16 Facts About Monique Coleman

Monique Coleman is best known for her role as Taylor McKessie in the High School Musical movies.

Monique Coleman started her acting career in theater and television at a young age in Columbia, South Carolina.

Monique Coleman trained at the Workshop Theater School of Dramatic Arts where she performed in over fifteen plays.

Monique Coleman later attended The Theater School at DePaul University in Chicago, earning her BFA in Acting in 2002.

Two years later, Monique Coleman appeared as Young Donna in The Family Channel movie The Ditchdigger's Daughter, for which she was nominated for a Young Artists Award of Hollywood.

In 2005, Monique Coleman acted alongside James Earl Jones in the Hallmark TV Movie The Reading Room.

Monique Coleman received a 2006 CAMIE Award for the role and represented the film at the NAACP Image Awards.

In 2006, Monique Coleman starred in High School Musical, portraying Taylor McKessie, the best friend of the new girl at school, Gabriella Montez.

Monique Coleman was the host of 3 Minute Game Show: High School Musical Edition, which aired on the Disney Channel in 2007.

That year, Monique Coleman recorded a song called "Christmas Vacation" for the compilation album Disney Channel Holiday.

Monique Coleman later appeared in High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year, reprising her role as Taylor McKessie.

Monique Coleman competed in the Fall 2006 third edition of the reality dance competition show Dancing with the Stars.

Monique Coleman was paired with professional partner Louis van Amstel.

Monique Coleman was the final female contestant in that season's competition.

Monique Coleman was appointed a Youth Champion by the United Nations in November 2010.

At a ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York, Monique Coleman was presented with a letter of recognition of her role by Assistant Secretary-General Jomo Kwame Sundaram of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.