Sheila McCarthy is a Canadian actress and singer. She has worked in film, television, and on stage. McCarthy is one of Canada's most honoured actors, having won two Genie Awards (film), two Gemini Awards (television), an ACTRA Award, and two Dora Awards (theatre), along with multiple nominations.
Micheline Lanctôt is a Canadian actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician.
Marie Lise Monique Émond, better known as Monique Mercure, was a Canadian stage and screen actress. She was one of the country's great actors of the classical and modern repertory. In 1977, Mercure won a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Canadian Film Award for her performance in the drama film J.A. Martin Photographer.
Denise Filiatrault, is a Canadian actress and director.
Streetheart is a 1998 film that was awarded the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1998. It was directed by French Canadian director Charles Binamé.
Daphne Katherine Reid was a Canadian actress, whose career spanned over fifty years and hundreds of roles across both stage and screen. She was described by the book Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory as "the finest actress ever developed in Canada".
Linda Pauline Griffiths was a Canadian actress and playwright best known for writing and starring in the one woman play Maggie and Pierre, in which she portrayed both Pierre Trudeau and his then-estranged wife, Margaret. Among her cinematic work, she is best known for her acclaimed, starring role in Lianna.
Christine Boisson is a French actress.
Louise Marleau is a Canadian actress. She won the 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in A Woman in Transit and was nominated in the same category in 1980 for her role in Heartbreak (L'Arrache-cœur), a role for which she won Best Actress at the 1979 Montreal World Film Festival.
Anne-Marie Cadieux is a Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won a Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Streetheart and in 2008 was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in You (Toi).
André-Line Beauparlant is a Canadian art director, production designer, set decorator and film director. She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design for her work in Continental, a Film Without Guns at the 28th Genie Awards and for Happy Camper , The Negro and The Woman Who Drinks at the 25th Genie Awards. At the 28th Genie Awards, she was also nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary for her film Antlers (Panache).
Marie Tifo is a Canadian actress, and a major star in French-speaking Canada.
Linda Sorenson is a Canadian film, television and voice actress, best known for playing Mrs. Stegman in Class of 1984, Warden Howe in Murphy Brown, Virginia Reeves in Material World and Isabelle Carrington in Road to Avonlea. Sorenson, who hails from Vancouver, has appeared in a number of film and television roles.
Élise Guilbault is a Canadian film and television actress. She is most noted for her performances in the film The Woman Who Drinks , for which she won both the Genie Award for Best Actress at the 22nd Genie Awards and the Jutra Award for Best Actress at the 4th Jutra Awards, and the film The Novena , for which she won the Jutra for Best Actress at the 8th Jutra Awards.
Hélène Florent is a Canadian film and television actress. Her roles have included the television series Les Invincibles, Toute la vérité, La galère, and the 2000s revival of Lance et compte, as well as the films Yellowknife, Familia, Life with My Father and Café de Flore. She garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Genie Awards for her performance in Café de Flore. That film also got her nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2012.
Rita Lafontaine was a Canadian theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She has been described as the muse of playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. Her career spanned over fifty years and left an "indelible mark on Québec theatre, film and television". She is a four-time recipient of the Gémeaux Award; three times for Best Lead Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005 and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2011.
Ding et Dong was a Canadian comedy duo from Quebec, consisting of Serge Thériault as "Ding" and Claude Meunier as "Dong". They are most noted for their eponymous 1990 comedy film, which was based on their prior stage show.
Geneviève Rioux is a Québécoise television host and actor in theatre, television and film.
Frédérique Collin is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and film director. She is most noted for her performance in Marie in the City , for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 9th Genie Awards.
Brother André is a Canadian biographical drama film, directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque and released in 1987. The film centres on the life of André Bessette, a Roman Catholic lay brother who was widely credited with many miraculous healings, centring in particular on his interaction with his niece Marie-Esther following a Eucharistic Congress in 1910.
