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Adrienne Monique Coleman (born November 13, 1980)[1] is an American actress best known for her role in Disney's High School Musical movies, in which she plays Taylor McKessie. Coleman also had a recurring role on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as a school girl named Mary Margaret. She also competed in the third edition of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, finishing in fourth place. Most recently, Coleman was named the first ever UN Youth Champion for the International Year of Youth, and is currently on a world tour to raise awareness of the challenges facing youth. Coleman launched her online talk show Gimme Mo, a show dedicated to empowering today's youth on September 8, 2010.

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Monique Coleman
Coleman in February 2011
Born	Adrienne Monique Coleman (1980-11-13) November 13, 1980 (age 41) Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	DePaul University (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Walter Jordan ​ ​ (m. 2012; div. 2022)​

Early life and education

Adrienne Monique Coleman was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina.[2] She started her acting career in theater and television at a very young age in Columbia, South Carolina. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Her training began at the Workshop Theater School of Dramatic Arts where she performed in over 15 plays.^{[citation needed]} An acting class taught by a guest teacher actually turned out to be an audition, and resulted in her booking her first commercial. Then Coleman began auditioning for anything she could in the Southeast region, landing several local and regional commercials, as well as a few supporting roles in films. In addition to acting, Coleman was very involved in her community and school where she did everything from performing in plays, to competing in forensic tournaments, volunteering with abused children, running track, and even cheer leading.

Coleman went to Heathwood Hall Episcopal School. Then she attended The Theater School at DePaul University in Chicago, earning her BFA in Acting in 2002.

Coleman also visited the American Farm School in Greece in 2012.

Career

Coleman made her first lead in the independent feature entitled Mother of the River,[3] which was shot in the historic Charleston, South Carolina. The film won numerous awards at film festivals in Chicago. Two years later, Coleman appeared as Young Donna in The Family Channel Movie The Ditch digger's Daughters[4] for which she was nominated for a Young Artists Award of Hollywood. During her sophomore year of high school, Coleman wrote, directed, produced, and starred in her own one-person play entitled "Voices from Within" with standing room only – audience numbering in the hundreds. On stage in Chicago, Coleman starred in productions of Noises Off, Polaroid Stories, The Real Thing, and The Colored Museum.[5]

In 2005, Coleman had the honor of working opposite one of her heroes – the legendary James Earl Jones when she played Leesha in the 2005 Hallmark TV Movie The Reading Room.[6] She received a 2006 Camie Award for the role and represented the film at the NAACP Image Awards.[7]

In 2006, Coleman rose to prominence in High School Musical, where she portrayed Taylor McKessie, the best friend of the new girl, Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens). Before then, she was a recurring guest star in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes, "Forever Plaid", "Not So Suite 16", "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee" and "A Prom Story" along with Hudgens. Coleman has had seven other guest appearances on television, including Boston Public, Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Strong Medicine, 10-8: Officers on Duty, Married to the Kellys, and Veronica Mars. Coleman was also in the first ever Disney Channel Games in 2006, on the Blue Team (with Brenda Song, Corbin Bleu, Cole Sprouse, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jason Earles and Brandon Baker). She won with both teams.

She showcased her ballroom skills in "Dance With Me", while she partnered with National Youth Latin Champion Jared Murillo. Drew Seeley was the soloist. She is the host of 3 Minute Game Show: High School Musical Edition on Disney Channel. She recorded a song called "Christmas Vacation" for the holiday album entitled A Disney Channel Holiday. In 2007, she appeared in High School Musical 2. In 2008, she again repeated her role as Taylor McKessie in High School Musical 3.

Dancing with the Stars

Coleman competed in the Fall 2006 third edition of ABC's Dancing with the Stars reality dance competition. She was paired with professional partner Louis van Amstel throughout the competition. Van Amstel and the judges praised her for "taking risks" during the competition. The pair appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show before they were eliminated and performed the same dance they performed in week 2's episode. She was eliminated from Dancing With The Stars on November 1, 2006, finishing fourth in the competition. She was the last female in the contest that year.[8] Coleman was very gracious in defeat, and appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show on the same night as the Results Show to thank her fans for their votes and support.[9] In the beginning of late December 2007, Coleman partook in the Dancing with the Stars tour that took her across America along with other former competitors until early February 2008.

Week	Dance / Song	Judges' Score			Status
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Baby Love" – The Supremes	6	6	7	Safe
2	Mambo / "Bop to the Top" – Ashley Tisdale feat. Lucas Grabeel	9	8	9	Safe
3	Jive / "The Heat Is On" – Glenn Frey	9	9	9	Safe
4	Waltz / "If I Were a Painting" – Kenny Rogers	8	8	8	Bottom two
5	Rumba / "So Nice" – Bebel Gilberto	9	9	9	1st Place
6	Samba / "ABC" – The Jackson 5	9	7	7	No Elimination Due to Sara Evans's withdrawal
7	Quickstep / "Luck Be a Lady" – Frank Sinatra	9	9	9	Bottom two
	Paso Doble / "The Reflex" – Duran Duran	9	9	9
8	Tango / "Somebody's Watching Me" – Rockwell	8	8	8	Eliminated
	Cha Cha Cha / "Ghostbusters" – Ray Parker Jr.	9	10	10

UN Youth Champion

At a ceremony at UN headquarters in New York, Coleman was presented with a letter of recognition of her new role by Assistant Secretary-General Jomo Kwame Sundaram of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. In presenting the letter, Mr. Sundaram said Coleman will work "to raise awareness about the challenges young people face and will highlight the positive contribution they make to their communities." Coleman said that receiving the designation of Youth Champion was "beyond an honor" and that she would use her new position to promote global efforts to achieve the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which have a 2015 deadline, with a special emphasis on the empowerment of youth. The International Year was launched on August 12 and runs through August 11, 2011, and among its aims is to advance the participation of young people on global, regional and national issues that affect them.

