Anne-Marie Olivier (born 1973) is a Canadian stage actress and playwright from Quebec, [1] who won the Governor General's Award for French-language drama for her play Venir au monde at the 2018 Governor General's Awards. [2]
The artistic director of Théâtre Le Trident, she was named Artist of the Year for 2018 by Le Soleil and the Société Radio-Canada. [3]
Michel Tremblay is a Québécois novelist and playwright.
Micheline Lanctôt is a Canadian actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician.
The Governor General's Award for French-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in French. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council.
The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award.
James Ashley Corcoran is a Canadian singer-songwriter and former broadcaster.
Michael John Ward is a Canadian comedian. He performs comedy in both French and English.
Catherine Mouchet is a French actress.
Jean-Roger Caussimon was a "provocative, anarchising" French singer-songwriter and film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1945 and 1985 but is better known for having worked with poet-singer Léo Ferré.
Armand Amar is a French composer, who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2008 César Award for Best Music for Le Concert.
Yvon Éthier better known as Patrick Norman is a Canadian country musician. He sings both in French and English and has had hits in Quebec and in the rest of Canada.
Nadège Lacroix is a Swiss actress, television personality. She became famous thanks to a French reality show, Secret Story. She starred in the Sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez and the scripted television drama series, Hollywood Girls : Une nouvelle vie en Californie.
The Prix Gratien-Gélinas, originally known as Prime à la création du Fonds Gratien-Gélinas, is a Canadian theatre prize awarded for an original script with the aim of helping bring it to the stage. It was first awarded in 1994. It is presented by the Centre des auteurs dramatiques du Québec with the financial support of Quebecor, Cirque du Soleil and Ici Radio-Canada. Named in honour of Gratien Gélinas, it is considered the most important Canadian award recognizing emerging talent in francophone playwriting.
Marie-Francine Hébert is a Canadian author from Quebec.
Alexandre Landry is a Canadian film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his role in the 2013 film Gabrielle, for which he garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.
Marie-Hélène Poitras is a Canadian writer living in Montreal, Quebec.
Fanny Iseult Britt is a Canadian playwright and translator living in Quebec.
Brigitte Poupart is a Canadian actress and filmmaker. She is most noted for her performance in the film Ravenous and for directing the 2012 film Over My Dead Body.
Cécile Coulon is a French novelist, poet and short story writer. As of 2020, she has published seven novels, two poetry collections and one short story collection. She has been awarded the Prix des libraires (2017) and the prix Guillaume Apollinaire (2018)
Marcel Sabourin, OC is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his role as Abel Gagné, the central character in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's trilogy of Don't Let It Kill You , The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died and Now or Never , and his performance as Professor Mandibule in the children's television series Les Croquignoles and La ribouldingue.
Martin Bellemare is a Canadian playwright. He is most noted for his plays Le chant de Georges Boivin, which won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2009, and Cœur minéral, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 2020 Governor General's Awards.