Monica Calhoun

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Monica Calhoun (born July 29, 1971)[1] is an American film and television actress. Calhoun is best known for her roles in the films Bagdad Cafe (1987), The Players Club (1998),[2] The Salon (2005), The Best Man (1999),[3] and its sequel The Best Man Holiday (2013). She has also appeared in the films Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) and Love & Basketball (2000). Calhoun has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award and one NAACP Image Award.

Biography

Early life and education

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[4] Calhoun is the daughter of Lorine Calhoun.[5] She moved to California in the late 1970s, and began acting while in sixth grade.[6] Calhoun attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.[7]

Career

Calhoun made her acting debut in the 1985 TV film Children of the Night as Wanda.[8] She portrayed Phyllis, the daughter of CCH Pounder's character, in Bagdad Cafe (1987).[9] Calhoun was the only actor in Bagdad Cafe to return for the television series,[10] albeit the character's name was changed to Debbie.[11] The televised adaptation lasted two seasons before being cancelled.

She portrayed Rebbie Jackson in the 1992 biopic miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream.[12] In 1993, she had a minor role in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit[13] and acted in the Disney Channel film The Ernest Green Story alongside Morris Chestnut.[14] Calhoun received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the CBS Schoolbreak Special "Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love" (1993).[15] Calhoun co-starred with actor Flex Alexander in the short-lived series, Where I Live, and appeared in Pacific Station.

Calhoun guest starred in several sitcoms including The Wayans Bros., A Different World and The Jamie Foxx Show, the latter as Jamie Foxx's sister.[16] She appeared as Linda, one of the daughters of Donald Thornton in television film The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997).[17] Calhoun played the role of Ebony, a stripper,[18] in Ice Cube's directorial debut The Players Club (1998).

She appeared in the lead role, Reese Delaware, in Intimate Betrayal (1999).[19] In Love & Basketball (2000), she portrayed Kerry, a girlfriend of the basketball playing protagonist.[20] In 2002, Calhoun appeared in Trois 2: Pandora's Box as psychologist Dr. Mia DuBois[21] and portrayed Wet in Civil Brand.[22] Calhoun played Rachel in the Western Gang of Roses (2003).[23]

Calhoun portrayed Mia, the wife of Morris Chestnut's character, in The Best Man (1999).[24] She received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture in 2000 for her performance.[25] She returned in its sequel The Best Man Holiday (2013).[26] In the latter, Mia is terminally ill and dies at the end of the film.[27]

She played the role of Brenda in 2007's The Salon starring Vivica Fox.[28] In 2009, Robert Townsend directed Calhoun in Diary of a Single Mom, Season I, II and III (2008–10).[29] Calhoun appeared as Patricia Tresvant, Ralph's mother in The New Edition Story miniseries which aired on the BET network in January 2017.[30]

Personal Life

Calhoun gave birth to a son in 2000. Her son is blind.[31][32][33]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Children of the Night Wanda TV movie
1987 Bagdad Cafe Phyllis
1989 Heart and Soul Janet TV movie
1991 She Stood Alone Eliza Hammond TV movie
1993 Template:Sortname Minnijean Brown TV movie
Jack the Bear Sondra
Younger and Younger Jaime-Lee
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Classroom Kid
1996 Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault Evonne TV movie
1997 Template:Sortname Linda TV movie
Damn Whitey Young Woman Short
1998 Template:Sortname Ebony
Park Day Tamala Davis
1999 Template:Sortname Mia Morgan
Intimate Betrayal Reese Delaware TV movie
2000 Love & Basketball Kerry
Nature Boy Maria Cole TV movie
2001 Faux Pas -
2002 Turnaround Cammy
Civil Brand Wet
Trois 2: Pandora's Box Dr. Mia DuBois
2003 Love Chronicles Maya
Gang of Roses Rachel
2004 Justice Sharice
2005 Template:Sortname Brenda
Friends and Lovers Debra Video
2013 The Best Man Holiday Mia M. Sullivan
2016 Everything But A Man Vanessa
No Regrets Nina Thomas
2020 Leroy Joey
2023 Deadly Entanglement Deidra

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1989 CBS Schoolbreak Special Vonette Episode: "15 and Getting Straight"
1990–91 Bagdad Cafe Debbie Main Cast
1992 Template:Sortname Rebbie Jackson Episode: "Part 1 & 2"
CBS Schoolbreak Special Carol Episode: "Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love"
1993 Template:Sortname Yolanda Episode: "Homey, Don't Ya Know Me?"
Where I Live Kaiya Episode: "Big Mon on Campus"
1994 Sweet Justice Kara Episode: "Fourth Quarter"
1995 CBS Schoolbreak Special Temple Baham Episode: "What About Your Friends"
1996 Template:Sortname Vanessa Episode: "Unbrotherly Love"
1997 Good News Cynthia Porter Episode: "Try a Little Tenderness"
1998 Template:Sortname Kim Episode: "Swing Out Sister"
2000 Malcolm & Eddie Helena Episode: "Moving Violations"
2003 NYPD Blue Denise Woodson Episode: "I Kid You Not"
Strong Medicine Paige Wheeler Episode: "Coming Clean"
2006 Grey's Anatomy Mrs. Wood Episode: "Break on Through"
Everybody Hates Chris Charlotte Episode: "Everybody Hates Funerals"
2007 Dirt Chelle Episode: "Pilot"
2008 Cold Case Phoebe Curtis (1989) Episode: "Triple Threat"
2009–11 Diary of a Single Mom Ocean Main Cast
2017 The New Edition Story Patricia Tresvant Episode: "Part 1 & 2"
2022 The Best Man: The Final Chapters Mia Sullivan Recurring Cast

References

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External links

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  32. ↑ Live Ramp Up - Film actress Monica Calhoun son and brothers' illness - November 6, 2016
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