Monique Dupree

Monique Dupree (born December 10, 1974), nicknamed "Tha True Original GATA", is an American actress, wrestling talent, singer, burlesque dancer, content creator, and entrepreneur. 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 best known for her time as a wrestling talent/producer/social media manager for Tommy Dreamer's company, House of Hardcore. 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, whom she also had a relationship with for an undetermined amount of years. She has also made appearances on Impact Wrestling.

Personal life
Dupree was born in Newark, New Jersey. She is married to published author Anthony Saint Thomas and they have ten children together. Monique has been involved in many grassroots charities, but nothing has been more important than helping other children who have lost their way. She's raised dozens of other children, not including her own. Her brother is an actor Tony Todd.

Career
Her film career began at the age of 14, when she appeared in the 1989 Morgan Freeman film Lean On Me, about high school principal Joe Clark. It was then that she realized that she wanted to pursue acting as a career. By the age of 18, she had done numerous stage productions, including the play Cry of the People by Robert Banks.

Dupree's experience also included her having worked as a model. In working with Troma Entertainment in films, she was the first African American "Tromette," and the first to be a Tromette four times. She appeared in numerous magazines across the world, including The Autograph Collector Magazine and Primera Linea. She also worked as a comicbook 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.

Monique, referred to as “Tha True Original Gata” returned as a burlesque performer in 2021 after taking a decade-long break from the art. She has since traveled the world as a burlesque entertainer focusing primarily on horror and nerd themed performances.