Monique Mojica facts for kids

Monique Mojica is a talented playwright, director, and actor. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Monique was born in New York City. She moved to Canada to help start Native Earth Performing Arts. This is a very important Indigenous theatre group. She has been in many movies and plays. These include the film Smoke Signals from 1998. She also wrote and performed in her own play, Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots.

About Monique Mojica

Monique Mojica comes from a family of theatre artists. 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 Spiderwoman's work.

Monique has a diverse background. She is from the Guna and Rappahannock Indigenous groups. She also has Jewish family roots. Monique often explores her mixed heritage in her plays and performances.

Monique's Career in Theatre

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. These projects focus on 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 the Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble. She started this group with Jani Lauzon and Michelle St. John. This ensemble created plays like The Scrubbing Project and The Triple Truth.

Monique Mojica is also a co-editor of a book called Staging Coyote's Dream: An Anthology of First Nations Drama in English. She worked on this book with Ric Knowles. She was nominated for an award for best supporting actress. This was for her role in the movie Smoke Signals.

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

Monique's Film and TV Roles

Monique Mojica has appeared in several films and television shows. Here are some of them:

• Rabbit Fall (2007)
• The Perfect Man (2005)
• Sonny by Dawn (2005)
• 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 Theatre Performances

Monique Mojica has also performed in many theatre productions:

• 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