Emmanuelle Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Moroccan immigrants. Her family moved to Toronto when she was 2 years old. At the age of 10, Chriqui appeared in a McDonald's commercial. She moved to Vancouver guest-starring in series such as "Grusel, Grauen, Gänsehaut" (1991), Forever Knight, "John Woo's The Thief" (1996), and "PSI Factor - Es geschieht jeden Tag" (1996). Her first Hollywood role was in Detroit Rock City (1999). Her breakout performance came in 2000's Schneefrei (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 Eins, zwei, Pie - Wer die Qual hat, hat die Wahl (2000). She also starred in the movie Adam and Eve (2005), opposite Cameron Douglas. Chriqui increased her visibility by having playing Sloan on the HBO hit show, "Entourage" (2004) and by starring opposite Adam Sandler in Leg dich nicht mit Zohan an (2008).
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