Monique Dupree (born December 10, 1974), also known as "Tha True Original GATA", is an American actress, wrestling valet, singer and burlesque performer. She also worked in production and social media management for Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore promotion. Dreamer has dubbed Dupree "The Heart and Soul of House of Hardcore" on numerous occasions during the promotion's Twitch streams. She has also appeared as a valet for Impact Wrestling.
Personal life
Dupree was born in Newark, New Jersey. Her older brother is actor Tony Todd. She was married to author Anthony Saint Thomas, the couple had ten children together. Dupree is in a relationship with professional wrestler Tommy Dreamer.
Career
Dupree's early film appearances included Lean on Me (1989), The Replacements (2000), Pot Zombies (2005), American Gangster, One Night and The Ten (all 2007). In November 2007, Dupree appeared alongside Warrington Gillette as a guest on the horror podcast Without Your Head. In 2008, she appeared in Super Tromette Action Movie Go! and played Emerald in Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned.
She has also worked as a model and appeared in magazines including The Autograph Collector Magazine and Primera Linea. In 2011, Vice reported that she had twice been featured as a "Tromette" for Troma Entertainment, and described her as "the original black scream queen". She also worked as a comic-book model, portraying the character Edie Van Horne in Gingerstein: Rise of the Undead. As a musician, Dupree was the lead singer of the band Negro Childe.
Dupree at NWR event, 2023
Between 2013 and 2019, she worked as a wrestling valet for House of Hardcore, appearing alongside Monet Dupree as part of the Double Duprees. She also contributed to the promotion's production and social media management. In 2015, Dupree directed and appeared in the short horror film Shadowhunters: Devilspeak. She also appeared as a shower girl in Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 (2017). In 2019, Dupree said she was developing a reality-style YouTube series titled GATA Speaks, with a pilot featuring Tommy Dreamer, Al Snow and Mick Foley.
Dupree later played Caliban in Lloyd Kaufman's film Shakespeare's Shitstorm (2020). Her burlesque performances have included appearances with Tippitywitchet Productions, and in 2022, she returned to performing burlesque in Baltimore. In 2024, Dupree appeared as Kat in The Mick and the Trick. As of 2026, she was listed as appearing in two unreleased films, Now That's Love, as Bella, and Ill, as a radio DJ named Hope.[citation needed]
