Monique

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Monique is a female given name. It is the French form of the name Monica. The name has enjoyed some popularity in the United States since about 1955, and is less common in other English-speaking countries.

Notable people named Monique

In acting:

• Monique, American pornographic actress
• Monique Chaumette (born 1927), French actress
• Monique Coleman (born 1980), American actress, singer, and dancer
• Monique Gabriela Curnen (born 1970), American actress
• Monique Gabrielle (born 1963), American actress
• Mo'Nique Hicks (born 1967), American actress and comedian
• Monique Leyrac (born 1928), Canadian singer and actress
• Monique Mélinand (1916–2012), French actress
• Monique Mercure (born 1930), Canadian actress
• Monique Noel (born 1967), American glamour model and actress
• Monique van de Ven (born 1952), Dutch actress and film director
• Monique Williams, actress in Australian television series The Sleepover Club

In music:

• Monique Brumby (born 1974), Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• Monique Buzzarté (born 1960), American composer, trombonist, and activist
• Monique Haas (1909–1987), French pianist
• Monique Melsen (born 1951), Luxembourgian singer
• Monique Powell, singer for American ska band Save Ferris
• Monique Rhodes, New Zealand singer, songwriter, and producer

In politics:

• Monique Cerisier-ben Guiga (born 1942), French politician
• Monique D. Davis (born 1936), American politician
• Monique Guay (born 1959), Quebec politician
• Monique Iborra (born 1945), French politician
• Monique Koeyers-Felida (1967–2016), Curaçaoan politician
• Monique Landry (born 1937), Canadian politician
• Monique Orphé (born 1964), French politician
• Monique Papon (born 1934), French politician
• Monique Pauzé, Quebec politician
• Monique Richard (born 1947), Quebec politician
• Monique Smith (born c. 1965), Ontario politician
• Monique Vézina (born 1935), Canadian politician
• Monique de Vries (born 1947), Dutch politician

In sports:

• Monique Adamczak (born 1983), Australian professional tennis player
• Monique Angermüller (born 1984), German speed skater
• Monique de Bruin (born 1965), Dutch cyclist
• Monique de Bruin (born 1977), American fencer
• Monique Burkland (born 1989), American Paralympic volleyball player
• Monique Cabral (born 1986), Trinidadian sprinter
• Monique Conti (born 1999), Australian basketball player
• Monique Drost (born 1964), Dutch swimmer
• Monique van de Elzen (born 1976), New Zealand footballer
• Monique Éwanjé-Épée (born 1967), French track and field athlete
• Monique Ferreira (born 1980), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
• Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (born 1968), German speed skater
• Monique Gladding (born 1981), British diver
• Monique Hennagan (born 1976), American track and field athlete
• Monique Hirovanaa (born 1966), New Zealand rugby player
• Monique Iannella (born 1996), Australian professional footballer
• Monique Jansen (born 1978), Dutch discus thrower
• Monique Kauffmann (born 1963), Dutch road cyclist and speed skater
• Monique Knol (born 1964), Dutch racing cyclist
• Monique Leroux (1938–1985), French fencer
• Monique Merrill (born 1969), American ski mountaineer and mountain biker
• Monique Murphy (born 1994), Australian swimmer
• Monique Olivier (born 1998), Luxembourgian swimmer
• Monique Riekewald (born 1979), German skeleton racer
• Monique Williams (born 1985), New Zealand sprinter
• Monique de Wilt (born 1976), Dutch pole vaulter

In other fields:

• Monique Bégin (born 1936), Canadian academic and former politician
• Monique de Bissy (1923–2009), French-Belgian World War II resistance member
• Monique Ganderton (born 1980), Canadian stuntwoman
• Monique Lhuillier (born 1971), Filipino-American fashion designer
• Monique Péan (born c. 1981), American fine jewelry designer
• Monique Pinçon-Charlot (born 1946), French sociologist
• Monique de Roux (born 1946), French painter and engraver
• Monique Schwitter (born 1972), Swiss writer and actress
• Monique Sené, French nuclear physicist
• Monique Truong (born 1968), Vietnamese-American writer
• Monique Vinh Thuy (born 1946), widow of Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại
• Monique Wadsted (born 1957), Swedish lawyer
• Monique Wittig (1935–2003), French writer and feminist theorist
• Monique Wright (born 1973), Australian journalist and television personality
• Norodom Monineath (born 1936), queen mother of Cambodia, sometimes referred to as Queen Monique

Fictional characters

• Monique, friend of Kim Possible
• Monique Jeffries, character in American crime drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Monique Pollier, Orson Hodge's deceased mistress in Desperate Housewives

See also

• Monica (given name)
• Mount Monique, Antarctica