Beautiful, buxom and shapely knockout Monique Gabrielle added an ample, alluring and invigorating dose of smoldering sex appeal to a bunch of enjoyably down'n'dirty horror and exploitation pictures made throughout the 80s and 90s.
The 5' 6" natural brunette was born Katherine Gonzalez on July 30, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Denver, Colorado. Gabrielle made her acting debut at age five portraying an angel in a church Christmas play. She started modeling while still in high school, entered her first beauty pageant at age 17 (she won the title of Miss American Legion and went on to participate in several other pageants, modeling competitions and nightclub contests), and moved to California in 1980 right after she graduated from high school.
Monique was the December 1982 Penthouse Pet of the Month. She had small roles in the mainstream features Die unglaubliche Reise in einem verrückten Raumschiff (1982), Nightshift - Das Leichenhaus flippt völlig aus (1982), Küss mich, Doc (1982), Flashdance (1983), Hard to Hold (1984) and Fear of a Black Hat (1993). Gabrielle achieved her greatest enduring popularity as the enticing young woman who tries to seduce Tom Hanks in the uproariously raucous'n'raunchy Bachelor Party (1984) Her most memorable roles include a pathetic junkie snitch in the terrifically trashy babes-behind-bars classic Das Frauenlager (1983), the titular brazen and uninhibited sexual adventuress in the steamy Emmanuelle - Im Harem des Prinzen (1987), a sweet princess and her evil twin in Deathstalker 2 - Duell der Titanen (1987), a nude model in the funny sketch comedy Amazonen auf dem Mond oder Warum die Amerikaner den Kanal voll haben (1987), a gutsy lady cop in Silk 2 - Hart wie Seide, Sanft wie Stahl (1989), feisty security chief Miss Poinsettia in the amusingly campy Das grüne Ding aus dem Sumpf (1989), and the nerdy, repressed Megan in the delightfully dippy Evil Toons - Flotte Teens im Geisterhaus (1992).
Gabrielle did guest spots on the TV shows Dream On (1990), Hardball (1989), and Hunter (1984). She was the onetime girlfriend of low-budget straight-to-video picture director Jim Wynorski; she popped up in a handful of his movies in both minor and more substantial parts alike. Monique cheerfully poked fun at her own B-flick queen persona in the entertainingly silly Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991).
Monique Gabrielle married adult film director Tony Angove in 2003. She moved to South Florida and ran a production company called Monique's Purrfect Productions.
