Mo’Nique has won the Best Supporting Actress for the film “Precious”. Mo’Nique was the 16th African American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
The comedienne and actress shot to fame in the UPN series “The Parkers” while also making a name for herself as a comic on the stand-up circuit. Mo’Nique has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for “Precious.”
Take a look at her acceptance speech:
GALLERY: 2010 Oscars Red Carpet
Mo’Nique’s secret to a happy marriage? an open one
Take a look at our Mo’Nique gallery:
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at 3:39 pm
i have loved mo since the parkers, and im so happy for her…she’s one of my idols…CANGRATS MO!
at 1:37 pm
Whatever!!! like i said before i’m going with performance over politics and all this drama is not worth it, we been here, done that and said what’s on our minds so i’m a keep it 100 percent real and go with scrum_cious because Mo’nique did the damn and her performance was spectacular. And you know who you are since you feel as though somebody is “simple minded and senile”…lmao
at 6:58 pm
This is a GOOD YEAR for MONIQUE! She is doing the damn thang!
CONGRATULATIONS to her on her OSCAR win. & for her NAACP AWARD as well.
at 6:58 pm
@brojayx3 you get a standing ovation my brotha. I solely understood where you were coming from and that was some enlightening for ones ass lol. You really did your thing in addressing the simply mined” and the senile”. You get my applause!
at 6:47 pm
Gail_Brooks I must say I enjoy the message’s you send in your post’s they are really fullfilling keep it up my sista!
at 9:14 pm
I’m really glad for Mo’ Nique..that was a much deserved win. I am really glad she never really campaigned for it either. She just let the performance speak for itself.
at 7:00 pm
go watch this movie called ‘STICKUP KIDS’ (2009) if you wanna see some positive stuff……
there’s clips of the movie on yo utube
at 10:32 am
Way to go Mo’Nique-more power to you.
at 11:33 pm
afropuffs i agree wit u 110%. this s**t needs to stop. everybody happy for her but these awards are long overdue. especially with that princess and the frog crap. how long has disney been around and they just having a black princess. this is really a slap in the face…
at 7:26 pm
Just realized that the past few blacks that got oscars were all playing negative roles. Halle Berry in Monsters Ball, Denzel Washington in Training Day and now Mo’nique in Precious. Can’t black people get commended for postive roles too? Not raining on their parade. They are all great actors that deserved an award long ago… but still…
at 6:10 pm
If people wanted more positive roles for black actors to come out than the negative roles we see constantly than they have to remember this…..Action speak louder than words. Knowledge is power so is OUR money! Support new black directors trying to get more exposures with positive roles that show another side to the black communities and we may just see a change in the near future. Making a movie cost money but can be done on a small budget (it have happened many times). Who knows maybe someone would get an independent movie made with positive black role models that may just make it in the top 5 slot and Hollywood would take notices! Money talks in Hollywood.
