Emmanuelle Chriqui

Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui (/ᵻˈmænjuːl ˈʃriːki/;[1] born December 10, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is known for her performance on HBO's Entourage as Sloan McQuewick, as well as Dalia, the love interest of Adam Sandler's character in You Don't Mess with the Zohan. She is also known for her role on The Mentalist television series as Lorelei Martins, accomplice to Red John. In May 2010, she topped the AskMen.com Most Desirable Women of 2010 list.


Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Sephardi Jewish parents from Morocco. Her mother Liliane was born in Casablanca, and her father, Albert, in Rabat; Chriqui has relatives in Israel.Her family practised Orthodox Judaism in the Sephardic tradition.

Chriqui has an older brother, Serge, and an older sister, Laurence. When she was almost two, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario. She grew up in Markham—Unionville, a suburb northeast of the city.

Her mother, an aesthetician who once told Emmanuelle she would become an actress, died when Chriqui was sixteen years old.

As a child, she took acting classes, for which her brother paid. Chriqui attended the drama program at Unionville High School. After high school, Chriqui decided to pursue a career in acting.

Chriqui began acting as a 10-year-old in a McDonald's commercial. She moved to Vancouver in the mid-1990s, guest-starring in series such as Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Forever Knight, Once a Thief, and Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal. Her first Hollywood role was as a supporting character in Detroit Rock City (1999).