- Born
- Birth nameKatherine Gonzalez
- Nickname
- Luana Chase
- Height1.68 m
- Beautiful, buxom and shapely knockout Monique Gabrielle added an ample, alluring and invigorating dose of smoldering sex appeal to a bunch of enjoyably down'n'dirty horror and exploitation pictures made throughout the 80s and 90s.
The 5' 6" natural brunette was born Katherine Gonzalez on July 30, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Denver, Colorado. Gabrielle made her acting debut at age five portraying an angel in a church Christmas play. She started modeling while still in high school, entered her first beauty pageant at age 17 (she won the title of Miss American Legion and went on to participate in several other pageants, modeling competitions and nightclub contests), and moved to California in 1980 right after she graduated from high school.
Monique was the December 1982 Penthouse Pet of the Month. She had small roles in the mainstream features Y a-t-il enfin un pilote dans l'avion ? 2 (1982), Les croque-morts en folie (1982), Docteurs in love (1982), Flashdance (1983), Hard to Hold (1984) and Fear of a Black Hat (1993). Gabrielle achieved her greatest enduring popularity as the enticing young woman who tries to seduce Tom Hanks in the uproariously raucous'n'raunchy Le palace en folie (1984) Her most memorable roles include a pathetic junkie snitch in the terrifically trashy babes-behind-bars classic Les Anges du mal (1983), the titular brazen and uninhibited sexual adventuress in the steamy Emmanuelle 5 (1987), a sweet princess and her evil twin in Deathstalker II (1987), a nude model in the funny sketch comedy Cheeseburger Film Sandwich (1987), a gutsy lady cop in Silk 2 (1989), feisty security chief Miss Poinsettia in the amusingly campy La Créature du marais II (1989), and the nerdy, repressed Megan in the delightfully dippy Qui a peur du diable? (1992).
Gabrielle did guest spots on the TV shows Dream On (1990), Duo d'enfer (1989), and Rick Hunter (1984). She was the onetime girlfriend of low-budget straight-to-video picture director Jim Wynorski; she popped up in a handful of his movies in both minor and more substantial parts alike. Monique cheerfully poked fun at her own B-flick queen persona in the entertainingly silly Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991).
Monique Gabrielle married adult film director Tony Angove in 2003. She moved to South Florida and ran a production company called Monique's Purrfect Productions.- IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders
- SpouseTony Angove(2003 - present)
- Penthouse Pet of the Month December 1982.
- Gabrielle's father, a nudist, inspired his offspring to adhere to a "continental" attitude which is why she's never had any qualms about posing nude for photos or appearing naked onscreen.
- As of August 2008 was living in southern Florida and running a porno film production company called Monique's Purrfect Productions.
- Starred in adult film Bad Girls IV (1986) under the name Luana Chass (per The Bare Facts Video Guide).
- In 1997 was listed as #5 of Sci-Fi's Sexiest B-Queens by "Femme Fatales" magazine.
- I feel fine about nudity. In my mind, it's clean and there's no problem. Europeans think we're so uptight about nudity and sex, which most Americans are.
- What's really hypocritical about our rating system is a movie depicting graphic violence, usually inflicted upon women, may get a soft rating, but if a woman bares her breast or removes her clothing, a film is usually branded with an R rating.
- [types of people] There are three groups of people. The first group consists of boring, routine people. The second group I describe as "weird," they're unpredictable and creative. The third group are the degenerates.
- [not being considered an actor] Because I have no problems with nudity and do films that Meryl Streep wouldn't do, people have come to the "bright" conclusion that I'm no Meryl Streep.
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