at 3:28 pm
@Brojayx3 LMAO…FIRST OF ALL I DON’T HAVE ANY KIDS AND NEVER WILL I MISDIRECT THEM ON THEIR HERITAGE; THAT ‘S IF I HAD ANY, BUT I HAVE A BUNCH OF NEICES AND NEPHEWS WHO I ALWAYS SPEAK POSITIVE TO ALL THE TIME. I COME FROM TWO RESPECTABLE PARENTS WHO ALWAYS WORK HARD IN LIFE AND THEY TAUGHT ME AND MY BROTHERS TO BE INDEPENDENT AND STRAIGHT FORWARD. SECOND OF ALL YOU DON’T KNOW ME OR WHERE I COMING FROM SO I’M GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE TOO QUICK TO JUMP AT WHAT’S SO NEGATIVE ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY DON’T DO THEIR RESEARCH. YESSSSSSS!!! TIME AFTER TIME I’VE STATED BEFORE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON IN HOLLYWOOD AND ITS BIAS AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE, BUT INSTEAD OF POINTING THE FINGER DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT; LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD AND DO SOMETHING UPSTANDING. DO YOUR RESEARCH AND YOU’LL SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN BLACK ACTORS AND ACTRESSES THAT WON AWARDS FOR POSITIVE MOVIE ROLES. I DON’T HAVE “A SLAVE MIND”…I’M WHAT YOU CALL AN EDUCATED YOUNG BLACK WOMAN WHO SEES BOTH SIDES OF EVERYBODIES OPINIONS. SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO QUICK TO PULL SOMEBODY DOWN BY SAYING THE ONLY THING WE’RE GOOD AT IS GETTING OSCAR AWARDS FOR STEREOTYPICAL ROLES AND MAY THAT BE TRUE, BUT AT THE SAMETIME THERE HAVE BEEN LEGENDARY ACTORS AND ACTRESSES WHO WON AWARDS FOR POSITIVE ROLES; THAT’S THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO GET ACROSS ALL ALONG. I WILL NEVER BE TOO QUICK TO OPEN MY MOUTH AND SAY WE WAS AS BLACK PEOPLE DIDN’T GET THIS OR THAT BECAUSE OF A PARTICULAR SITUATION WHICH IN REALITY, IF YOU DIG DEEP ENOUGH YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE WHO ACCOMPLISHED THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS NOT OBTAINABLE. HOW CRAZY IS THAT TO SAY I “HAVE A SLAVE MIND” BECAUSE I HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF AN OPINION IN WHICH I STATE THE OBVIOUS. I’M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT’S ON MY MIND WITHOUT BACKING IT UP. ALL THESE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN POSITIVE MOVIE ROLES AFTER ANOTHER FOR BLACK PEOPLE THAT WE SHOULD OF SUPPORTED MORE THEN THE STEREOTYPICAL ROLES, BUT HONESTLY PEOPLE RATHER GO OUT AND SUPPORT ROLES THAT MAY NOT BE SO POSITIVE. WE GOT TO REALIZE THAT THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A BIAS AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE MAY POINT IT OUT, ITS GOING TO CONTINUE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID BEFORE. IF HOLLYWOOD IS SOOOO BAD THEN HOW COME OUR BLACK ACTORS AND ACTRESSES ARE GOING OUT AND AUDITIONING FOR ROLES THAT ARE STEREOTYPES IN WHICH SHEDS LIGHT ON OUR COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A NEGATIVE WAY. I’M DONE!!!!!! BECAUSE I FEEL AS THOUGH NOBODY KNOWS WHERE I COMING FROM AND AS FAR AS HAVING A SLAVE MIND…THAT”S B.S! NEVER WILL I GO DOWN THAT PATH!
at 12:27 pm
So many of us have to get away from the accepted notion that things are exactly as they appear to be. Believe it or not, when you really study the Hollywood thing, the political thing, and so many other things that we see day to day, very little is in definitive Black and White. Sometimes left is actually right, and up is actually down. Entertainment is just one of the mediums used to deceive us. If you take any given idea and accept it as truth simply because “they said so on the news” or “I read it in the newspaper”, you are exactly the kind of ’sheeple’ that the powers that be want you to be. If you’re unwilling to dig beneath the surface to make sure that what is presented is actually truth, then you’re doomed to be stuck in a rut of disillusionment. Truth be told, very little in Hollywood gets down without and underlying agenda. Even if it’s nothing overt, there are almost always subliminal messages. You have to understand the signs to see the messages, but they are there. I would suggest going to Youtube and looking up videos on the Great Deception that is the entertainment industry. Many of you would be shocked at things that you’ve watched and never recognized the underlying subliminals behind them.
