Monique
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Monique is a female given name, originally the French form of Monica. It has also been regularly used in English speaking countries since at least the 1950s.
Specific well-known women named Monique include:
In acting:
- Gabrielle Monique Union, American actress
- Monique Alexander, an American erotic actress
- Monique Gabrielle, actress
- Monique Coleman, American actress best known for being one of the co-stars of the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical
- Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson, African-American actress and comedian
- Monique Leyrac, Canadian singer and actress from Quebec
- Monique Mercure, a Canadian actor
- The Monique Sweep, acting term
In music:
- Monique Buzzarté, an American composer, trombonist, and activist
- Monique Haas, a French pianist
In Canadian politics:
- Monique Guay, Quebec politician
- Monique Richard, former Quebec labour union leader of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec
- Monique Smith, a Canadian politician
- Monique Vézina, a Canadian politician
In other fields:
- Monique Bégin, a Canadian academic
- Monique Hennagan, American athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres
- Monique Lhuillier, Filipino-American fashion designer
- Monique Truong, Vietnamese-American writer living in Brooklyn, New York
- Monique Vinh Thuy, the widow of Vietnamese emperor Bao Dai
- Monique Wittig, a French feminist theorist