Emmanuelle Chriqui

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. She also has relatives in Israel. Her family practiced Orthodox Judaism in the Sephardic tradition.\n', '

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, Ontario, 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.\n', '

As a little girl, 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.\n', '