Room 999
Self
2023
The Nature of Love
Françoise
2023
Falcon Lake
Violette
2022
Babysitter
Nadine
2022
Résonance
2021
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Fragile
Camille Bachand · (10 episodes)
2019
Jarvik
Louise
2019
Poor Georges
Emma Maurin
2019
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Self · (2 episodes)
2019
We Are Gold
Marianne
2019
Sing Me Back Home
2019
Before We Explode
Psy
2019
Emma Peeters
Emma
2018
Cette année-là
Self · (1 episode)
2018
L'appartement
2018
Rousseau's Show
Self · (1 episode)
2018
My Intelligent Comedy
Josie
2018
Ravenous
Tania
2017
Dans les médias
Self · (1 episode)
2017
Y'a du monde à messe
Self · (1 episode)
2017
Sur-Vie
Véronique Dufaux · (6 episodes)
2017
A Taste of Ink
Julia
2017
Heal the Living
Jeanne
2016
Slurpee
2016
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Self
2016
Les échangistes
Self · (1 episode)
2016
The Saver
Adoree
2015
Endorphine
Simone's Mother
2015
Silence, on joue!
Self · (5 episodes)
2015
Yesterday, Today, Yesterday
2015
Le Pédophile
Johanne
2015
All Yours
Audrey
2014
Nouvelle adresse
Magalie Lapointe · (2 episodes)
2014
À couteaux tirés
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
2014
Entre chien et loup
2014
La trilogie du canard (Élise, Gédéon, Sofia)
2014
Mensonges
Fanny Caron · (1 episode)
2014
Deux hommes en or
Self · (1 episode)
2013
Gare du Nord
Joan
2013
Clemenceau
Charlotte Beauséjour
2012
Laurence Anyways
Stéfanie Bellair
2012
Le Tricheur
Self · (5 episodes)
2012
Nothing Else
2011
Heartbeats
Marie
2010
Les Rescapés
Tanya · (3 episodes)
2010
Mirador
Patricia Infirmière · (6 episodes)
2010
N.T.N.E
2009
Days of Darkness
Jeune femme arabe
2007
Frédérique au centre
Frédérique
2007
Où vont les âmes?
Si tu penses bien
Le Cercle
Self · (1 episode)
2005
Tout le monde en parle
Self · (3 episodes)
2004
Sucré salé
Self · (2 episodes)
2002