at 12:13 pm
Tyelisha2…..baby girl your so ignorant to the bigger picture its sickening,and the sad thing is that you may be some ones mother which you will teach this ”trained” of thought to your child when will this cycle of ignorance break? lets look at this word ”performance” and it definition
1. General: Accomplishment of a given task measured against preset standards of accuracy, completeness, cost, and speed.
2. Contracts: Successful execution of a contract, or fulfillment of an obligation, in a manner that releases the performer from all liabilities under. question? so when we
accomplish a given task or successfully execute a contract, or fulfill an obligation of these negative roles that we preform as actors how does that help our image as people? are our obligations to uplift the images of our people or to accomplishment a task that is given to us by our open enemy? we have became like pigs,we are entertained with filth and we love it and support it and we wonder why we are not respected among the civilized people all over the earth.remember Satan is thee greatest performer of all time,would you be a fan of his performance after knowing his intentions? i know this will fall on deaf ears based on your post i have read,so i understand your mental position and others like you,cause you have a slave minded sickness that you need to come out of.
at 8:07 am
@Gail_Brooks…i was talking in general because your not the only one that feels that way so i wasn’t singling you out and i totally agree with you 100 percent!!!!.
at 12:36 am
Thank god for me having my own mind because as an individual it is my responsibilty to think for myself and no one else. As for young teens being influenced by Monique and her talk of an open marriage where are these young teens parents when they are watching these adult subject matter.
Parents need to school their own children as its their responsibilty so nope I can not blame trashy hollywood because reality always wins over fantasy.
at 12:24 am
@AztecGoddess,you handle your son’s situation well, since he has you as a parent he’ll be very well rounded and continue to keep his eyes open to all the opportunities that he will face.
Unfortunately, @chuckyluv as you mentioned that is how some parents are getting down. Leaving their children to raise theirselves out in these dangerous streets and some of us already have our hands full with our own situations and we will not take on more than we can handle.
Some in our community risk their lives everyday to turn some of these wayward kids around but we will continue to see movies that despict AA/blacks as the ones needing encouragement to thrive and see them being lead by the only hope they have while alive the non black savior.
I know in our communities there are some who do help everyday and are not given the recognition they deserve. But, I will say for those who claims its not about race or it always has to be about race i’am apalled at the awards given to black actors/actresses when they play a negative character I noticed the only time when they will win an award.
Yes, these actors/actresses are very talented but when do they get to play the mother who open her heart and home to someone elses child, or the father who raised another mans trouble child and showed him/her what love really is like from a black persons point of view
I stop watching hollywood years ago because hollywood is fos and we as people of color should invest in our entertainment industry if we want to see more positive characters for those who want thier children to look up to someone show them the Garbage man who goes to work every day, the mail man who brings your mail, the libarain who checks in your books show them real everyday people like you and me that who they can look up to.
(sorry for any typo but I havent learned how to be perfect yet)
at 12:22 am
I’m not blaming white people for anything…i think black actors should be accountable for the roles they pick and what they say…because whether or not they want to believe it…they are role models…i have a problem with artists and actors white and black….especially black that exploit our race…and how she got up there and made a speech about ‘it’s not about politics’ was almost comical! That crap last night was nothing but politics…the ignorant abusive welfare recipient abusing and letting her child be abused…only to have the white woman come and save the day!!! thank god for actors such as angela bassett and jada pinkett smith and gabrielle union that have all turned down stereotypical roles…i don’t know what’s up with oprah either…every movie that she has financed there are always lesbian scenes, a child being molested or raped, a woman being battered, a slave picture where the women are beat or raped or both, and a negative depiction of the black man…i don’t look at her in the same way that i once did…and how can monique..in the age of hiv/aids .get on nation wide t.v. and say that she and her husband have an open marriage…young people preteens through 24 years of age…are the highest group that are being infected with hiv…many who look up to her… i mean people do what they want to do but i just feel like some things shouldn’t be said…especially if you are in the public eye…because i think she is just straight ignorant! So no…I’m not blaming white people…hell they don’t have to do anything to us anymore…because we are inflicting all the damage to ourselves…that movie was financed, produced, and directed by blacks..we’ve become so accustomed to the negative depictions..so much to the point that there are people that think this is all our race is all about…the drug dealer, drug addict, ho, slave, maid, welfare recipient, and a grossly obese teenager!
at 11:04 pm
TYPO..I MEANT TO SAY FAIRLY