Monica Calhoun
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Monica Calhoun is an American
film and television actress. She is best known in her film roles such as The Players Club
, The Best Man
, and The Salon
. She is a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
.
, Shondrella Avery
, Tammy Townsend
, and Jenna Elfman
. Worked with Award winning actor, Blair Underwood and worked with Shanice Wilson and Fame director and producer, Chris Stokes (He's Got Game) on a television pilot. Also, worked with Flex Alexander on Where I Live. Robert Guillaume (Phantom of the Opera) on T.V. Show Pacific Station. Robert Guillaume has won three Golden Globes and two time Emmy Award winner (Benson and Soap). Author, Actress Pam Grier played her mother on Pacific Station also a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and NAACP Image Award Winner.
, A Different World and The Jamie Foxx Show
.
Her film work includes portraying the cousin of actress LisaRaye in Ice Cube
's directorial debut The Players Club
;The Best Man (1999 film)
; Love & Basketball (film)
and 2007's The Salon with Vivica Fox. In 2009 Robert Townsend directs Monica Calhoun, Series Star, A Dairy Of A Single Mom, Season I, II and III (2008–2010) with Richard Roundtree(Shaft, 1971–73), Leon, Billy Dee Williams and Diahann Carroll.
Monica Calhoun was the protagonist in the HBO special called Daddy's Girl or Daddy's Home. She was also the protagonist in the CBS Schoolbreak Special What About Your Friends.
(2008–2010) Episodes 1-28 currently 20 espisodes are available for
viewing at pictv.co
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film and television actress. She is best known in her film roles such as The Players Club
The Players Club
The Players Club is a 1998 comedy/drama thriller film from New Line Cinema starring Bernie Mac, LisaRaye, and Jamie Foxx. Ice Cube, who has a small role in the film, wrote and made his directorial debut. The movie made $5,894,607 in its opening week...
, The Best Man
The Best Man (1999 film)
The Best Man is a 1999 romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. It was produced by Spike Lee's production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks. The film stars Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Sanaa Lathan, and is considered to be a male-centered answer to...
, and The Salon
The Salon
The Salon was a British reality TV show where various members of the public were invited daily to have treatments in a studio built beauty salon situated in Balham, south-west London, and in the second series, a purpose-built studio inside the Trocadero, Piccadilly Circus.-Overview:Viewers were...
. She is a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts is a Visual and Performing Arts high school located on the campus of California State University, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1984, the public, tuition-free school offers both college preparatory courses and...
.
Biography
Monica Calhoun was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 29, 1971. Emmy Awards nominated (1992), Monica Calhoun, is an Image Award Winner; worked with famous director, F. Gary Gray (Set It Off) etc. in a play as a child star. She graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for Arts alongside Anthony AndersonAnthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He has starred in his own sitcom All About the Andersons, as well as the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show during the fifth and final season of the show. He is also known for his leading roles in television dramas such as K-Ville, The...
, Shondrella Avery
Shondrella Avery
Shondrella Avery is an American actress.-Career:Avery began her career as a Stand Up Comic. She, alongside, with her family produced four different "work out," spots for up and coming...
, Tammy Townsend
Tammy Townsend
Tammy Townsend is an American television actress and singer.Townsend was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Anorene, an African American interior designer, and Thomas Townsend, an English judge with Yugoslavian ancestry. Tammy is a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for...
, and Jenna Elfman
Jenna Elfman
Jennifer Mary "Jenna" Elfman is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg and as Billie on the short-lived CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose....
. Worked with Award winning actor, Blair Underwood and worked with Shanice Wilson and Fame director and producer, Chris Stokes (He's Got Game) on a television pilot. Also, worked with Flex Alexander on Where I Live. Robert Guillaume (Phantom of the Opera) on T.V. Show Pacific Station. Robert Guillaume has won three Golden Globes and two time Emmy Award winner (Benson and Soap). Author, Actress Pam Grier played her mother on Pacific Station also a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and NAACP Image Award Winner.
Career
Calhoun appeared in several sitcoms including Bagdad Cafe, The Wayans Bros.The Wayans Bros.
The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from 1995 to 1999 on The WB. The series starred real-life brothers Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. Both brothers were already well-known from the sketch comedy show In Living Color...
, A Different World and The Jamie Foxx Show
The Jamie Foxx Show
The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series starred Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.-Synopsis:...
.
