Name	Monique Coleman
Height	5' 2"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	13 November 1980
Place of Birth	Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
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Monique Adrienne Coleman (born November 13, 1980) is an American actress best known for being one of the co-stars of the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical, in which she plays Gabriella Montez's (Vanessa Anne Hudgens best friend Taylor McKessie. Coleman also has a recurring role on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, as London and Corrie's friend, Mary-Margaret. She also competed in the third edition of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, finishing in fourth place. Monique made her first lead in the independent feature entitled Mother of the River which was shot in the historic Charleston, South Carolina. The film won numerous awards at film festivals in Chicago. Two years later, Monique appeared as Young Donna in The Family Channel Movie The Ditchdigger's Daughters for which she was nominated for a Young Artists Award of Hollywood. During her sophomore year of high school, Monique 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, Monique starred in productions of Noises Off, Polaroid Stories, The Real Thing and The Colored Museum. In 2005, Monique 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". [5] She received a 2006 Camie Award for the role and represented the film at the NAACP Image Awards.[6] In 2006, Monique co-starred in High School Musical as Taylor McKessie, best friend of the new braniac girl Gabriella Montez played by Vanessa Anne Hudgens Then, she was a recurring guest star in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody episodes, "Forever Plaid", "Not So Suite 16", and "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee" along with Vanessa Anne Hudgens Prior to that she guest-starred in The Suite Life season one episode A Prom Story. Monique has had seven other guest appearances on the television shows Boston Public, Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Strong Medicine, 10-8, Married to the Kellys, and Veronica Mars. Monique was also in the first ever Disney Channel Games, on the Blue Team, along with Brenda Song Corbin Bleu Vanessa Anne Hudgens Cole Sprouse and Jason Earles Since the debut of Disney Channel's Original Movie High School Musical in January 2006, Monique has traveled to Sydney, Australia and London, England for promotions as well as appearing on shows such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN Showbiz Tonight and TRL. She has been voted as one of Teen People's 25 hottest stars under 25, and has been featured in Bop, Popstar, Tigerbeat, Cosmo Girl, Word Up, Teen Vogue, The New York Times, Newsweek, and in other international publications. On April 13, 2007, Monique finished filming the highly anticipated High School Musical 2, which will be shown on Disney Channel USA in August 2007. During the Teen Choice Awards 2006, Monique and the cast of High School Musical accepted the award for Choice TV Show in the category of Comedy/Musical for which Monique thanked her fans and encouraged them to vote for her on ABC's Dancing with the Stars Monique 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 the performed in week 2's episode. She was eliminated from Dancing With The Stars on November 1, 2006, finishing fourth in the competition.[7] Ms. Coleman was very gracious in defeat, and appeared on the Jimmy KimmelLive show on the same night as the Results Show to thank her fans for their votes and support.