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Emmanuelle Chriqui Profile |
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Birth Date: December 10, 1977
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Birth Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Birth Name: Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui
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Height: 5'3"
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Biography |
Emmanuelle Chriqui was born on December 10th, 1977 in the
Canadian city of Montreal. The Chriqui (pronounced
shree-kee) family is Moroccan and Emmanuelle has both an
older sister and an older brother. They moved to Toronto
when Emmanuelle was about 6 years old and this is where she
grew up.
When she was 9, she realized that acting was something she
wanted to do more than anything else. Her parents couldn't
afford acting lessons for their youngest daughter but Serge,
her older brother who was 18 at the time, dipped into his
own pockets and paid for the classes himself.
With her family's unshakable support, a 10-year-old
Emmanuelle began her acting career in a McDonald's
commercial, with a dancing cheeseburger on her sweatshirt.
More commercials followed but she had yet to be a superstar.
After a few years, Chriqui relocated to Vancouver and began
auditioning for TV shows. Supporting herself by working as a
waitress -- a flexible job that let her make her own
schedule -- she landed guest-starring roles in the mid-'90s,
in Canadian series such as Are You Afraid of the Dark?,
Forever Knight, Kung Fu, Once a Thief, and Psi Factor.
Then came a succession of TV movies that allowed her to
receive more exposure, including Harrison Bergeron (1995)
with Christopher Plummer and Sean Astin, Unwed Father
(1997), Principal Takes a Holiday (1998) with Kevin Nealon,
and Futuresport (1998) with Wesley Snipes and Vanessa
Williams.
With these projects under her belt, Chriqui was ready for
meatier parts. Hollywood came calling and she was offered a
supporting role in Detroit Rock City (1999), the story of
four teenage boys who try to attend a KISS concert.
Even though her screen time was limited, it served as a
stepping stone and her next movie, Snow Day (2000), put her
on the map. In this Nickelodeon production, Emmanuelle
portrayed Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in school.
Once again, her name wasn't on the marquee but she left an
impression and even starred in the Hoku music video for
"Another Dumb Blonde" (from the Snow Day soundtrack).
Emmanuelle's next projects were the horror thriller Ricky 6
(2000) and the little-seen teen sex comedy, 100 Girls
(2000). In the latter, she played Patty, a promiscuous artsy
girl who turns out to be the most three-dimensional
character in the film, having a more significant part than
anticipated.
Just when things started picking up for the raven-haired
actress, she got the chance of a lifetime and was selected
to appear in the Steven Spielberg science-fiction epic,
Artificial Intelligence: AI.
Chriqui was on the set for three days in the summer of 2000,
but unfortunately her scene wound up on the cutting room
floor. The same fate awaited her later that summer when she
participated in the shooting of Todd Solondz's Storytelling,
with Selma Blair.
Still making her way up the Hollywood hierarchy, she won the
coveted female lead in On the Line (2001), also known as the
'N Sync movie because it starred group members Lance Bass
and Joey Fatone. She wasn't very knowledgeable about the
band but got to hang out with them for a month before
shooting and built chemistry with the boys. In the process,
she made a lot of teenage girls jealous.
Chriqui's next role came two years later when she appeared
alongside Eliza Dushku as Carly, a girl who is stalked by
cannibals in Wrong Turn (2003). Currently living in L.A. and
New York City, she has just finished shooting the fourth
installment of the popular The Crow series, called The Crow:
Wicked Prayer, which stars Edward Furlong, Tara Reid and
Dennis Hopper; it's scheduled for release in 2004. |
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Other
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Her family is from Morocco. Has one sister named Laurence
and a brother - both older. They were raised for several
years in Unionville, Ontario.
Her last name is pronounced "Shreeky".
Filmed an appearance for the television series, "Manchester
Prep" (1999). The series was not picked up despite having
several episodes filmed, and was later edited into the movie
Cruel Intentions 2 (2000) (TV). Emmanuelle's scenes were not
used, although she appears in the trailer.
Ranked #90 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The
World" (2002)
She is bilingual, English and French. |
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