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56-421: Interwoven is a 2016 American independent drama film directed by V.W. Scheich and starring Mo'Nique , Myles Cranford, Jon Eiswerth and Brooke Burgstahler. It follows fifteen true life social stories. The film was released by Flix Premiere on July 1, 2016. Interwoven was screened on multiple independent film festivals, notable receiving Honorable Mention at the 2016 Myrtle Beach International Film Festival. At

112-726: A Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award . Mo'Nique first gained recognition for her work in stand-up comedy, debuting as a member of The Queens of Comedy . In 2002, she received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album . She began her transition into mainstream film and television having a starring role as Nicole "Nikki" Parker in the UPN series The Parkers (1999–2004), as well as appearing in Phat Girlz (2006) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008). In 2009, Mo'Nique garnered critical acclaim for her performance in

168-581: A bounty hunter , was about an English woman named Domino Harvey who was working as a bounty hunter, apprehending fugitives who had skipped bail for the Celes King Bail Bond agency in South Central Los Angeles . While Harvey was one of the few female bounty hunters, what caught the attention of Shulman and Scott was that she was the daughter of actor Laurence Harvey . Tony Scott tracked Domino to Beverly Hills , where she

224-544: A combined total of 62 days. The release date of the film was announced and delayed several times. The original release date was August 19, 2005. On May 22, 2005, the release date was changed to November 4, 2005. On June 28, 2005, a day after Harvey's death, the release date was changed to November 23, 2005. On July 11, 2005, it was moved to October 14, 2005, which was the date the film was released on. The film had its premiere on October 11, 2005, in Los Angeles. The film

280-502: A counterfeit driver's license racket at the DMV. A teenager named Frances arrives at the DMV and asks Lateesha for fake licenses for himself, his brother, and two of their friends. The FBI are tipped about Lateesha's racket. They threaten to send her to jail unless she gives them information about Frances, whom they have been surveilling. Lateesha throws them off the trail by saying that Frances, his brother, and his two friends are going to commit

336-787: A deal breaker for us, that's not something where we'll have to say, 'Oh God, we've got to go to divorce court because you cheated on me.' Because we don't cheat. She repeated this view later on The Oprah Winfrey Show when she said that, in her prior marriages, she was constantly searching for "that extra oomph". Mo'Nique explained, When I said I had an open marriage, people automatically jumped to sex. They automatically went there. But I've been best friends with my husband since we were 14 years old. When we say open, we're very honest. There are no secrets. Oftentimes you have people that are married, but they're strangers, and we refuse to be those people. She concluded, "I've had to sneak and I've had to lie, and I don't want to do that anymore. But my husband

392-423: A discriminatory low-ball offer and ended with a blacklisting act of retaliation." In the suit, she listed fellow comedians who were paid millions for their specials, including Chappelle, Rock, Jerry Seinfeld , Eddie Murphy , Ellen DeGeneres , and Ricky Gervais . By June 2022, Netflix had settled the lawsuit with Mo'Nique, and on July 19, 2022, announced that she was set to do a new special for them. Mo'nique

448-547: A local lineup because some Radio One stations did not carry it due to their contracts with Michael Baisden. The show lasted until March 18, 2009, when Mo'Nique decided to leave to "further her career in television, film, and comedy." In 2009, Mo'Nique appeared in the film Precious , directed by Lee Daniels , portraying an inner-city teenager's abusive mother. She won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for her performance in

504-656: A number of supporting roles in film. She appeared in the 2008 comedy film, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins with Martin Lawrence . She has had roles in Beerfest , 3 Strikes , Two Can Play That Game , Half Past Dead , and Soul Plane . She voiced a character in Garfield: The Movie , but her role was cut from the movie. In 2008, Mo'Nique stated on Oprah Winfrey Show that Martin Lawrence gave her invaluable advice about show business: "He pulled me to

560-455: Is dedicated to Harvey, who died at age 35 from an overdose of fentanyl on 27 June 2005, a few months before the film was released. Domino Harvey , a bounty hunter , has been arrested by the FBI , investigating the theft of $ 10 million from an armored truck. She is interviewed by criminal psychologist Taryn Mills who tells her everything she knows about the case. Domino explains her profession and

616-480: Is so awesome and so fine and so—oh, girl...No other man can compare". In her Netflix special My Name is Mo'Nique , released in April 2023, Mo'Nique disclosed that she experienced sexual attraction to women, stating that she was "not all the way" a lesbian, but that "when you're born with that, there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. Nothing. And please understand that I tried." In 2009, Mo'Nique starred in

