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Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui (born
December 10, 1977) is a Canadian actress with a moderate
list of acting credits on both television and the big
screen. Her appearances in 2005 on HBO's Entourage as
Sloan and Unscripted as herself along with two
appearances of The O.C. as Jodie, has increased her
visibility and exposure in the entertainment world. In
May of 2006, Maxim magazine named her no. 37 in its
annual Hot 100 list.
Early life: Chriqui (whose family name's French
language transliteration is pronounced Shreeky) was born
in Montreal, Quebec, to Jewish immigrants from Morocco.
When she was almost two, her family moved to Toronto,
Ontario; she grew up in Unionville, a neighbourhood in
Markham, a suburb northeast of the city. When she was 9,
she realized that acting was something she wanted to do
more than anything else.
Her parents couldn't afford acting
lessons for their youngest daughter but Serge, her older
brother who was 18 at the time, dipped into his own
pockets and paid for the classes himself. With her
family's unshakable support, a 10-year-old Emmanuelle
began her acting career in a McDonald's commercial, with
a dancing cheeseburger on her sweatshirt. More
commercials followed but she had yet to be a superstar.
After a few years, Chriqui relocated to Vancouver and
began auditioning for TV shows. Supporting herself by
working as a waitress -- a flexible job that let her
make her own schedule -- she landed guest-starring roles
in the mid-'90s, in Canadian series such as Are You
Afraid of the Dark?, Forever Knight, Kung Fu, Once a
Thief, and Psi Factor. Then came a succession of TV
movies that allowed her to receive more exposure,
including Harrison Bergeron (1995) with Christopher
Plummer and Sean Astin, Unwed Father (1997), Principal
Takes a Holiday (1998) with Kevin Nealon, and
Futuresport (1998) with Wesley Snipes and Vanessa
Williams.
With these projects under her belt, Chriqui was ready
for meatier parts. Hollywood came calling and she was
offered a supporting role in Detroit Rock City (1999),
the story of four teenage boys who try to attend a KISS
concert. Even though her screen time was limited, it
served as a stepping stone and her next movie, Snow Day
(2000), put her on the map. In this Nickelodeon
production, Emmanuelle portrayed Claire Bonner, the most
popular girl in school. Once again, her name wasn't on
the marquee but she left an impression and even starred
in the Hoku music video for "Another Dumb
Blonde" (from the Snow Day soundtrack).
Film career: Chriqui began her acting career as a
10-year-old in a McDonald's commercial. She moved to
Vancouver in the mid-90s, 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).
Emmanuelle's next projects were the horror thriller
Ricky 6 (2000) and the little-seen teen sex comedy, 100
Girls (2000). In the latter, she played Patty, a
promiscuous artsy girl who turns out to be the most
three-dimensional character in the film, having a more
significant part than anticipated. Just when things
started picking up for the raven-haired actress, she got
the chance of a lifetime and was selected to appear in
the Steven Spielberg science-fiction epic, Artificial
Intelligence: AI. Chriqui was on the set for three days
in the summer of 2000, but unfortunately her scene wound
up on the cutting room floor.
The same fate awaited her later that summer when she
participated in the shooting of Todd Solondz's
Storytelling, with Selma Blair. Still making her way up
the Hollywood hierarchy, she won the coveted female lead
in On the Line (2001), also known as the 'N Sync movie
because it starred group members Lance Bass and Joey
Fatone. She wasn't very knowledgeable about the band but
got to hang out with them for a month before shooting
and built chemistry with the boys.
In the process, she made a lot of teenage girls jealous.
Chriqui's next role came two years later when she
appeared alongside Eliza Dushku as Carly, a girl who is
stalked by cannibals in Wrong Turn (2003). Currently
living in L.A. and New York City, she has just finished
shooting the fourth installment of the popular The Crow
series, called The Crow: Wicked Prayer, which stars
Edward Furlong, Tara Reid and Dennis Hopper; it's
scheduled for release in 2004.
Her breakout performance came in 2000's Snow Day, in
which she played the foxy Claire Bonner. Shortly after
her Nickelodeon flick, she was rumored to have dated
Brian Eason, although to this day neither party has
either confirmed or denied the report. She appeared in
rock band Hinder's "Lips of an Angel" music
video in 2006. |
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