Monia Chokri

Monia Chokri (born 27 June 1982) is a Canadian actress and filmmaker.

Life and career Born in Quebec City in 1982, Chokri began her acting career after she completed her studies at Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal in 2005. Her mother is of Scottish descent, while her father is Tunisian with Berber roots.

In addition to having played in several theatre productions in Montreal, Chokri 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 Chokri #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 Live Action 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 actress, 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 Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres), 2007 – Aziza Frédérique au centre, 2008 – Frédérique Hier, demain, hier, 2009 – Maya Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires), 2010 – Marie Laurence Anyways, 2012 – Stéfanie Belair Clémenceau, 2012 – Charlotte Beauséjour Gare du Nord, 2013 – Joan Nouvelle adresse, 2014–2015 All Yours (Je suis à toi), 2014 Endorphine, 2015 The Saver, 2015 Heal the Living, 2016 A Taste of Ink, 2017 – Julia Ravenous (Les Affamés), 2017 – Tania Emma Peeters, 2018 – Emma A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère), 2019 – director, screenwriter We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold), 2019 – Marianne Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose), 2019 Babysitter, 2022 – Nadia, also director Falcon Lake, 2022 – Violette The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain), 2023 – director, screenwriter Love Me Tender, 2025 - Sarah Out of Love, 2025 - Nicole, It will competing for Crystal Globe at the KVIFF. Where Souls Go (Où vont les âmes?), 2025 - Ève Love Letters, 2025 - Nadia

Awards and nominations Award Year Category Work Result Canadian Film Festival 2023 Best Feature Babysitter Canadian Screen Awards 2023 Best Performance in a Leading Role Babysitter Cannes Film Festival 2019 Prix Un Certain Regard A Brother's Love Caméra d'Or 2023 Prix Un Certain Regard The Nature of Love Queer Palm César Awards 2024 Best Foreign Film The Nature of Love Festival du nouveau cinéma 2013 Best Canadian or Québécois Short Film An Extraordinary Person Locarno Film Festival 2013 Pardi di Domani An Extraordinary Person Junior Jury Award Prix Iris 2013 Best Supporting Actress Laurence Anyways 2014 Best Live Action Short Film An Extraordinary Person 2023 Best Director Babysitter South by Southwest 2014 Jury Award – Narrative Short An Extraordinary Person Tampere Film Festival 2014 Best Fiction An Extraordinary Person Windsor International Film Festival 2023 WIFF Prize in Canadian Film The Nature of Love