Emmanuelle Chriqui
Chriqui in 2008
Born
Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui

(1975-12-10) 10 December 1975
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United States (from 2017)[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present

Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui (/ˈʃriːki/ SHREE-kee;[2] born 10 December 1975[3]) is a Canadian and American actress. She is known for playing Sloan McQuewick on HBO's Entourage (2004–2011), Claire Bonner in Snow Day (2000), Dalia in You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), Lorelei Martins on CBS's The Mentalist (2008–2015), and Lana Lang on The CW's Superman & Lois (2021–present).

In 2010, Chriqui topped AskMen's "Most Desirable Women" list.[4]

Early life

Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,[5] the daughter of Moroccan Jewish parents.[6][7][8][9][10] Her mother, Liliane, was born in Casablanca, and her father, Albert, in Rabat.[11][12][13] Her family practiced Orthodox Judaism.[14]

Chriqui has an older brother, Serge, and an older sister, Laurence. When she was almost two, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario. She grew up in Markham, Ontario, a suburb northeast of the city.[15] Her mother, an aesthetician who once told Emmanuelle she would become an actress, died when Chriqui was sixteen years old.[16][17]

As a child, Chriqui's brother began paying for her to take acting classes. She attended the drama program at Unionville High School,[18] after having studied in high school in Paris and having done two years of comedy studies at the Perimony school (Paris, France), she decided to pursue a career in acting.

Career

Chriqui began acting while a 10-year-old in a McDonald's commercial. She moved to Vancouver in the mid-1990s, 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). She had a larger role in Chris Koch's teen comedy Snow Day (2000) portraying Claire Bonner, and then appeared in several other Hollywood films, such as 100 Girls, Wrong Turn, On the Line, and In the Mix. She played Eve in the 2005 comedy National Lampoon's Adam & Eve, and played Adam Sandler's love interest Dalia in the 2008 film You Don't Mess with the Zohan.

Chriqui was nominated for a Best Actress DVD Exclusive Award for her performance in 100 Girls and was nominated, with Lance Bass, for a Choice Liplock Teen Choice Award in On the Line.[19] In April 2008, she won the Standout Performance Trophy at the Young Hollywood Awards.[20]

Chriqui also starred in several music videos including Hinder's "Lips of an Angel", Zac Brown Band's "Whatever It Is", and Charles Perry's "I Could Be the Best Time of Your Life". She threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Los Angeles Dodgers game on June 8, 2008. Chriqui was on the cover of the Autumn 2008 issue of Naked Eye.

She appeared in the 2008 film Cadillac Records as Revetta Chess, where she performed with Beyoncé Knowles. Chriqui was seen in 2009 as one of several women whose lives interconnect in the comedy Women in Trouble and appeared in its 2010 sequel Elektra Luxx.

From the second season to the end of the show's original run, Chriqui played Sloan McQuewick in the hit HBO series Entourage. She reprised the role for the 2015 film of the show. In 2010, Chriqui joined Showtime's series, The Borgias.[21] She is also the voice of Cheetara in the ThunderCats 2011 animated series[22] and lent her voice and physical appearance as Numbers in the hit Activision video game Call of Duty: Black Ops. In 2019, she played Madison in the Netflix film The Knight Before Christmas, opposite Vanessa Hudgens.

In April 2020, Chriqui was cast as Lana Lang on the CW action-superhero series Superman & Lois, and also portrayed her Bizarro counterpart Lana-Rho in season two.[23]

