Oprah, monique, paula patton and gabby discuss precious youtube. The actress talked with us about her hit film precious, working. Monique has said she refused to travel to the cannes film festival to promote precious ahead of the 200910 awards season because she wanted to spend. The movie precious tells two stories at once huffpost. In an exclusive interview with essence, monique talks about sexual abuse and her powerful role in the new film precious. Hiphollywood sat down with one of the brightest stars in hollywood, monique. Her film credits include welcome home roscoe jenkins, two can play that game, hair show, three strikes, baby boy, beerfest, phat girlz, soul plane, irish jam. In an interview with amc he noted that reading the book brought back a. A conversation with precious star, monique hiphollywood. Monique s netflix special came nine years after she starred in the awardwinning and critically acclaimed movie precious directed by lee daniels and produced by oprah winfrey, tyler perry. The 2010 best supporting actress winner for precious who. Actresscomedian monique talks about her performance in the film precious, and getting a phone call from oprah. When i got that in all fairness because it was never about the money.
Monique says she was blackballed by lee daniels after oscar win. Monique on netflix, oprah, whoopi, tyler perry vulture. I can understand, between the new tv show and the movie. The film stars gabourey sidibe, monique, paula patton, and mariah carey. Monique says she was blackballed by lee daniels after. The previous night, at the gala screening of his movie precious, which. Precious star monique talks abuse in essence essence. Based on the novel push by sapphire, or simply precious, is a 2009 american drama film, directed and coproduced by lee daniels. In a recent interview with social commentator, yvette carnell, mo was asked about how little money shed been paid from the film, precious the lee daniels directed film she won the oscar for. The oscarwinning star of precious, monique, has claimed lee. This film marked the acting debut of sidibe, who portrays a young woman struggling against. Claireece jones, the harlem teenager at the center of precious.
Hardhitting us indie movie precious, the tale of an obese teenager trying to escape a lifetime of abuse, won a standing ovation for its director. Monique has said she refused to travel to the cannes film festival to promote precious ahead of the 200910 awards season because she wanted to spend time with her husband and four children. Moniques netflix special came nine years after she starred in the awardwinning and critically acclaimed movie precious directed by lee. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel push by sapphire. I was blackballed after winning my oscar hollywood. Precious 48 movie clip straightup lesbians 2009 hd duration. Based on the novel push by sapphire because it told me two moving stories at once. The movie precious is a snapshot of a dark secret in our communities. I was totally blown away by your performance when i saw precious. At right, mo nique, generally known for standup, takes on a tough role in the movie.
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