This Oscar Winner Lost the War Against the Big Studios

The American actress/comedian Mo’Nique is featured in the 2022 horror flick “The Reading,” her first Hollywood project since 2016. Considering she once won an Academy Award for her brilliant performance in “Precious,” we have to ask: what happened to Mo’Nique’s once-promising Hollywood career?

According to The Washington Post, Mo’Nique’s Oscar win got her demanding more money than the studios wanted to pay her. She stood by her truth following her 2009 “Precious” appearance, but she ended up losing the bidding… Following her Oscar success, she only returned to the screen in 2014 to star in the poorly-rated drama “Blackbird.”