Emmanuelle Chriqui

Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui was born on December 10, 1977, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to parents Albert and Liliane. She has an elder sister named Laurence as well as an elder brother named Serge. The actress attended Unionville High School. In 2014, she began dating actor Adrian Bellani.

Emmanuelle Chriqui started acting when she was ten years old. She first appeared in a McDonald's commercial and then appeared in the TV series ‘Kung Fu’, ‘Traders’, ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark’ and ‘The Adventures of Sinbad’. In 1997, she lent her voice to the character of Hisae Aoki in the drama series ‘Vampire Princess Miyu’. Chriqui then got featured in a supporting role in the film ‘Detroit Rock City’ as well as in the television films ‘Principal Takes a Holiday’, ‘Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County’ and ‘Futuresport Gonzales’.

Her first main role was in the 2000 flick ‘Snow Day’. Soon after this, she acted in the movies ‘Ricky 6’, ‘100 Girls’, ‘On the Line’ and ‘Wrong Turn’. Then in 2005, the Canadian actress was cast in a recurring role in the series ‘Entourage’. That year, she also did a few movies, namely ‘The Crow: Wicked Prayer’, ‘Waiting’, ‘National Lampoon's Adam and Eve’ and ‘In the Mix’.

From 2006 to 2010, Chriqui did numerous big screen projects such as ‘Waltzing Anna’, ‘August’, ‘You Don't Mess with the Zohan’, ‘Cadillac Records’, ‘Women in Trouble’, ‘Taking Chances’ and ‘13’. Then in 2011, she lent her voice to Cheetara for the animated series ‘Thundercats’. This was following by another voice role in the series ‘Tron: Uprising’. After this, the actress was offered the drama ‘The Mentalist’ in 2012 in which she played a recurring role.

Then she got the opportunity to play the role of Veronica in the drama ‘Cleaners’. In the year 2014, the Canadian beauty did the movies ‘Fort Bliss’ and ‘A Short History of Decay’ as well as the dramas ‘Men at Work’ and ‘Beware the Batman’. The following year, she got featured in the TV series ‘Killing Jesus’ and ‘Murder in the First’. From 2016, Chriqui can be seen playing the role of Gina, a hypnotist, in the drama ‘Shut Eye’.