Her film work includes portraying the cousin of actress LisaRaye in Ice Cube
Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
's directorial debut The Players Club
The Players Club
The Players Club is a 1998 comedy/drama thriller film from New Line Cinema starring Bernie Mac, LisaRaye, and Jamie Foxx. Ice Cube, who has a small role in the film, wrote and made his directorial debut. The movie made $5,894,607 in its opening week...
;The Best Man (1999 film)
The Best Man (1999 film)
The Best Man is a 1999 romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. It was produced by Spike Lee's production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks. The film stars Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Sanaa Lathan, and is considered to be a male-centered answer to...
; Love & Basketball (film)
Love & Basketball (film)
Love & Basketball is a 2000 American romantic drama film, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. This film stars Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan...
and 2007's The Salon with Vivica Fox. In 2009 Robert Townsend directs Monica Calhoun, Series Star, A Dairy Of A Single Mom, Season I, II and III (2008–2010) with Richard Roundtree(Shaft, 1971–73), Leon, Billy Dee Williams and Diahann Carroll.
Monica Calhoun was the protagonist in the HBO special called Daddy's Girl or Daddy's Home. She was also the protagonist in the CBS Schoolbreak Special What About Your Friends.
Filmography
- Diary Of A Single Mom--Starring Role Award Winning, Season I, II and III
(2008–2010) Episodes 1-28 currently 20 espisodes are available for
viewing at pictv.co
- Children of the NightChildren of the Night (1985 film)Children of the Night is a 1985 American film directed by Robert Markowitz. The film is a made-for-television biopic of Dr. Lois Lee, following her work among young prostitutes in Hollywood and the organization www.childrenofthenight.org she founded as a result.- Cast :*Kathleen Quinlan as Lois...
(1985) - Bagdad CaféBagdad CaféBagdad Café is a 1987 German film directed by Percy Adlon.The film is a comedy set in a remote truck-stop café and motel in the Mojave Desert. The plot is centered around two women who have recently separated from their husbands, and the blossoming friendship which ensues. It ran 95 minutes in...
(1988) - She Stood Alone (1991)
- Bagdad CafeBagdad Cafe (TV series)Bagdad Cafe is an American television sitcom starring Whoopi Goldberg and Jean Stapleton. The series premiered March 30, 1990 on CBS. The show is based on the 1987 Percy Adlon film Bagdad Cafe.-Cast:*Whoopi Goldberg as Brenda...
(TV series) (1990–1991) - The Jacksons: An American DreamThe Jacksons: An American DreamThe Jacksons: An American Dream is a five-hour American miniseries broadcast in two halves on ABC and originally broadcast on November 15 through November 18, 1992...
(1992) - Younger and YoungerYounger and YoungerYounger And Younger is 1993 American comedy film directed by Percy Adlon.-Plot:A strange man owns a self-storage facility and lives in a reality of his own until reality comes crashing down.-Cast:*Donald Sutherland.....Jonathan Younger...
(1993) - Jack the BearJack the BearJack the Bear is a 1993 American drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz, written by Steven Zaillian based on the novel by Dan McCall, and starring Danny DeVito.-Plot:...
(1993) - The Ernest Green StoryThe Ernest Green StoryThe Ernest Green Story is a made-for-television movie which follows the true story of Ernest Green and eight other African American high school students as they embark on their historic journey to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.Much of the movie was...
(1993) - Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitSister Act 2: Back in the HabitSister Act 2: Back In The Habit is a 1993 comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg. Directed by Bill Duke, and released by Touchstone Pictures, it is the sequel to the successful 1992 film Sister Act...
(1993) - What About Your Friends - (1995)
- Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" ManigaultRebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" ManigaultRebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault is a 1996 HBO television film about Earl Manigault, an American street basketball legendary player famous under his nickname of "The Goat."...
(1996) - The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997)
- Park Day (1998)
- The Players ClubThe Players ClubThe Players Club is a 1998 comedy/drama thriller film from New Line Cinema starring Bernie Mac, LisaRaye, and Jamie Foxx. Ice Cube, who has a small role in the film, wrote and made his directorial debut. The movie made $5,894,607 in its opening week...
(1998) - Imtimate Betrayal (1999)
- The Best ManThe Best Man (1999 film)The Best Man is a 1999 romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. It was produced by Spike Lee's production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks. The film stars Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Sanaa Lathan, and is considered to be a male-centered answer to...
