- Born
- Birth nameEmmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui
- Height1.60 m
- Emmanuelle Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Moroccan Jewish immigrants, Liliane (Benisty) and Albert Chriqui. Her family moved to Toronto when she was two years old. At the age of 10, Chriqui appeared in a McDonald's commercial. She moved to Vancouver, guest-starring in series such as Fais-moi peur ! (1990), Le justicier des ténèbres (1992), Les repentis (1996) and Psi Factor, chroniques du paranormal (1996). Her first Hollywood role was in Detroit Rock City (1999). Her breakout performance came in 2000's Jour blanc (2000), in which she played the foxy "Claire Bonner." She appeared in rock band Hinder's "Lips of an Angel" music video in 2006. Emmanuelle later starred in several films and was nominated for a DVD Exclusive Award as Best Actress for her performance in 100 Girls (2000). She also starred in the movie, National Lampoon's Adam & Eve (2005), opposite Cameron Douglas. Chriqui increased her visibility by playing "Sloan" on the HBO hit show, Entourage (2004), and by starring opposite Adam Sandler in Rien que pour vos cheveux (2008). She reprise her role as Sloan in Entourage (2015).- IMDb mini biography by: Rotex
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsLiliane BenistyAlbert Chriqui
- RelativesLaurence Chriqui(Sibling)Serge Chriqui(Sibling)
- Her last name is pronounced "Shreeky".
- She lost both her parents to colon cancer. Her mother Liliane passed away when she was 16 in 1991 and her father Albert when she was 36 in 2011.
- Is an alumna of the Arts York Drama Program at Unionville High School, a school that specializes in the creative arts.
- Daughter of Sephardi Jewish immigrants from Morocco, Albert Chriqui (b. Rabat) and wife Liliane Benisty (b. Casablanca) and younger sister of Serge Chriqui and Laurence Chriqui, all raised for several years in Unionville, Ontario. She has relatives in Israel. Her family practiced Orthodox Judaism in the Sephardic tradition.
- Ranked #1 on AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2010 Edition.
- (On Judaism) You know I grew up with the same holidays and such, in an Orthodox manner, in a Kosher home, and all of that. And those are strict rules to live by that I think really shape your personality and discipline. I think they definitely, whether I knew it at the time or not, subconsciously it definitely seeped in to just create a good balance.
- I have a theory that most people in Hollywood are from Texas.
- My career has been successful, but it's been a grind of hard work.
- We have this idea of perfection that is so unrealistic. We are our own worst enemy. No one is noticing that little scar.
- Never reveal your insecurities to a man, because nine times out of 10 they have no idea they even exist.
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