Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui born December 10, 1977 is a Canadian actress who has appeared on both television and in cinema. She is perhaps best known for her role on HBO's Entourage as Sloan McQuewick, as well as the love interest of Adam Sandler in the movie You Don't Mess with the Zohan. In May 2010, she topped the AskMen.com Most Desirable Women of 2010 list.Early life
Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Moroccan Jewish immigrants. Her mother was born in Casablanca and her father in Rabat,and Chriqui has relatives in Israel.Her family practised Orthodox Judaism in the Sephardic tradition.
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. Her mother, who once told her she would become an actress, passed away when Chriqui was very young.
As a child, she took acting classes, for which her older brother paid. Chriqui attended the drama program at Unionville High School. After high school, Emmanuelle decided to pursue a career in acting.
Career
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 and played the character of Eve. One of her more significant parts was in the film You Don't Mess with the Zohan, where she played a Palestinian immigrant living in New York, who is the star's (Adam Sandler) love interest.
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.Recently, she won the Standout Performance Trophy at the Young Hollywood Awards.
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.
She acted in the movie Cadillac Records (2008) as Revett 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 will appear in its sequel, Elektra Luxx, its release in 2010.
Chriqui has joined Showtime's upcoming series, The Borgias
- Tortured (2008)
- Patriotville (2007)
- "Entourage" (12 episodes, 2005-2007)
- After Sex (2007)
- Deceit (2006) (TV)
- Waltzing Anna (2006)
- In the Mix (2005)
- Adam and Eve (2005)
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
- Waiting... (2005)
- "Unscripted" (3 episodes, 2005)
- Candy Paint (2005)
- "The O.C." (2 episodes, 2005)
- Tom 51 (2005)
- "Jake 2.0" (1 episode, 2003)
- Rick (2003)
- Wrong Turn (2003/I)
- On the Line (2001)
- 100 Girls (2000)
- Snow Day (2000)
- Ricky 6 (2000)
- Detroit Rock City (1999)
- Futuresport (1998) (TV)
- Cuori in campo (1998) (TV)
- "Once a Thief" (1 episode, 1998)
- Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998) (TV)
- A Champion's Fight: A Moment of Truth Movie (1998) (TV)
- Principal Takes a Holiday (1998) (TV)
- "Kyuketsuki Miyu" (14 episodes, 1997-1998)
- "The Adventures of Sinbad" (1 episode, 1997)
- Unwed Father (1997) (TV)
- "Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science" (1 episode, 1997)
- "PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal" (1 episode, 1997)
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1 episode, 1996)
- "Traders" (1 episode, 1996)
- The Donor (1995)
- "Forever Knight" (1 episode, 1995)
- Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV)
- "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" (1 episode, 1995).