Monique Mojica facts for kids

Monique Mojica is a talented artist from Canada. She is a playwright (someone who writes plays), a director (who guides actors), and an actor (who performs). She is from the Kuna and Rappahannock Indigenous groups.

Monique was born in New York City. She moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to help start Native Earth Performing Arts. She has appeared in several films and plays. These include the movie Smoke Signals (1998) and her own stage play, Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots.

About Monique Mojica

Monique Mojica comes from a family with a long history in theatre. Her mother, Gloria Miguel, and her aunts, Muriel Miguel and Lisa Mayo, started a famous group called Spiderwoman Theater. Monique began learning about acting and theatre when she was only three years old. She continues many of the storytelling and theatre traditions seen in her family's work.

Monique's Theatre Work

Monique Mojica has written many well-known plays. Some of her most famous works include Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots, Birdwoman and the Suffragettes, and Chocolate Woman Dreams the Milkyway. She has also worked with Floyd Favel on projects about Indigenous performance culture.

From 1983 to 1985, Monique was the artistic director of Native Earth Performing Arts. This is Canada's oldest professional Indigenous theatre company. Today, she is the artistic director of the Chocolate Woman Collective.

Monique also helped create Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble. She started this group with Jani Lauzon and Michelle St. John. Their plays include The Scrubbing Project and The Triple Truth.

She also helped edit a book called Staging Coyote's Dream: An Anthology of First Nations Drama in English. Monique was nominated for an award for her acting in the movie Smoke Signals.

In 2019, Monique helped launch the Indigenous Theatre at Canada's National Arts Centre. She performed in their first show, The Unnatural and Accidental Women. This play was written by Metis-Dene playwright Marie Clements.

Monique's Film and TV Roles

Monique Mojica has acted in many films and television shows. Here are some of them:

• Rabbit Fall (2007)
• The Perfect Man (2005)
• Sonny by Dawn (2005)
• Queer as Folk (2003)
• The Outer Limits (2001)
• The Misadventures of Tron Bonne - Police Captain
• La Femme Nikita (1999)
• Smoke Signals (1998)
• Earth: Final Conflict (1997)
• PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996)
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1996)
• The Rez (1996)
• Street Legal (1991-1992)
• Night Heat (1987)
• The Campbells (1986)

Monique's Stage Performances

Monique Mojica has also performed in many theatre productions. Here are some of the plays she has been in:

• The Rez Sisters (Native Earth)
• Red River (Crow's Theatre)
• The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (Nightwood Theare/Obsidian/Mirvish)
• Home is My Road (Factory Theatre)
• Death of a Chief (Native Earth/NAC)
• The Governor of the Dew (Globe Theatre/NAC)
• Jessica (TPM)
• Honour Beat (Theatre Calgary)
• Side Show Freaks and Circus Injuns - co-created by Mojica with LeAnne Howe and Jorge Luis Morejón