(1999) - Love & Basketball (2000)
- Trois 2: Pandora's BoxTrois 2: Pandora's BoxTrois 2: Pandora's Box is a 2002 thriller directed by Rob Hardy, as a sequel to Trois. This movie stars Monica Calhoun, Michael Jai White, Kristoff St. John, Joseph Lawrence, Chrystale Wilson and Tyson Beckford. The film was then followed by Trois 3: The Escort.When first released, the film was...
(2002) - Truth Be Told (2003)
- Love ChroniclesLove Chronicles (film)Love Chronicles is a 2003 romantic comedy, written and directed by Tyler Maddox-Simms. The film stars Clifton Powell, LisaRaye McCoy, Robin Givens, and Terrence Howard.-Plot:...
(2003) - NYPD BlueNYPD BlueNYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
(TV series) (episode "I Kid You Not") (2003) - Civil BrandCivil BrandCivil Brand is a 2002 film written by Joyce Lewis and Preston A. Whitmore II and directed by Neema Barnette. It features N'Bushe Wright, Da Brat, Mos Def, LisaRaye McCoy, and Monica Calhoun. The film is about a group of female inmates fighting back against their abusers and taking over Whitehead...
(2003) - Gang of RosesGang of RosesGang of Roses is a 2003 Western action drama film written and directed by Jean-Claude La Marre. It starred Monica Calhoun, Lil' Kim, Lisa Raye, Charity Hill, Bobby Brown, Stacy Dash, and Marie Matiko.-Plot:...
(2003) - Justice (2004)
- The SalonThe Salon (film)The Salon is a 2005 comedy-drama film, directed by Mark Brown, executive produced by David Odom, and starring Vivica A. Fox, Kym Whitley, and Monica Calhoun. The movie was filmed in Baltimore, Maryland.-Plot:...
(2005) - Diary of a Single Mom'Star of TV series (Web)Episode "Life Raft"Season I, II and III (2008-2010)
- Cold Case (TV series) (episode "Triple Threat" (2008)
TV shows
- The SalonThe SalonThe Salon was a British reality TV show where various members of the public were invited daily to have treatments in a studio built beauty salon situated in Balham, south-west London, and in the second series, a purpose-built studio inside the Trocadero, Piccadilly Circus.-Overview:Viewers were...
(2007) - Brenda - DirtDirt (TV series)Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now Dirt (styled...
(2007) - Rick Fox's wife - Everybody Hates ChrisEverybody Hates ChrisEverybody Hates Chris is an African American television period sitcom inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock , while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York . The show is set from 1982 to 1987; however, Rock himself was a teenager during years...
(2005-2009) - Charlotte "Aunt Grievy" - Civil BrandCivil BrandCivil Brand is a 2002 film written by Joyce Lewis and Preston A. Whitmore II and directed by Neema Barnette. It features N'Bushe Wright, Da Brat, Mos Def, LisaRaye McCoy, and Monica Calhoun. The film is about a group of female inmates fighting back against their abusers and taking over Whitehead...
(2003) - Wet - Strong MedicineStrong MedicineStrong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...
(2003) - Paige Wheeler - The Players ClubThe Players ClubThe Players Club is a 1998 comedy/drama thriller film from New Line Cinema starring Bernie Mac, LisaRaye, and Jamie Foxx. Ice Cube, who has a small role in the film, wrote and made his directorial debut. The movie made $5,894,607 in its opening week...
(1998) - Ebony - Rebound (1997) - Evonne
- Jack The BearJack the BearJack the Bear is a 1993 American drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz, written by Steven Zaillian based on the novel by Dan McCall, and starring Danny DeVito.-Plot:...
(1993) - Sondra - Bagdad CafeBagdad CaféBagdad Café is a 1987 German film directed by Percy Adlon.The film is a comedy set in a remote truck-stop café and motel in the Mojave Desert. The plot is centered around two women who have recently separated from their husbands, and the blossoming friendship which ensues. It ran 95 minutes in...
(1990) - Debbie - Cold Case - Young Phobee Curtis
- A Different World - Yolanda
- Malcolm & EddieMalcolm & EddieMalcolm & Eddie is an American television sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on the UPN Network, and ran for four seasons. This series starred Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin in the lead roles. This show was canceled after its fourth season, and aired its final episode on May 22, 2000...
- Helena - The Wayans Bros - Vanessa
- The Jamie Foxx ShowThe Jamie Foxx ShowThe Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series starred Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.-Synopsis:...
- Kim - Grey's Anatomy - Ms. Woods