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Monica Calhoun is a Actor American born on 29 july 1971 at Philadelphia (USA)
Monica Calhoun (born July 29, 1971) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Bagdad Cafe, The Players Club, The Salon, The Best Man, and its sequel The Best Man Holiday. Calhoun was Nominated for an Emmy for her performance in the CBS Schoolbreak Special "Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love" (1993). Calhoun was also nominated for the Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Image Award for her portrayal of Mia Morgan in the 1999 comedy-drama film The Best Man.
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Calhoun was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child star she worked with director F. Gary Gray (Set It Off) in a play . Calhoun graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for Arts alongside Anthony Anderson, Shondrella Avery, Tammy Townsend, and Jenna Elfman. She has also worked with Award winning actor Blair Underwood, R&B singer Shanice Wilson and Fame director and producer, Chris Stokes (He's Got Game) on a television pilot. Calhoun co-starred with actor Flex Alexander in the short-lived series, "Where I Live." Calhoun has also co-starred with veteran actors Robert Guillaume ("Benson") and Pam Grier in the television production, "Pacific Station.Best films
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The Best Man Holiday (2013)
, 2h3Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Terrence Howard, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan
Roles Mia Morgan
Rating65%
Mia Sullivan (Monica Calhoun), wife of Lance Sullivan (Morris Chestnut), has written letters requesting the old gang join them for Christmas: Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) and his almost-nine-month-pregnant wife Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Julian Murch (Harold Perrineau) and wife Candace Sparks (Regina Hall), her best friend Jordan Armstrong (Nia Long) and boyfriend Brian McDonald (Eddie Cibrian), Quentin "Q" Spivey (Terrence Howard), and Shelby Taylor (Melissa De Sousa). All the friends arrive at the house, the first time they've come together in 14 years, and the celebration begins. At dinner, the old friends catch up while tensions grow between Shelby and Candace.
The Salon (2005)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Vivica A. Fox, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Dondré T. Whitfield, Brooke Burns, Kym Whitley, Monica Calhoun
Roles Brenda
Rating41%
The Salon is an independent feature film that was developed, financed and produced by Howard University grads David Odom and Mark Brown. In the movie, Jenny Smith (Fox) owns a modest neighborhood beauty parlor that is hugely popular with the folks who reside on her street, but mom-and-pop businesses are going belly-up all over the place and lately a corporate giant has been clamoring to set up shop on the block. Despite formidable pressure from the Department of Water and Power, Jenny refuses to accept the offer made for her shop and decides to test her luck against the DWP in the local courthouse.
Civil Brand (2003)
, 1h35Directed by Neema Barnette
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Lisa Raye, Tichina Arnold, Lark Voorhies, Monica Calhoun, N'Bushe Wright, Mos Def
Roles Wet
Rating51%
Frances, the new inmate at Whitehead, befriends a circle of inmates, and together they rebel against the prison’s abuse and exploitation. After several failed attempts to stop the harsh working conditions along with the rape and death of their friend Lil’ Mama, Frances and the other inmates decide to take action and take control over the prison to stop the abuse and stand up for their rights.
Gang of Roses (2003)
, 1h34Directed by Jean-Claude La Marre
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Lil' Kim, Lisa Raye, Marie Matiko, Monica Calhoun, Stacey Dash, Bobby Brown
Roles Rachel
Rating25%
The film starts off with Left Eye Watkins (Brown) and his gang attempting to bully Sheriff Shoeshine Michel (Louis Mandylor) into giving them gold and women. A female member of the gang is extremely enthusiastic about the women and sets out to rape a can-can girl in the middle of town. While resisting, the can-can cuts the female gang member who in turns shoots her in the middle of the road.
Love Chronicles (2003)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Aries Spears, Terrence Howard, Chris Spencer, Lisa Raye, Clifton Powell, Monica Calhoun
Roles Maya
Rating46%
A pair of talk show hosts team with a relationship-guide author to help listeners improve their relationships. Eventually, the trio unwittingly expose their own love-related baggage. Starring Terrence Howard and Robin Givens, Love Chronicles screened at the American Black Film Festival.
Pandora's Box (2002)
, 1h43Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Monica Calhoun, Michael Jai White, Kristoff St. John, Joseph Lawrence, Tyson Beckford
Roles Mia DuBois
Rating48%
A woman's infidelity leads her into a web of larceny and danger in this noir-flavored independent thriller. Mia DuBois (Monica Calhoun) is a psychologist who until recently worked with the police department, counseling the survivors of victims of violent crime. While Mia has entered into a successful private practice, she's persuaded by her former colleagues to take on new client, Tammy (Chrystale Wilson), who is still dealing with the recent murder of her husband. As Mia helps Tammy with her problems, Mia finds herself thinking about her own marriage to Victor (Kristoff St. John), which has hardly been happy lately. As Mia begins wondering if she has other options, she visits a mysterious nightclub, Pandora's Box, where she meets the sexy and mysterious Hampton Hines (Michael Jai White). Mia soon begins having an affair with Hampton, unaware that Hampton is actually working with Victor and Tammy; Mia is soon to inherit $20 million, and Victor is determined to get his hands on the money. Hampton soon shifts his alliances to stay with Mia, but Victor and Tammy are not giving up their shares of the fortune quite so easily.
