Emmanuelle Chriqui



Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui ( /ɨˈmænjuːl ˈʃriːki/ ;[1]  born December 10, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is best known for her performance on HBO's Entourage asSloan McQuewick, as well as Dalia, the love interest of Adam Sandler's character in You Don't Mess with the Zohan. She is also known for her role as Red John's accomplice, Lorelei Martins, on The Mentalist. In May 2010, she topped the AskMen.com Most Desirable Women of 2010 list.[2]



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[edit] == Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Moroccan Jewish immigrants.[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  Her mother, Liliane, was born in Casablanca, her father in Rabat;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  and Chriqui has relatives inIsrael.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ref1_3-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  Her family practised Orthodox Judaism in the Sephardic tradition.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]
 * 2 Career
 * 3 Filmography
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">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—Unionville, a suburb northeast of the city.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  Her mother, an esthetician who once told Emmanuelle she would become an actress, died when Chriqui was very young.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">As a child, she took acting classes, for which her brother paid. Chriqui attended the drama program at Unionville High School.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  After high school, Chriqui decided to pursue a career in acting. ==Career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:1.5em;">Chriqui began acting as 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). Chriqui later appeared in several movies, such as 100 Girls, Wrong Turn, On the Line and In the Mix. She starred opposite Cameron Douglas in the movie National Lampoon's Adam & Eve, playing the character of Eve and played Adam Sandler's love interest in You Don't Mess with the Zohan.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  Recently, she won the Standout Performance Trophy at the Young Hollywood Awards.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Chriqui also starred in Hinder's "Lips of an Angel" music video as well as in the Zac Brown Band's "Whatever It Is" music video. 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.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">She acted in the film Cadillac Records (2008) 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 sequel Elektra Luxx, which was released in 2010.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In 2010 Chriqui joined Showtime's 2011 series, The Borgias.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  She is also the voice of Cheetara in the ThunderCats 2011 animated series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cast1_15-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15] ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==