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]
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 .
Portal was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her twin sister Pauline Lapointe (died 2010) was also an actress. [3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Dream Life | Andrée | |
| 1973 | Taureau | Gigi Gilbert | |
| 1974 | Lovely Sundays | Dominique | |
| 1974 | The Klutz | Martine | |
| 1979 | A Scream from Silence | La comédienne | |
| 1980 | Cordélia | Cordelia Viau | |
| 1982 | Larose, Pierrot et la Luce | Luce | |
| 1984 | Les fauves | Dany | |
| 1986 | The Decline of the American Empire | Diane Leonard | |
| 1986 | Exit | Jeanne | |
| 1987 | Tinamer | Mère | |
| 1989 | My Best Pals | Bernadette Legranbois | |
| 1993 | Les amoureuses | Lea | |
| 1996 | Not Me! | Reine | |
| 1999 | The Long Winter | Madame Duquet | |
| 1999 | The Big Snake of the World | Carmen | |
| 1999 | Memories Unlocked | Pauline | |
| 1999 | Full Blast | Rose | |
| 2000 | Saint Jude | Georgie's Mother | |
| 2000 | The Orphan Muses | Jacqueline Tanguay | |
| 2002 | Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay) | Blanche-Neige | |
| 2002 | Séraphin: Heart of Stone | Delphine Lacoste | |
| 2002 | Dangerous People | Johanne | |
| 2003 | The Barbarian Invasions | Diane Leonard | |
| 2004 | The Five of Us | Claire | |
| 2005 | Heading South | Sue | |
| 2006 | From My Window, Without a Home… (De ma fenêtre, sans maison...) | Sana | |
| 2009 | A Happy Man | Louise Dolbec | |
| 2009 | Angel at Sea | Jaqueline | |
| 2010 | He Shoots, He Scores | 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 | Marie | |
| 2015 | Paul à Québec | Lisette | |
| 2018 | Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin | Margot | |
| 2018 | Everything Outside | Louise | |
| 2019 | And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) | Geneviève | |
| 2020 | The Mother Eagle | Mère Jouve | |
| 2021 | Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) | Jacinthe Gallant |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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