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. Monia defended no less than a dozen plays on the boards of Montreal theaters. On television, we have seen her in Les Rescapés, Mirador, Le Gentlemen III and in the series Sur-vie, Mensonges and Nouvelle adresse. 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, namely Denys Arcand and Xavier Dolan.
In Les Amours imaginaires, 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. She can also be seen in the film by Xavier Dolan, Laurence Anyways, and in Gare du Nord, the fourth feature film by French director Claire Simon. In addition, in 2013, she wrote and directed her first short film Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire, which earned her several awards including the Jutra (2014) for best short or mediumlength film, the award at the festival South By Southwest (Texas 2014), 5 awards at the 11th gala Prends ça court ! (2014) and several other prizes. She was seen in Robin Aubert’s Les Affamés (Best Canadian Feature Film of the Toronto International Film Festival 2017). She, also, worked on several movies in 2017 : Pauvre Georges (Claire Devers), Emma Peeters (Nicole Palo), Gold (Éric Morin), Avant qu’on explose (Rémi St-Michel).
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