Biography

Monique Edwards is an actor, singer, director and producer.

Most recently, Ms. Edwards completed filming Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters with Robyn Lively and Bart Johnson. Among others, she has appeared in episodes of "Mr. Mercedes", "Conan", How I Met Your Mother, Friends and the academy award nominated film, "Lady Bird", starring Saoirse Ronan & Laurie Metcalf; written & directed by Greta Gerwig.

Monique has also performed in "If All the Sky Were Paper", a play based on Andrew Carroll's collection of war letters featured in his best-selling books War Letters and Behind the Lines; directed by John Benitz.

The performances took Monique to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC., The Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, The Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, and the Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center. Annette Bening, Laura Dern, Gary Cole, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Asner, Kate Mansi and Common are only a few of the actors she has had the pleasure of working with on this production.

Following a 13-year volunteer relationship with the youth-arts organization group Voices in Harmony that mentored at-risk youth in the Los Angeles area, Monique traveled to Northern Uganda to work with youth in war-torn areas. That work was chronicled in the award-winning documentary "After Kony: Staging Hope." Subsequently, Ms. Edwards traveled to Washington D.C. with Resolve Uganda to lobby on behalf of peace in Northern Uganda.

Earlier in her career, Monique worked on many acclaimed shows such as How I Met your Mother, Rizzoli & Isles and The Social Network. She became more generally known, though, by her recurring roles as Nurse Laurel Canyon on the critically acclaimed Chicago Hope and as Teena Davis in Steven Bochco's Philly.

In 2014, Ms. Edwards had the west coast debut of her celebrated cabaret show "Swallow The Moon" at the legendary Gardenia Room in Los Angeles.

Her stage credits include "If All the Sky Were Paper" with Annette Bening, Gary Cole, Common and Laura Dern; performed at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, The Kennedy Center & the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA., "My Child: Mothers of War" with Frances Fisher, Melina Kanakaredes, Mimi Rogers, Jean Smart; the award winning "Adam & Eva Maria" and "The Emerald Society". She received a nomination for Best Actress from the ADA for her work in the latter.
- IMDb mini biography by: Noel Trenet

Monique serves on the Board of The United States Veterans' Artists Alliance.

The United States Veterans' Artists Alliance (USVAA) is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary non-profit arts organization, founded in 2004 by military veterans and artists. USVAA provides opportunities for veterans in the arts by highlighting the work of veterans in the arts, humanities and entertainment industry along with the contributions veterans have made to the rich cultural history of our nation since the Revolutionary War.

November 1st, 2019, officially became "Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day" in the State of California. This is permanent, annual recognition that honors veterans both past and present engaged in the arts, humanities and the entertainment industry.

Monique received an ADA Award nomination for best supporting actress for her performance in "The Emerald Society.".

Monique is one of the vocal performers on the sing-along video "There's No Me Without You" for Sony's Christmas film "The Star". The film features the voices of Steven Yeun, Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelly Clarkson, Patricia Heaton, Kristin Chenoweth, Tracy Morgan, Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Plummer, Ving Rhames, Gabriel Iglesias, Delilah and Mariah Carey (who also performs the lead song of the film). The film was released on November 17, 2017.

Worked on the Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial - "The Chase" (1987).