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672-482: Is the author of the best-selling book Skinny Women Are Evil: Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded World . She also released a 2006 cookbook called Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted . Mo'nique was part of the Washington, D.C., WHUR radio show with George Wilborn. In 2006, she occasionally filled in for afternoon personality Michael Baisden when his contract with ABC Radio was in the process of getting renewed. She

728-668: Is the recipient of numerous accolades, most notably, for her performance in Precious , winning a total of 52 awards out of 66 nominations; in particular, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role , and, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture . For her performance in The Parkers , Mo'nique has received four NAACP Image Awards in

784-494: The Chicago Sun-Times also wrote a positive review, giving the film three stars and saying he admired it. The film was among Tony Scott's favourites of his own films, although he was also very critical of it, saying, "I didn't let the movie breathe enough. The script was great—Richard Kelly wrote a great script—and I got overcome by the insanity of the world I was touching. I think I fucked up on that one." The film

840-1352: The Boston Society of Film Critics , the New York Film Critics Online , the New York Film Critics Circle , the Southeastern Film Critics Association, the San Francisco Film Critics Circle , the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association , the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, the Utah Film Critics Association, the Detroit Film Critics Society , the Indiana Film Critics Association, the Online Film Critics Society ,

896-944: The National Society of Film Critics Awards , the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and the Critics Choice Awards . Time magazine ranked Mo'Nique's outstanding performance as the Best Female Performance of 2009. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Independent Spirit Award , and the BAFTA Award. In November 2009, Mo'Nique said, "I own the rights to Hattie McDaniel 's life story, and I can't wait to tell that story because that woman

952-731: The Wilshire Grand Hotel . Scenes were also shot at the Santa Monica Department of Motor Vehicles. Filming moved to Nevada in early December 2004. Scenes were filmed at the Valley of Fire State Park , as well as Hoover Dam and Needles, California . During the final week of production, scenes were filmed over six days at the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . Interior shots included

1008-607: The biographical film Bessie in 2015, for which she received critical acclaim, earning her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Her last role (in film or television) was in 2016. In May 2017, she said Lee Daniels, Oprah Winfrey, and Tyler Perry had been blackballing her ever since she did not promote Precious in 2009. In 2022, it was announced that Mo'Nique will be starring in the Lee Daniels' horror/thriller The Deliverance with Andra Day , Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor , Omar Epps , Miss Lawrence, and Tasha Smith . Mo'Nique

1064-459: The 2016 Beaufort International Film Festival it received Audience Choice Award while Mo'Nique was nominated for a Best Actress. Mo%27Nique Monique Angela Hicks (née Imes ; born December 11, 1967), known mononymously as Mo'Nique , is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She has received various accolades , including an Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and Screen Actors Guild Award , as well as nominations for

1120-508: The California Department of Motor Vehicles . Lateesha's granddaughter Mica is suffering from a blood disease and needs an operation that costs $ 300,000. Claremont sets up the robbery of $ 10 million from Drake Bishop, the owner of the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and a client of Claremont. His bounty hunters would return the stolen money and collect a $ 300,000 finder's fee from Bishop. Lateesha has been running

1176-515: The Wanderer, and Riz Abbasi is Alf, the team's driver from Afghanistan . Jerry Springer makes a cameo appearance as himself, hosting his show . In 1994 director Tony Scott was sent an article from the British newspaper The Mail on Sunday by his business manager Neville Shulman. The article, written by Sacha Gervasi and titled My gun for hire: Why a movie star's rebel daughter turned into

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1232-413: The armored car robbery when in reality she and Claremont are doing it themselves. Lateesha carries out the robbery with the help of three co-workers. Claremont finds that Frances and his brother are the sons of mafia boss Anthony Cigliutti. He phones Lateesha and tells her to abort the plan, leaving the money with getaway driver Locus Fender, who takes the money to his mother's trailer home. Claremont has

1288-506: The audience and four steps behind common sense". Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times also criticized the story, saying that the film was "so over-plotted that it's borderline incomprehensible". A more positive review came from Jeff Otto at IGN who praised the film for originality and also praised the acting. Otto stated that "the final result is a bit of a mess, but it's one hell of an entertaining mess". Roger Ebert of

1344-446: The bail bondsman they worked for. 20th Century Fox , which had a first refusal deal on the project, turned it down and in the end the film was financed by New Line Cinema . Steve Barancik wrote the first draft of the screenplay, in 1997, which Scott rejected. A second script was written by Roger Avary, but was also rejected by Scott. Scott described the two rejected screenplays as conventional biopics of Domino Harvey's life, which

