Louise Portal
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Born | (1950-05-12) May 12, 1950 (age 74) Canada |
Occupation(s) | Actress, film director singer, writer |
Louise Portal (born May 12, 1950) is a Canadian actress, film director, singer and writer. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film The Decline of the American Empire,[1] and was a nominee for Best Actress for Sous-sol (Not Me!).[2]
Career
Her other film roles have included Full Blast, Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché), The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares), The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq), The Happiness of Others (Le Bonheur des autres), Adrien (Le Garagiste), Paul à Québec, The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines), Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin and Cordélia.
Personal life
Portal was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her twin sister Pauline Lapointe (died 2010) was also an actress.[3]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Dream Life (La vie rêvée) | Andrée | |
1973 | Taureau | Gigi Gilbert | |
1974 | Lovely Sundays (Les beaux dimanches) | Dominique | |
1974 | The Klutz (Les deux pieds dans la même bottine) | Martine | |
1979 | A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête) | La comédienne | |
1980 | Cordélia | Cordelia Viau | |
1982 | Larose, Pierrot and Luce (Larose, Pierrot et la Luce) | Luce | |
1984 | Les fauves | Dany | |
1986 | The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) | Diane Leonard | |
1986 | Exit | Jeanne | |
1987 | Tinamer | Mère | |
1989 | My Best Pals (Mes meilleurs copains) | Bernadette Legranbois | |
1993 | Les amoureuses | Lea | |
1996 | Not Me! (Sous-sol) | Reine | |
1999 | The Long Winter (Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore) | Madame Duquet | |
1999 | The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand Serpent du monde) | Carmen | |
1999 | Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes) | Pauline | |
1999 | Full Blast | Rose | |
2000 | Saint Jude | Georgie's Mother | |
2000 | The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines_ | Jacqueline Tanguay | |
2002 | Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay) | Blanche-Neige | |
2002 | Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) | Delphine Lacoste | |
2002 | Dangerous People | Johanne | |
2003 | The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) | Diane Leonard | |
2004 | The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq) | Claire | |
2005 | Heading South (Vers le sud) | Sue | |
2006 | From My Window, Without a Home… (De ma fenêtre, sans maison...) | Sana | |
2009 | A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre) | Louise Dolbec | |
2009 | Angel at Sea (Un ange à la mer) | Jaqueline | |
2010 | He Shoots, He Scores (Lance et compte) | Mireille Bellavance | |
2011 | The Happiness of Others (Le bonheur des autres) | Louise | |
2014 | The Wolves (Les loups) | Maria | |
2015 | The Kind Words | Isabelle Moretti | |
2015 | Adrien (Le Garagiste) | Marie | |
2015 | Paul à Québec | Lisette | |
2018 | Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau) | Margot | |
2018 | Everything Outside | Louise | |
2019 | And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) | Geneviève | |
2020 | The Mother Eagle (Le Sang du pélican) | Mère Jouve | |
2021 | Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) | Jacinthe Gallant |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1974 | La p'tite semaine | Nicole Lajoie | 1 episode |
1975 | Y'a pas de problème | Jocelyne | |
1976 | Du tac au tac | Suzy | Episode: "Une descente réussie" |
1978 | Terre humaine | Isabelle Dantin | 6 episodes |
1980 | L'Ingénieux Don Quichotte | Isabella | 1 episode |
1987 | Bonjour docteur | Julie | |
1994 | Miséricorde | Soeur Thérèse | |
1995 | Les grands procès | Madame Caron | Episode: "L'affaire Nogaret" |
1996 | L'histoire du samedi | Julie Roussel | Episode: "Mayday" |
1997 | Lobby | Geena Shrier | 5 episodes |
1997 | Le volcan tranquille | Françoise Dessables | 1 episode |
1997 | Diva | Doris Tremblay | |
2001 | Emma | Madeleine Miro | |
2001 | Rivière-des-Jérémie | Ginette Lalande | |
2001 | Fortier | Esther Charest | 2 episodes |
2002 | Tabou | Manon | 1 episode |
2004 | H2O | Marie Lavigne | 2 episodes |
2007–2008 | Nos étés | Laure-Lou Meunier | 4 episodes |
2010 | Prozac, La Maladie Du Bonheur | Mireille | 9 episodes |
2011 | 30 vies | Louise Labelle | 3 episodes |
2011–2015 | 19-2 | Marie-Louise | 22 episodes |
2012 | He Shoots, He Scores | Mireille Bellavance | 6 episodes |
2012–2014 | Toute la vérité | Marie-Louise Régimbald | 16 episodes |
2015 | Lance et Compte | Mireille Bellavance | 10 episodes |
2016 | Les beaux malaises | Élyse | Episode: "Les bonnes vibrations" |
2017 | Cheval Serpent | Odile Gauthier | 4 episodes |
2017–2019 | Trop | Carole | 6 episodes |
References
- ^ "Last night's genie award winners", Toronto Star, March 19, 1987. p. E1.