Philanthropy

Coleman worked with dosomething.org[10] to produce a "Do Something U" video tutorial. The video targets young activists who need a bit of guidance and inspiration to help them carry out their ideas for their communities to fruition. Coleman's video tutorial focused on teaching youth the best way to utilize social media to spread word of ideas and actions.[11]

Personal life

Coleman was married to Walter Jordan on February 2012.[12][13] They divorced in February 2022.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Filmography	Role	Notes
1995	Mother of the River	Dofimae	Short-Film
1997	The Ditchdigger's Daughters	Young Donna	TV Movie
2005	The Reading Room	Leesha	TV Movie
2006	On Line	Jessie	Short-Film
	High School Musical	Taylor McKessie	TV Movie
2007	High School Musical 2	Taylor McKessie	TV Movie
2008	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Taylor McKessie
	Order	Unnamed	Video Short
2010	Promise Rings	Veronica Baylerd
	We Are Family	Elise	Post-production
2014	Free the Nipple	Roz
2015	Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List	Girl-Robin
2017	Distortion	Woman	Short-Film; Post-Production
	The Outdoorsman	Jen
2018	Broken Star	Annie
2019	Witness Infection	Rose
	Real.Live.Girl	Sam	Short Film
2020	Steppin' Back To Love	April	TV Movie; Main Role
	Phobias	Natalie	Completed
	The F*** Happened	Denise	Completed
2021	A Christmas Dance Reunion	Lucy	TV Movie; Main role
2022	Greed	Zuri Maxwell	TV Movie; Main role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Strong Medicine	Tanya	Episode: "Misdiagnosis Murder"
2003–2004	Boston Public	Molly	3 episodes
2004	Gilmore Girls	Andy	Episode: "The Nanny and the Professor"
	10-8: Officers on Duty	Maya Barnes	Episode: "Love Don't Love Nobody"
	Married to the Kellys	Waitress	Episode: "Chris And Mary Fight"
	Malcolm in the Middle	Andrea	Episode: "Malcolm Visits College"
	Method & Red	Unknown	Episode: "Kill Bill Volume 3"
2005	Veronica Mars	Gabrielle Pollard	Episode: "Lord of the Bling"
2005–2006	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Mary Margaret	6 episodes
2006	Dancing with the Stars	Herself / Contestant	Season 3
	The View	Herself / Co-Host	Guest
2009	Bones	Becca Hedgepeth	Episode: "The Salt in the Wounds"
	The Cleveland Show	Fontaisha (Voice Role)	Episode: "Our Gang"
2010	The Electric Company	Herself
2014	Downtown Girls	Morgan	Episode: "The Inception"
2015	Stitchers	Solaris	Episode: "Future Tense"
	The Fourth Door	Lain	Protagonist
	Here We Go Again	Kayla	Protagonist
2016	High School Musical: 10th Anniversary	Herself	Special
	Miranda's Rights	Emily	Pilot; Post-production
2017	Guidance	Katina Howard	Main role; season 3
	We Are Family	Elise	TV Series
2019	I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story	Ms. Lewis	TV film
	The Nightmare Tapes	Dolores Walker	TV Series
2020	The Disney Family SingAlong	Herself	Special
2021	Family Reunion	Ebony	Episode: “Remember When Jade Thought She Was Grown?”
2023	High School Musical: The Musical: The Series	Monique Coleman/Taylor McKessie	Recurring role (season 4)

Music

• High School Musical, Start of Something New (Concert) Featuring Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Lucas Grabeel, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens & Drew Seeley (2006)
• Disney Channel Holiday's Christmas Vacation (2007)[15]
• Pop It Rock It 2: It's On, What Time Is It (2007)[16]

Awards

• 19th Annual Young Artist Awards (1996–1997)[17]

Best Performance in a TV MOVIE or FEATURE FILM: Young Ensemble – "Ditchdigger's Daughter"

Best Family TV MOVIE/ PILOT/MINI-SERIES (CABLE) – The Ditchdigger's Daughters, Family Channel

• Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards (CAMIE) 2006 – The Reading Room[18]
• Teen Choice Awards 2006 Award for Choice TV Show: Comedy/Musical – High School Musical
• American Music Award 2007 for High School Musical 2
• Teen Choice Awards 2009 Award for Choice Movie: Music/Dance – High School Musial
• Daytime Emmy Awards 2019 : Outstanding Host ( Nominated)

References

External links

• Monique Coleman at IMDb
• Monique Coleman's Official Site

На других языках

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[de] Monique Coleman

Monique Adrienne Coleman (* 13. November 1980 in Orangeburg, South Carolina) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin. Sie wurde durch den Film High School Musical bekannt, in dem sie die Rolle der Taylor McKessie spielt.

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- [en] Monique Coleman

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[es] Monique Coleman

Adrienne Monique Coleman (Orangeburg, 13 de noviembre de 1984) es una actriz estadounidense, conocida por su aparición en la película de Disney Channel, High School Musical. También actuaba en la serie Zack y Cody: Gemelos en Acción como Mary-Margaret. Monique también compitió en la tercera edición de Bailando con las estrellas, en la cual terminó en cuarto lugar. Actualmente está casada.[1]

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[fr] Monique Coleman

Monique Coleman de son vrai nom Adrienne Monique Coleman, née le 13 novembre 1980 à Orangeburg (Caroline du Sud, États-Unis), une actrice et chanteuse américaine. Elle est connue pour son rôle de Taylor McKessie dans High School Musical.

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[ru] Коулман, Моник

Моник Коулман (англ. Monique Coleman; род. 13 ноября 1980) — американская актриса, танцовщица и певица.

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