1400-524: The bounty hunters apprehend Frances, his brother, and his two friends and then tells them to deliver them to men working for Drake Bishop. Claremont tells them to retrieve the money from Fender and to deliver it to Bishop at the Stratosphere Casino. Following a shootout with Fender's mother, the $ 10 million is retrieved. Cigliutti is told about his sons' arrest and is led to believe that Bishop had his sons killed. In reality, Bishop's men released

1456-495: The boys after learning that they did not know anything about the robbery. Believing his sons dead, Cigliutti wants revenge and heads for the Stratosphere. In Las Vegas, Domino takes $ 300,000 of Bishop's money and gives it to Lateesha for Mica's operation. At the Stratosphere, the bounty hunters meet with Bishop, who has an armed crew with him. Domino and Bishop discuss the $ 10 million and what should happen next. Alf has stolen

1512-597: The category of Most Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She has also been nominated for several roles, including, a Primetime Emmy Award for her work in the television film, Bessie , and a number of BET Awards for her contribution to comedy productions. Domino (2005 film) Its plot flashes back as Domino ( Keira Knightley ), a fashion model turned bounty hunter, narrates how a $ 10 million robbery came about 36 hours before. Supporting actors include Mickey Rourke , Édgar Ramírez , Delroy Lindo , Mena Suvari , Mo'Nique , Lucy Liu , and Christopher Walken . The film

1568-620: The common factors that bring many women into the penal system. The documentary was related to her filming a comedy special at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, also known as The Farm. In 2007, she had a guest-starring role on the hit television series Ugly Betty as L'Amanda, Mode's weekend security guard. She starred in The Mo'Nique Show , her own late-night talk show. Taped in Atlanta, the show premiered October 5, 2009, on BET. She

1624-668: The daughter of engineer Alice Imes and drug counselor Steven Imes Jr. She is the youngest of four children. Mo'Nique graduated from Milford Mill High School in Baltimore County in 1985 and attended Morgan State University . She is a 1987 graduate of the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland . Before she was an actress, Monique worked as a customer service representative at the phone company MCI in Hunt Valley, Maryland . She got her start in comedy at

1680-409: The difference—why the money was so different—they said, 'Well, we believe that's what Mo'Nique will bring.' We said, 'Well, what about my resume?' They said, 'We don't go off of resumes.' Then we asked them, 'What was it about Amy Schumer?' and they said, 'Well, she sold out Madison Square Garden twice and she had a big movie over the summer.' Is that not Amy Schumer's resume? And then Netflix said, 'By

1736-508: The downtown Baltimore Comedy Factory Outlet when her brother Steve dared her to perform at an open mic night. During a 2008 Essence magazine interview, Mo'Nique revealed that she was sexually abused by her brother Gerald from ages 7 to 11; he went on to sexually abuse another girl and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. After her twin boys were born in 2005, Mo'Nique cut off all contact with Gerald. On April 19, 2010, he admitted on Oprah to sexually abusing her over several years. He also

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1792-677: The enemy. It's the Chinese people we need to watch out for". In 2005, Mo'Nique played a significant role in Tony Scott's thriller Domino , co-starring Keira Knightley and Mickey Rourke . In 2006, Mo'Nique was cast as the lead in Phat Girlz , a comedy about an aspiring fashion designer struggling to find love and acceptance. The film was met with lukewarm response from critics and fans. It did earn back its $ 3 million production cost in its first weekend of release. Mo'Nique's first play

1848-504: The events leading up to the theft with Mills occasionally prompting her to give more detail. Domino is a former model living in Los Angeles who becomes a bounty hunter when, after being kicked out of college, she notices a newspaper advertisement for a bounty hunter training seminar. Her colleagues are Ed Moseby, Choco, and Afghan driver, Alf. They are employed by Claremont Williams III, a bail bondsman who also runs an armored car business, and whose mistress , Lateesha Rodriguez, works for

1904-519: The feud. She has stated how devastated she was by Oprah's communication and described her as "malicious". In 2018, Mo'Nique accused Netflix of racial and gender bias against her after she was paid $ 500,000 for her comedy special to air on the streaming service. She compared herself to Dave Chappelle , Chris Rock , Kevin Hart , and Amy Schumer , who each received multimillion-dollar deals. In her statement, she stated: When we asked Netflix to explain

