Monique Spaziani (born December 16, 1957, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. She is a three-time Genie Award nominee for Best Actress, receiving nominations at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982 for Happy Memories (Les Beaux souvenirs), [1] at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986 for The Alley Cat (Le Matou) [2] and at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989 for The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes). [3]
Her other credits have included the films The Tin Flute (Bonheur d'occasion), The Caretaker's Lodge (La Conciergerie), Map of the Human Heart , Aurore , I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), French Immersion , Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau), File 13 (Filière 13) and Laurence Anyways , and the television series L'Amour avec un Grand A , Million Dollar Babies , Apparences, Vertige , Mensonges and La Faille (2019).
She was the partner of director Francis Mankiewicz, whom she met while filming Happy Memories, until his death in 1993. [4] She was subsequently married to actor Emmanuel Bilodeau. [5] Her daughter Philomène Bilodeau is an actress, who starred in the television series Toute la vie. [6]