# Monique Marvez > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Monique_Marvez > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Monique_Marvez.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_Marvez > Source revision: 1320220863 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Monique Marvez** is a [Hispanic American](/source/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans) [comedian](/source/Comedian), [film producer](/source/Film_producer) and [actress](/source/Actress) based in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California). She is known chiefly for her comedy albums including *Built for Comfort*, *The Reality Chick* and *Laughs From Abroad*, her video specials including *Not Skinny Not Blonde* and *Live in Hermosa Beach*, her participation in ensemble comedy specials such as *[Snoop Dogg](/source/Snoop_Dogg)'s Bad Girls of Comedy* and *Latin Divas of Comedy*, and for her work in films (including *Reggie: A Millennial Depression Comedy*, *Living Fuller* and *Kismet*[1]) and [radio](/source/Radio). Marvez began her comedy career at age 27 and is known for a performing style that is frank and sexually explicit, as well as "conversationally funny and motivational."[2] She also draws upon her Hispanic family and upbringing for ethnically based humor. ## Early life and career Marvez was born in [Miami](/source/Miami), [Florida](/source/Florida) in 1962 to a half-Cuban, half-Puerto Rican mother and a Venezuelan father.[3] Her father was married five times and her mother four, including twice to each other.[4] She began her career performing live [stand-up comedy](/source/Stand-up_comedy) at cabarets and clubs in Miami's [South Beach](/source/South_Beach) neighborhood. Marvez has said she became a comic as "a defense mechanism for me. I'm part of the dinged-up, jacked-up people....my dad was manic-depressive, and I think kids inherently try to provide what's missing to the household … so I became a comedian because it was the fastest route. It worked faster than any pill when my dad was in a bad way. It was very powerful. As a little kid, it was intoxicating to have that kinda power over an adult."[3] She was told early on "that I would never be booked because people don't want to hear crazy stuff out of a pretty face," Marvez said. "Back when I started some 25 years ago, there were no attractive women in comedy and telling it like it is. It was the unprettiest thing."[5] She has since performed in comedy specials on [Showtime](/source/Showtime_(TV_network)), [HBO](/source/HBO) and [Amazon Prime](/source/Amazon_Prime), as well as [Comedy Central](/source/Comedy_Central), [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company), [CBS](/source/CBS), [PBS](/source/PBS)[6] and her own channel on [YouTube](/source/YouTube). She has also written material for [Disney](/source/The_Walt_Disney_Company), [NBCUniversal](/source/NBCUniversal) and [Dick Wolf](/source/Dick_Wolf) Productions.[7] During the 2000s Marvez worked in radio, first at San Diego's [KFMB-AM](/source/KFMB-AM) and then at [KFBG](/source/KFBG_(FM)), then known as "100.7 Jack FM."[8] She says, "I was literally plucked off the stand-up stage. I'd never done any type of radio." She left radio in 2010, saying that "Radio kind of dulled me a little bit. I was a lot more sharp-witted when I was on the road. So my contract ended in March, and as much as I love the steady gig, and as much as I love the money that comes with the steady gig, it gets to being too much like a job … and I didn’t become a comedian to have a *job*. Being a comedian is a calling, not a job."[3] ## Personal life Marvez is currently single and lives in Los Angeles. ## References 1. ["Monique Marvez | Actress, Producer, Writer"](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2146559/). *IMDb*. Retrieved 2024-07-19. 1. Hancock, Amanda (2020-08-04). ["Colorado Springs comedy club to reopen with shows from Los Angeles comic Monique Marvez"](https://gazette.com/colorado-springs-comedy-club-to-reopen-with-shows-from-los-angeles-comic-monique-marvez/article_86b29066-cc62-11ea-bd5c-8ba827e2e6f6.html). *Colorado Springs Gazette*. Retrieved 2024-07-19. 1. Owen, Brent. ["Comedy: Monique Marvez isn't one of those people"](https://www.leoweekly.com/arts/comedy-monique-marvez-isnt-one-of-those-people-15763152). *LEO Weekly*. Retrieved 2024-07-19. 1. laugh out loud flix (2019-08-14). [*Monique Marvez Not Skinny Not Blonde • Part 1 | LOLflix*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX6OPLU5sBM). Retrieved 2024-07-19. – via YouTube. 1. Lopez, Rich (July 23, 2015). ["Comedian Monique Marvez makes no apologies"](https://www.mrt.com/entertainment/article/Comedian-Monique-Marvez-makes-no-apologies-7411158.php). *MRT.com*. Retrieved July 19, 2024. 1. ["Marvez headlines February's Comedy at the Ave"](https://www.auburn-reporter.com/life/marvez-headlines-februarys-comedy-at-the-ave/). *Auburn Reporter*. 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2024-07-19. 1. ["Monique Marvez – The Art of Laughter"](https://bocaratonobserver.com/api/content/1d9d5b34-e690-11ec-a9d6-1213643a86ff/). *bocaratonobserver.com*. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2024-07-19. 1. ["Meet the Monique behind the mouth"](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2006/03/08/meet-the-monique-behind-the-mouth/). *San Diego Union-Tribune*. 2006-03-08. Retrieved 2024-07-19. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Monique Marvez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_Marvez) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_Marvez?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.