Love & Basketball (2000)
, 2h4Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Sanaa Lathan, Chris Warren Jr., Omar Epps, Dennis Haysbert, Debbi Morgan, Alfre Woodard
Roles Kerry
Rating72%
Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) have wanted to be professional basketball stars since they were kids. Monica wanted to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, and wear Magic Johnson's number: 32, and Quincy wanted to be like his father and play for the Clippers. However, Monica has to work hard to establish herself, while Quincy was born with natural star potential. As the two struggle to reach their goals of playing professionally, they must also deal with their emotions for each other.
The Best Man (1999)
, 2hDirected by Malcolm D. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Regina Hall, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Terrence Howard
Roles Mia Morgan
Rating66%
Harper Stewart (Diggs) is a young man living in Chicago with his beautiful and devoted girlfriend Robin (Lathan). However, Harper, whose professional life is on the verge of a major breakthrough is hesitant about committing to a woman. Harper's debut novel, Unfinished Business, has been selected by Oprah's Book Club, a seal of approval that pretty much guarantees him a best seller.
The Players Club (1998)
, 1h44Directed by Ice Cube
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Lisa Raye, Dick Anthony Williams, Bernie Mac, Judyann Elder, Monica Calhoun, Jamie Foxx
Roles Ebony
Rating58%
Diana Armstrong (LisaRaye) arrives at the scene of the raunchy, dysfunctional Players Club. She narrates of that she used to work at the club and begun when she moved out of her parents home after an argument with her father, as she was pregnant with her son. Diana ends up working at a shoe store, when she meets Ronnie (Chrystale Wilson) and Tricks (Adele Givens), who work for Dolla Bill (Bernie Mac) at The Players Club. They convince Diana she would make better money stripping, by saying, "Use what you got to get what you want."
Directed by Eriq La Salle
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Daryl Mitchell, Forest Whitaker, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roles Evonne
Rating75%
Grâce à ses dons inouïs et à une inventivité surprenante, Eric Manigault s'est rapidement imposé sur les trottoirs de Harlem comme le joueur de basket le plus prometteur de sa génération. En sombrant dans la drogue, il va briser définitivement tout espoir de carrière. Il saura saisir sa chance au deuxième rebond, pour enfin devenir une légende.
, 1h47Directed by Bill Duke
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Barnard Hughes, Mary Wickes, James Coburn, Maggie Smith
Rating57%
Sisters Mary Patrick, (Kathy Najimy), Mary Robert (Wendy Makkena), and Mary Lazarus (Mary Wickes) attend the final performance of Deloris van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) at a Las Vegas theater, depicting her escapades at the nuns' convent in the previous film. Afterwards, the Sisters ask Deloris for her assistance once again. Reuniting with Reverend Mother, (Maggie Smith) Deloris learns the nuns now work as teachers at St. Francis Academy in San Francisco, a school Deloris herself had attended, which is facing closure if the administrator Mr. Crisp (James Coburn) convinces the local diocese to agree. Deloris agrees to help teach the music class, once again taking on her persona as Sister Mary Clarence. She meets the monks who also work at the school, including principal Father Maurice (Barnard Hughes), math teacher Father Ignatius (Michael Jeter), grouchy Latin teacher Father Thomas (Brad Sullivan), and the cook Father Wolfgang (Thomas Gottschalk).
Younger and Younger (1993)
, 1h39Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Actors Donald Sutherland, Brendan Fraser, Sally Kellerman, Julie Delpy, Lolita Davidovich, Linda Hunt
Roles Jamie-Lee
Rating49%
Jonathan Younger owns a self-storage facility. He has a strained relationship with wife Penny, a plain and skittish woman who is startled by a noise Jonathan makes and dies from a heart attack.
Jack the Bear (1993)
, 1h39Directed by Marshall Herskovitz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families
Actors Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hugues, Gary Sinise, Art LaFleur, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Roles Sondra
Rating64%
Jack Leary (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.) and his younger brother Dylan (Miko Hughes) start over in Oakland, California in 1972 following the death of the boys' mother Elizabeth. The boys live with their father John (Danny DeVito), who entertains late-night horror film audiences as Midnight Shriek host-commentator "Al Gory." Though devoted to his two sons, John has a drinking problem that disrupts the smooth running of the household. Some parental duties fall to Jack, who takes Dylan to his first day of preschool. Elizabeth's parents make regular visits. One of the Learys' neighbors, a young man named Norman Strick (Gary Sinise) who walks with a cane due to a twisted leg he suffered from a car accident as a teen, is an anti-social neo-Nazi who feels the neighborhood is going downhill.
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
, 1h41Directed by Eric Laneuville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Morris Chestnut, Monica Calhoun, Avery Brooks, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Omar Gooding
Roles Minnijean Brown
Rating73%
, 4hDirected by Karen Arthur
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Angela Bassett, Holly Robinson Peete, Margaret Avery, Bumper Robinson, Monica Calhoun
Roles Rebbie Jackson
Rating77%
The miniseries stars Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as the Jacksons' patriarch Joseph Jackson, Angela Bassett as the family matriarch Katherine Jackson, Alex Burrall, Jason Weaver and Wylie Draper played Michael Jackson in different eras, while Bumper Robinson and Terrence Howard played Jackie Jackson in different eras, Shakiem Jamar Evans and Angel Vargas played Tito Jackson, Margaret Avery as Katherine's mother Martha Scruse, Holly Robinson Peete as Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams as Berry Gordy and Vanessa L. Williams as Suzanne de Passe. The opening titles of the film shows footage of the real Jacksons rehearsing, performing on stage, a few clips from the "Can You Feel It" music video, album covers, magazine covers and pictures of the family.