Emmanuelle Chriqui

Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui (English pronunciation: /ɨˈmænjuːl ˈʃriːki/; born December 10, 1977) is a Canadian actress who has appeared on both television and in cinema. She is perhaps best known for her role on HBO's Entourage as Sloan McQuewick, as well as the love interest of Adam Sandler in the movie You Don't Mess with the Zohan. In May 2010, she topped the AskMen.com Most Desirable Women of 2010 list.

Emmanuelle Chriqui Elektra Luxx


GQ / Emmanuelle Chriqui / June 2008



Emmanuelle Chriqui "Don't Mess with the Zohan" Jimmy Kimmel


Emmanuelle Chriqui - "Entourage" Red Dress Cleavage


Emmanuelle Chriqui on The Borgias


Call Of Duty: Black Ops Emmanuelle Chriqui

Early life

Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Moroccan Jewish immigrants. Her mother was born in Casablanca and her father in Rabat,[5] and Chriqui has relatives in Israel.[3] Her family practised Orthodox Judaism in the Sephardic tradition.[6]
Chriqui has an older brother, Serge, and an older sister, Laurence. When she was almost two, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario. She grew up in Markham-Unionville, a suburb northeast of the city.[7] Her mother, who once told her she would become an actress, died when Chriqui was very young.
As a child, she took acting classes, for which her older brother paid. Chriqui attended the drama program at Unionville High School.[9] After high school, Emmanuelle decided to pursue a career in acting.
[edit]Career

Chriqui began acting as a 10-year-old in a McDonald's commercial. She moved to Vancouver in the mid-1990s, guest-starring in series such as Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Forever Knight, Once a Thief, and Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal. Her first Hollywood role was as a supporting character in Detroit Rock City (1999). Chriqui later appeared in several movies such as 100 Girls, Wrong Turn, On the Line, and In the Mix. She starred opposite Cameron Douglas in the movie National Lampoon's Adam & Eve and played the character of Eve. One of her more significant parts was in the film You Don't Mess with the Zohan, where she played a Palestinian immigrant living in New York, who is the star's (Adam Sandler) love interest.
Chriqui was nominated for a Best Actress DVD Exclusive Award for her performance in 100 Girls and was nominated, with Lance Bass, for a Choice Liplock Teen Choice Award in On the Line.[10] Recently, she won the Standout Performance Trophy at the Young Hollywood Awards.[11]
Chriqui also starred in Hinder's "Lips of an Angel" music video as well as in the Zac Brown Band's "Whatever It Is" music video. She threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Los Angeles Dodgers game on June 8, 2008. Chriqui was on the cover of the Autumn 2008 issue of Naked Eye.
She acted in the movie Cadillac Records (2008) as Revett Chess, where she performed with Beyoncé Knowles. Chriqui was seen in 2009 as one of several women whose lives interconnect in the comedy Women in Trouble and will appear in its sequel, Elektra Luxx, its release in 2010.
Chriqui has joined Showtime's 2011 series, The Borgias.[12] She has also been confirmed as the voice of Cheetara in the upcoming ThunderCats animated series.[citation needed]
[edit]Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Harrison Bergeron Jeannie TV movie
Forever Knight Jude Deshnell TV series; "The Black Buddha: Part 2" (Season 3, Episode 2)
The Donor Patty
1996 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Amanda TV series; "Tale of the Night Shift" (Season 5, Episode 11)
A Champion's Fight Cindy TV movie
1998 Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County Renee Laurent TV movie
1998 Principal Takes a Holiday Roxane TV movie
1999 Detroit Rock City Barbara
2000 Snow Day Claire Bonner
Ricky 6 Lee
100 Girls Patty
2001 On the Line Abbey
2003 Wrong Turn Carly Shay
Rick Duke's Long-Suffering Wife
2005 The O.C. Jodie TV series; 2 episodes
Candy Paint Angela Martinez
Unscripted Emmanuelle TV series; 3 episodes
Waiting... Tyla
The Crow: Wicked Prayer Lilly
Entourage Sloan McQuewick TV series; Recurring character; 26 episodes; 2005–present
National Lampoon's Adam & Eve Eve
In the Mix Dolly
2006 Waltzing Anna Nurse Jill
2007 After Sex Jordy
2008 August Morela Sterling
You Don't Mess with the Zohan Dahlia
Tortured Becky
Cadillac Records Revetta Chess
2009 Women in Trouble Bambi
Taking Chances Lucy
Saint John of Las Vegas Tasty D Lite
2010 13 Aileen Completed
Elektra Luxx Bambi Completed
Call of Duty: Black Ops Numbers Video game voice-over
2011 Science Ninja Team Gatchaman Post-production
Girl Walks Into a Bar Teresa
5 Days of August Tatia
The Borgias Sancia
Thundercats Cheetara TV series, Post-production
2012 Tron: Uprising Page TV series, upcoming

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