1960-533: The film Precious , for which she won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , becoming the fourth African-American woman to win the award. She has since hosted The Mo'Nique Show (2009–2011), and starred as Ma Rainey in the HBO biopic Bessie (2015), earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Mo'Nique was born on December 11, 1967, in Woodlawn, Baltimore County , Maryland,

2016-542: The film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 36 reviews, which it ranks as "generally unfavorable". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "C+" on scale of A to F. Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly gave Domino a 'D' grade, describing it as "trash shot to look like art imitating trash". Gleiberman criticized the plot as "so dense with ersatz Elmore Leonard convolutions that it manages to stay three steps ahead of

2072-894: The film. The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) awarded Mo'Nique with the Best Supporting Actress Award in December 2009. Mo'Nique received the AAFCA's first ever unanimous vote in an acting category. She has received Best Supporting Actress awards from the Stockholm International Film Festival , the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association , the Los Angeles Film Critics Association ,

2128-576: The independent drama Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire directed by Lee Daniels . For the role, she was paid $ 50,000. The film started to receive critical attention and awards buzz for her performance. The film's executive producers Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey , as well as the film's production company Lionsgate , asked her to travel to promote the film at the Cannes Film Festival , which she declined to do, saying her deal

2184-479: The money and filled the sacks with plastic explosives. He then reveals that he has the remote detonator taped to his hand, and has shipped the money to free Afghanistan. Shortly after this revelation, Cigliutti turns up with his crew. Though Bishop denies he had Cigliutti's sons killed, Cigliutti shoots him and Beckett. In the ensuing gunfight, Choco and Ed are severely wounded but make it into the elevator with Domino. Alf, critically wounded, sacrifices himself to blow up

2240-453: The resort's Top of the World restaurant, which was closed at the time for renovations. The Stratosphere was not in the original script. Executive producer Barry Waldman met with the casino's owners in the summer of 2004 to discuss featuring it in the movie, which the owners agreed to after small changes were made to the script. Tony Scott said an eight-minute BMW commercial he shot at the resort

2296-785: The role of Domino after seeing her in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . Mickey Rourke initially turned down the film, describing the part of bounty hunter Ed Moseby as "one-dimensional"; he agreed to do the film when Scott had the role rewritten. Filming began in Los Angeles on October 4, 2004. Filming locations included the Ambassador Hotel , the Hotel Alexandria , and

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2352-610: The side and he said, 'Listen, don't ever let them tell you what you can't have.' Since that day, I've made some of the best deals I've ever made in my career because it keeps ringing in my head...It will stay with me forever." In 2008, Radio One signed her to her own radio show: Mo'Nique in the Afternoon (or The Mo'Nique Show ), which premiered on several Radio One-owned Urban Adult Contemporary -formatted R&B/soul radio stations in July 2008. It mainly aired on these stations that had

2408-487: The top of the Stratosphere and Domino is the only survivor. After telling Taryn Mills everything, Domino is released by the FBI. Mills advises her to retire from bounty hunting. The (nearly) $ 10 million in boxes is delivered to Afghanistan and opened by celebrating children in the streets, Mica gets her $ 300,000 operation, and Domino shares a moment with her mother. In addition, Dale Dickey plays Edna Fender, Tom Waits plays

2464-426: The way, we believe Mo'Nique is a legend, too.' Why shouldn't I get what the legends are getting? In her statement, she also urged people to support her in her boycott of Netflix. She went on numerous talk shows, including The View , in which she continued to fight against Netflix. In 2019, she sued Netflix, with her complaint reading in part, "In short, as this lawsuit shows, Netflix's treatment of Mo'Nique began with

2520-573: Was Eve Ensler 's Obie Award -winning production of The Vagina Monologues in March 2002. Mo'Nique, Ella Joyce ( Roc ); Wendy Raquel Robinson ( The Steve Harvey Show and The Game ) and Vanessa Bell Calloway ( What's Love Got to Do with It ), were the first all black celebrity cast to perform The Vagina Monologues . Produced by YYP & Associates, the show was directed by playwright and director Yetta Young as well as co-produced by Kellie R. Griffin, Lisa D. Washington and Anita Cal. Mo'Nique

2576-635: Was "a testing ground" for Domino . Scenes were filmed at the Bonnie Springs Ranch motel on December 20, 2004. Scott had wanted to include the ranch and the Valley of Fire in one of his movies. The following day, scenes were filmed at the Stardust Resort and Casino 's Starlight Lounge. Filming concluded on December 22, 2004, after scenes were shot at the intersection of South Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue . Filming lasted

