Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui ( ; born 10 December 1975) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her performance on
HBO's ''
Entourage'' as
Sloan McQuewick
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, Claire Bonner in ''
Snow Day'', Dalia in ''
You Don't Mess with the Zohan'',
Lorelei Martins on ''
The Mentalist'' and
Lana Lang in the series ''
Superman & Lois
''Superman & Lois'' is an American superhero drama television series developed for The CW by Todd Helbing and Greg Berlanti, based on the DC Comics characters Superman and Lois Lane, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Tyler Hoechlin ...
.
In May 2010, she topped the
AskMen.com Most Desirable Women of 2010 list.
Early life
Chriqui was born in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...
,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, the daughter of
Moroccan-Jewish parents.
Her mother, Liliane, was born in
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, and her father, Albert, in
Rabat
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. Her family practiced
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses o ...
.
Chriqui has an older brother, Serge, and an older sister, Laurence. When she was almost two, her family moved to
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
,
Ontario
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. She grew up in
Markham, Ontario
Markham () is a city in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Downtown Toronto. In the 2021 Census, Markham had a population of 338,503, which ranked it the largest in York Region, fourth largest ...
, a suburb northeast of the city. Her mother, an
aesthetician who once told Emmanuelle she would become an actress, died when Chriqui was sixteen years old.
As a child, Chriqui's brother began paying for her to take acting classes. She attended the drama program at
Unionville High School. After high school, Chriqui decided to pursue a career in acting.
Career
Chriqui began acting as a 10-year-old in a
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hambur ...
commercial. She moved to
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. ...
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
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
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* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywoo ...
role was as a supporting character in ''
Detroit Rock City'' (1999). She had a larger role in
Chris Koch
Christopher Koch is an American director of film and television.
He is known for directing the films '' Snow Day'' (2000), his feature directorial debut, and ''A Guy Thing'' (2003).
Koch's television credits include ''The Adventures of Pete & ...
's teen comedy ''
Snow Day'' (2000) portraying Claire Bonner, and then appeared in several other Hollywood films, such as ''
100 Girls
''100 Girls'' is a 2000 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Michael Davis. It tells the story of a college student's (Jonathan Tucker) efforts to find a mystery girl with whom he had sex in an elevator during a blackout. It wa ...
'', ''
Wrong Turn'', ''
On the Line'', and ''
In the Mix''. She played Eve in the 2005 comedy ''
National Lampoon's Adam & Eve
''National Lampoon's Adam & Eve'', also known simply as ''Adam & Eve'', is a 2005 American comedy film, released as part of the ongoing series of '' National Lampoon'' films. The film is directed by Jeff Kanew and stars Cameron Douglas, Emmanue ...
'', and played
Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1990 to 1995, before going on to star in numerous Hollywood films, those of wh ...
'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''. In April 2008, she won the Standout Performance Trophy at the Young Hollywood Awards.
Chriqui also starred in several music videos including
Hinder's "
Lips of an Angel",
Zac Brown Band
Zac Brown Band is an American country music band based in Atlanta, Georgia. The lineup consists of Zac Brown (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini ( fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, guitar, baritone guitar, banjo, ukul ...
's "
Whatever It Is
"Whatever It Is" a song recorded by Zac Brown Band, an American country music group. It is the second single release from the 2008 album '' The Foundation'' and the band's second Top 3 hit on the ''Billboard'' country singles charts. The song 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
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game on June 8, 2008. Chriqui was on the cover of the Autumn 2008 issue of ''
Naked Eye
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''.
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
''Women in Trouble'' is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Sebastián Gutiérrez and starring Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Marley Shelton, Cameron Richardson, Connie Britton and Emmanuelle Chriqui.
It was shot in 10 days for ...
'' 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''. She is also the voice of Cheetara in the ''
ThunderCats'' 2011 animated series
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
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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
''Superman & Lois'' is an American superhero drama television series developed for The CW by Todd Helbing and Greg Berlanti, based on the DC Comics characters Superman and Lois Lane, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Tyler Hoechlin ...
'' (part of the
Arrowverse) and also portrayed her
Bizarro counterpart Lana-Rho in season two.
Personal life
In September 2017, Chriqui became a U.S. citizen.
Chriqui practices
Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a form of silent mantra meditation advocated by the Transcendental Meditation movement. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi created the technique in India in the mid-1950s. Advocates of TM claim that the technique promotes ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Video games
References
External links
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1975 births
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21st-century American actresses
21st-century American Jews
Actresses from Montreal
Actresses from Ontario
Canadian child actresses
Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
Canadian film actresses
American film actresses
Canadian Orthodox Jews
Canadian people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
American people of Canadian descent
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Canadian television actresses
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American television actresses
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Jewish American actresses
Living people
People from Markham, Ontario
People with acquired American citizenship