Gilles Vigneault is a Canadian poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: "Mon pays" and "Gens du pays", and his line Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver became a proverb in Quebec. Vigneault is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Roy Michael Joseph Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known in America for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita. In Canada, specifically Quebec, he's known for numerous leading roles he's played in film. He portrayed Maurice Richard on television and in film and Roméo Dallaire in the 2007 film Shake Hands with the Devil.
Lise Payette was a Canadian politician, journalist, writer, and businesswoman. She was a Parti Québécois (PQ) minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding of Dorion. Originally a journalist, Payette became a television host in the 1960s. She left politics in 1981 and returned to a successful career in television production and writing.
"Je sais pas" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her thirteenth studio album, D'eux (1995). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and J. Kapler, and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. The song was released as the album's second single on 21 August 1995. "Je sais pas" topped the charts in France, Belgium Wallonia and Quebec. It was also certified Gold in France and Belgium.
Julien Lepers is a French television and radio presenter, and a singer-songwriter, born on 12 August 1949 in Paris.
Danny Boy et ses Pénitents is a French rock'n'roll, twist and beat band of the 1960s whose singer was Danny Boy, real name Claude Piron, born on 25 January 1936 in Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles (Eure). The four musicians (Penitents) who accompanied Danny Boy were wearing a balaclava.
Ma jeunesse fout le camp... is the seventh studio album by French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy, released in November 1967 on Disques Vogue. The title is highly idiomatic, but its general meaning in English is 'My youth is slipping away'.
Daniel Bevilacqua, better known by the stage name Christophe, was a French singer and songwriter. He was born in the Paris suburb of Juvisy-sur-Orge, to an Italian father.
Christian Larouche is a Canadian film and television producer from Quebec. He is most noted as producer of the film Louis Cyr , which was the winner of the Jutra Award for Best Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.
Françoise in Italian is a compilation album by the French popular singer Françoise Hardy where all songs are in Italian language. This compilation was only published in South Africa in 1970 under label World Record Co. It contains ten titles published in singles under Italian label Compagnia Generale del Disco, of 1968 to 1970.
Camille Felton is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Noémie in Noémie: Le Secret, with Rita Lafontaine and Nicolas Laliberté, and for her role in Aurelie Laflamme's Diary . In 2010, for her role as Noémie, Felton won the DIAMOND Award for Best Young Actress at the SCHLINGEL International Film Festival in Chemnitz, Germany.
Anne Renée is a Canadian pop singer who rose to fame in Quebec in the 1970s.
Alexis Martin is a Canadian actor and writer. A 1986 graduate of the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, he has acted in film, television and stage productions, and has written both theatrical plays and film screenplays.
François Létourneau is a Canadian actor and writer, best known as co-creator and star of the television series Les Invincibles, Série noire and Happily Married .
France Castel, née Bégin in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian singer, actress and broadcaster.
Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film A Colony , for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 and a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards.
Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam is a French writer. She also writes under the pseudonym Rebecca Lighieri. In 2022, she was awarded the Prix Médicis for her novel La Treizième Heure.
Sarah Baril Gaudet is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and cinematographer from Quebec. She is most noted for her films Passage, for which she was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, and The Benevolents , which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.
Billie Blue is a Canadian romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Mariloup Wolfe and released in 2023. The film stars Liliane Skelly as Billie, a teenager who is working in a summer job as a lifeguard at a water park; she develops a crush on Pierre, a handsome cyclist, but finds herself in competition for Pierre's affections with her older sister Annette.