2632-464: Was absolutely amazing. She had to stand up to the adversity of black and white [society] at a time when we really weren't accepted. Mr. Lee Daniels is going to direct it, of course, and I'm going to be Miss Hattie McDaniel. I really hope I can do that woman justice." In 2014, Mo'Nique starred in Patrik-Ian Polk 's drama film Blackbird as Claire Rousseau. She next starred as Ma Rainey in

2688-772: Was abused by family members and struggled with substance abuse. Mo'Nique portrayed Nicole "Nikki" Parker on the UPN television series The Parkers from 1999 to 2004. She was featured on many leading stand-up venues such as Showtime at the Apollo , Russell Simmons ' Def Comedy Jam , and Thank God You're Here . Mo'Nique tackles race issues in her stand up routines, for instance at the Montreal Just For Laugh Festival in 2000: "White and black people, we're just mad at each other, we don't know why we're mad at each other. We're not each other's enemy. We're not

2744-515: Was also named hostess of Showtime at the Apollo . She was the hostess and executive producer of Mo'Nique's Fat Chance , a beauty pageant for plus-sized women, on the Oxygen cable network. She hosted the first season of Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School on VH1 where she crowned Saaphyri as the winner. Mo'Nique's 2007 documentary I Coulda Been Your Cellmate! focuses on incarcerated women. In interviews with individual women, she touches on

2800-459: Was featured in soul singer Anthony Hamilton 's video " Sista Big Bones ", the second single from his album Ain't Nobody Worryin' . She hosted the 2003 and 2004 BET Awards and appeared as the host again for the 2007 BET Awards. She received positive responses in July 2004 with her opening performance of Beyoncé 's single " Crazy in Love " In 2007, she performed Beyoncé's " Déjà Vu ". Mo'Nique has had

2856-506: Was living at the time with her mother Paulene Stone and Stone's then-husband Peter Morton . He invited Domino to his office, where he proposed a film of her life. Domino agreed and sold Scott the film rights. According to the Los Angeles Times , Harvey was paid $ 360,000 for the rights. Tony Scott interviewed Harvey about her life and her work bounty hunting. Scott also met and interviewed Ed Martinez and Choco, who were Domino's bounty-hunting colleagues. She took him to meet Celes King III ,

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2912-633: Was married to sportswriter Calvin Watkins who she met in broadcasting school and had son Shalon Watkins, Jr. in 1990. She would later describe this marriage as abusive. From 1997 to 2001, she was married to barber Mark Jackson. In October 2005, Mo'Nique gave birth to twin sons Jonathan and David Hicks two months before their due date. In 2006, she married their father, Sidney Hicks. In a New York Times profile, she mentions that she and Hicks have an open marriage: We have an agreement that we'll always be honest, and if sex happens with another person, that's not

2968-478: Was not what he had in mind. Finally, Richard Kelly was asked to write the screenplay after Scott read his script for Southland Tales . Kelly was sent transcripts of Domino Harvey's interviews with Tony Scott, but he did not read the scripts that Scott had rejected. In discussing the finished product, Kelly commented that "...Domino might be one of the most subversive films released by a major studio since Fight Club ". Tony Scott thought of Keira Knightley for

3024-402: Was released on DVD and VHS on February 21, 2006. The DVD contained several extra features including an audio commentary with Tony Scott and Richard Kelly, deleted scenes from the film, featurettes on Domino Harvey and the visual style of the film, the teaser trailer and the theatrical trailer . While the film was released in its original widescreen format in all DVD regions, the film

3080-708: Was released on October 14, 2005, in 2,223 theaters across America and grossed $ 4,670,120 on its opening weekend. The film stayed in release for four weeks and ended up with a gross of $ 10,169,202. In other territories, the film grossed $ 13,404,855 which, added to the domestic gross, gave the film a total worldwide gross of $ 23,574,057. This was a box-office flop compared to the film's estimated $ 50 million cost. On Rotten Tomatoes Domino has an approval rating of 18%, based on 155 reviews, with an average rating of 4.00/10. The site's consensus states: "The life story of model-turned-bounty-hunter Domino Harvey struggles to get out of this overwrought and excessive biopic." On Metacritic ,

3136-510: Was with the film's director, Daniels, and that she had finished her contractual obligations. Upon winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , Mo'Nique stated, "I'd like to thank the Academy for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics". Mo'Nique has since claimed Perry called her to apologize for how she was treated. In 2020, Mo'Nique performed a standup segment attacking Perry, Oprah and others involved in

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