Monique Dupree (born December 10, 1974), nicknamed "Tha True Original GATA", is an American actress, wrestling valet/talent, singer, burlesque dancer, content creator, and entrepreneur.Monique Dupree at troma.com
As an actress, she is best known for her role as Emerald in '' Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned'' and as a shower girl in '' Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2''. She is known for her time as a wrestling talent/producer/social media manager for

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. Dubbed "The Heart and Soul of House of Hardcore" for her hard work on camera and behind the scenes on numerous occasions via their Twitch stream by Dreamer. She has also made appearances on

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. Her brother is

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Personal life

Dupree was born in

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. She is married to author Anthony Saint Thomas and they have ten children together. Monique has been involved in many grass-roots charities. She has raised dozens of other children, not including her own.

Career

Dupree's worked as a model. In working with ''

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'' in films, she was the first African American "Tromette," and the first to be a Tromette four times. She appeared in magazines across including ''The Autograph Collector Magazine'' and ''Primera Linea.'' She also worked as a comic book model. In ''Gingerstein: Rise of the Undead,'' she played the character Edie Van Horne. Dupree is the lead singer of the musical team Negro Childe.Reverb Nation page for Negro Childe
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Filmography

Film / Video

Wrestling

Television / TV Movies

Burlesque Performances

References

External links

Official site
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YouTube
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