- ^ "Genie Nominees List", Toronto Star, October 17, 1996. p. C10.
- ^ "La comédienne Pauline Lapointe est morte d'un cancer du sein". Le Téléjournal, August 31, 2010.
External links
- Louise Portal at IMDb
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1970–2021
- Gratien Gélinas (1970)
- Danny Freedman (1971)
- Donald Pilon (1972)
- Willie Lamothe (1973)
- No Award (1974)
- Henry Beckman (1975)
- Frank Moore (1976)
- Jean Lapointe (1977)
- Henry Beckman (1978)
- Gordon Pinsent (1980)
- Germain Houde (1981)
- Saul Rubinek (1982)
- R. H. Thomson (1983)
- Michael Zelniker (1984)
- Alan Scarfe (1985)
- Alan Arkin (1986)
- Gabriel Arcand (1987)
- Germain Houde (1988)
- Rémy Girard (1989)
- Rémy Girard (1990)
- August Schellenberg (1991)
- Michael Hogan (1992)
- Kevin Tighe (1993)
- Don McKellar (1994)
- Kenneth Welsh (1995)
- Peter Donaldson (1996)
- Peter MacNeill (1997)
- Callum Keith Rennie (1998)
- Mark McKinney (1999)
- Martin Cummins (2000)
- Vincent Gale (2001)
- Elias Koteas (2002)
- Stéphane Rousseau (2003)
- Jean Lapointe (2004)
- Denis Bernard (2005)
- Stephen McHattie (2006)
- Armin Mueller-Stahl (2007)
- Callum Keith Rennie (2008)
- Maxim Gaudette (2009)
- Dustin Hoffman (2010)
- Viggo Mortensen (2011)
- Serge Kanyinda (2012)
- Gordon Pinsent (2013)
- John Cusack (2014)
- Nick Serino (2015)
- Vincent Cassel (2016)
- Ethan Hawke (2017)
- Richard Clarkin (2018)
- Rémy Girard (2019)
- Colm Feore (2020)
- Joshua Odjick (2021)
1970–2021
- Fernande Giroux (1970)
- Olivette Thibault (1971)
- Doris Petrie (1972)
- Camille Bernard (1973)
- No Award (1974)
- Lila Kedrova (1975)
- Tedde Moore (1976)
- Carole Lazare (1977)
- Marilyn Lightstone (1978)
- Geneviève Bujold (1980)
- Kate Reid (1981)
- Denise Filiatrault (1982)
- Jackie Burroughs (1983)
- Jackie Burroughs (1984)
- Linda Sorenson (1985)
- Linda Sorenson (1986)
- Louise Portal (1987)
- Paule Baillargeon (1988)
- Colleen Dewhurst (1989)
- Robyn Stevan (1990)
- Danielle Proulx (1991)
- Monique Mercure (1992)
- Nicola Cavendish (1993)
- Martha Henry (1994)
- Kate Nelligan (1995)
- Martha Burns (1996)
- Seana McKenna (1997)
- Monique Mercure (1998)
- Catherine O'Hara (1999)
- Helen Shaver (2000)
- Molly Parker (2001)
- Pascale Montpetit (2002)
- Marie-Josée Croze (2003)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (2004)
- Danielle Proulx (2005)
- Carrie-Anne Moss (2006)
- Kristen Thomson (2007)
- Kristin Booth (2008)
- Martha Burns (2009)
- Minnie Driver (2010)
- Sophie Nélisse (2011)
- Seema Biswas (2012)
- Sarah Gadon (2013)
- Suzanne Clément (2014)
- Joan Allen (2015)
- Molly Parker (2016)
- Bahar Noohian (2017)
- Sarah Gadon (2018)
- Nour Belkhiria (2019)
- Mary Walsh (2020)
- Cherish Violet Blood (2021)
2022
- Aaron Pierre (2022)
2023-present
- Glenn Howerton (2023)
2023-present
- Chantal Thuy (2023)
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; ungendered awards for best performance regardless have been presented since.
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