Personal life

In September 2017, Chriqui became a U.S. citizen.[1] Chriqui practices Transcendental Meditation.[24]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Donor Patty
1999 Detroit Rock City Barbara
2000 Snow Day Claire Bonner
Ricky 6 Lee
100 Girls Patty
2001 On the Line Abbey
2003 Wrong Turn Carly Numan
Rick Duke's Long Suffering Wife
2005 Candy Paint Angela Martinez Short film
The Crow: Wicked Prayer Lilly
Waiting... Tyla
National Lampoon's Adam and Eve Eve
In the Mix Dolly Pacelli
2006 Waltzing Anna Nurse Jill
2007 After Sex Jordy
2008 August Morela Sterling
You Don't Mess with the Zohan Dalia Hakbarah
Tortured Becky Direct to video
Cadillac Records Revetta Chess
2009 Women in Trouble Bambi
Saint John of Las Vegas Tasty D Lite
Taking Chances Lucy Shanks
Tom Cool Chriqui
2010 13 Aileen
Elektra Luxx Bambi Lindberg
2011 Girl Walks into a Bar Teresa
5 Days of War Tatia Meddevi
2013 Three Night Stand Robyn
2014 Situation amoureuse: C'est complique Vanessa
Fort Bliss Alma
A Short History of Decay Erika Bryce
2015 Entourage Sloan McQuewick
The Steps Marla
Killing Jesus Herodias
2018 Omphalos Alise Spiegelman
Super Troopers 2 Genevieve Aubois
Hospitality Donna
2019 The Knight Before Christmas Madison
2021 Die in a Gunfight Barbie
2022 Cosmic Dawn Natalie
2024 A Love Like This Leah Also producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Bumper Episode: "The Return of Sing Ling"
Harrison Bergeron Jeannie TV film
Forever Knight Jude Deshnell Episode: "Black Buddha: Part 2"
1996 Traders Samira Episode: "The Natari Affair"
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Amanda Episode: "The Tale of the Night Shift"
1997 Psi Factor Melissa Episode: "The Undead/The Stalker"
Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science Rachel Episode: "Sex Fiend"
Unwed Father Kayla TV film
The Adventures of Sinbad Serendib Episode: "Little Miss Magic"
1997–1998 Vampire Princess Miyu Hisae Aoki Voice, English dub
1998 Principal Takes a Holiday Roxanne TV film
Shattered Hearts: A Moment of Truth Movie Cindy
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County Renee
Greener Fields Megan
Futuresport Gina Gonzales
Police Academy: The Series Charlotte Ockleman Episode: "Mr. I.Q."
2003 Jake 2.0 Theresa Carano Episode: "Arms and the Girl"
2005 The O.C. Jodie 2 episodes
Unscripted Emmanuelle 3 episodes
2005–2011 Entourage Sloan McQuewick Recurring role
2006 Deceit Emily TV film
2008–2009 Robot Chicken Invisible Woman, Mokey Fraggle, Girl, Blackberry Pie, Check-Out Lady, Woman Voice, 2 episodes
2011 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Kelly Voice, episode: "Love Stinks!"
The Borgias Sancha of Aragon 3 episodes
2011–2012 Thundercats Cheetara Voice, main role
2012–2013 Tron: Uprising Paige
2012–2013 The Mentalist Lorelei Martins Recurring role
2013 The Ordained Sam TV film
2013–2014 Beware the Batman Sapphire Stagg Voice, 2 episodes
Cleaners Veronica Regular role; also executive producer
2014 Men at Work Sasha Episode: "I Take Thee, Gibbs"
2015 Killing Jesus Herodias Miniseries
Murder in the First Raphaelle 'Raffi' Veracruz Main role
2016–2017 Shut Eye Gina, a hypnotist[25]
2019 The Passage Dr. Lila Kyle
2021–2023 Superman & Lois Lana Lang, Lana-Rho

Music videos

Year Title Artist(s)
2000 "Another Dumb Blonde" Hoku
2006 "Lips of an Angel" Hinder
2009 "Whatever It Is" Zac Brown Band
2016 "Where's the Love" The Black Eyed Peas featuring The World

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops Numbers Voice over and a short live action appearance

References

  1. 1 2 "Emmanuelle Chriqui on Instagram: "It's official! I am now an American Citizen!!!! Tonight is the Jewish New year, so I usher in not only a new year but new beginnings...For all those celebrating I wish you the sweetest, happiest, healthiest and most magical year ahead..L'shana Tova.. Love and light, xxxE"". Instagram.
  2. ↑ Entourage's Emmanuelle Chriqui. People. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2017 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ @echriqui (12 December 2015). "A magical moment during my birth day...#thisis40". Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2016 – via Instagram.
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  6. ↑ Derakhshani, Tirdad (22 May 2008). "Sideshow: Queen is royally displeased". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008.
  7. ↑ Scharf, Lindzi (23 November 2005). "'In the Mix' with Emmanuelle Chriqui at". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
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  15. ↑ "Complex | Music, Sneakers, Style, Pop Culture, News & Shows". Complex.
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  20. ↑ "Young Hollywood Awards (2008)". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. April 27, 2008.
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  22. ↑ Barr, Jason (8 March 2011). "Kevin Michael Richardson Discusses THUNDERCATS; Says Will Friedle Is Lion-O (UPDATED) Emmanuelle Chriqui is Voicing Cheetara". Collider. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  23. ↑ Petski, Denise (7 April 2020). "'Superman & Lois': Emmanuelle Chriqui To Play Lana Lang In the CW Series Based On DC Characters". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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