Monique

Monique is a female given name, originally the French form of Monica. It has also been regularly used in English speaking countries since at least the 1950s.

Specific well-known women named Monique include:

In acting:

• Gabrielle Monique Union, American actress
• Monique Alexander, an American erotic actress
• Monique Gabrielle, actress
• Monique Coleman, American actress best known for being one of the co-stars of the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical
• Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson, African-American actress and comedian
• Monique Leyrac, Canadian singer and actress from Quebec
• Monique Mercure, a Canadian actor

In music:

• Monique Buzzarté, an American composer, trombonist, and activist
• Monique Haas, a French pianist

In sports:

• Monique Knol, a Dutch cyclist

In Canadian politics:

• Monique Guay, Quebec politician
• Monique Richard, former Quebec labour union leader of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec
• Monique Smith, a Canadian politician
• Monique Vézina, a Canadian politician

In other fields:

• Monique Bégin, a Canadian academic
• Monique Hennagan, American athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres
• Monique Lhuillier, Filipino-American fashion designer
• Monique Truong, Vietnamese-American writer living in Brooklyn, New York
• Monique Vinh Thuy, the widow of Vietnamese emperor Bao Dai
• Monique Wittig, a French feminist theorist