Sylvie Drapeau

Last updated
Sylvie Drapeau and France Arbour in The Three Madeleines (Les Fantomes des trois Madeleine) by Guylaine Dionne (2000) Les Fantomes des 3 Madeleine.jpg
Sylvie Drapeau and France Arbour in The Three Madeleines (Les Fantômes des trois Madeleine) by Guylaine Dionne (2000)

Sylvie Drapeau (born 1962) is a Canadian actress and writer from Baie-Comeau, Quebec. [1]

As an actress, she is most noted for her performances in The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles), for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 14th Genie Awards; [2] February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839), for which she won the Prix Jutra for Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Jutra Awards; [3] and Juniper Tree (Le Piège d'Issoudun), for which she received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actress at the 6th Jutra Awards. [4]

She has also appeared in the films Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal), Le Sphinx, The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares), Borderline , Nelly and Laughter (Le Rire), and the television series Jamais deux sans toi , Bouscotte, Fortier , Jean Duceppe , Nos étés and The Night Logan Woke Up (La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé). She has played both English and French roles on stage. [5]

As a writer, she published her debut novel Le Fleuve in 2015. [6] She followed up with Le Ciel in 2017, [7] L'Enfer in 2018 [8] and La Terre in 2019. [1] She received a Governor General's Award nomination for French-language fiction at the 2019 Governor General's Awards for La Terre. [9]

Related Research Articles

The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra, but Jutra's name was withdrawn from the awards following the publication of Yves Lever's biography of Jutra, which alleged that he had sexually abused children.

<i>Days of Darkness</i> (2007 Canadian film) 2007 Canadian film

Days of Darkness, also known as The Age of Ignorance, is a 2007 black comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger and Sylvie Léonard. Presented as the third part of Arcand's loose trilogy also consisting of The Decline of the American Empire (1986) and The Barbarian Invasions (2003), it was followed by a fourth film with similar themes, The Fall of the American Empire (2018). The film follows a depressed québecois bureaucrat who, feeling insignificant, retreats into a fantasy world.

Michel Côté is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performances in the films Cruising Bar, Life After Love and C.R.A.Z.Y., the theatrical show Broue and the television series Omertà.

<i>My Aunt Aline</i> 2007 Canadian film

My Aunt Aline is a 2007 Canadian comedy film directed by Gabriel Pelletier.

<i>Borderline</i> (2008 film) 2008 Canadian film

Borderline is a 2008 Canadian drama film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche.

Robin Aubert is a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director. He is most noted for his performance in the film The Countess of Baton Rouge , for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997, and his 2017 film Ravenous , which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Actress to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.

Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Actor to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.

Sara Mishara is an American-Canadian cinematographer, who won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for her work on the film The Great Darkened Days , and at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for Drunken Birds , and the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards for Drunken Birds.

Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actor to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.

Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actress to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.

Juniper Tree is a Canadian drama film, directed by Micheline Lanctôt and released in 2003. Based in part on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale The Juniper Tree, the film stars Sylvie Drapeau as Esther, a depressed woman interacting with police officer Laurier after failing in an attempt to kill herself and her children.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Micheline Bernard</span> Canadian actress

Micheline Bernard is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performances in the films Small Blind , for which she received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actress at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013, and Matthias & Maxime, for which she won the Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020.

The Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best short film made within the cinema of Quebec.

The Prix Iris for Best Makeup is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best makeup work in films made within the Cinema of Quebec.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean-Philippe Duval</span>

Jean-Philippe Duval is a Canadian film and television director from Quebec City, Quebec. He is most noted for his 1999 films Matroni and Me , for which he received Jutra Award nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 2nd Jutra Awards, and a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 20th Genie Awards, and his 2009 film Through the Mist , which received Jutra nominations for both Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 12th Jutra Awards.

Daniel Jobin is a Canadian cinematographer from Quebec. He is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Cinematography, receiving nods at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991 for Cargo and at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996 for Lilies, and a four-time Jutra/Iris Award nominee for Best Cinematography, receiving nominations at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009 for Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's , at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010 for Je me souviens, at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012 for Coteau rouge, and at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for The Passion of Augustine .

Yvann Thibaudeau is a Canadian film editor. He is most noted as a two-time Prix Jutra/Iris winner for Best Editing, winning at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009 for Borderline and at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for 1991.

Sophie Leblond is a Canadian film editor. She is most noted for her work on the films Soft Shell Man , for which she won the Jutra Award for Best Editing at the 4th Jutra Awards in 2002, and Alexander Odyssey , for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.

Michel Corriveau is a Canadian composer of film and television scores from Quebec. He has received multiple nominations and awards throughout his career for Canadian and international films and TV productions

References

  1. 1 2 Marie-France Bornais, "«La terre» de Sylvie Drapeau: se tourner vers la lumière". Le Journal de Québec , May 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Conway Daly, "B.C. films lead Genie race : Sheila McCarthy, Colm Feore among actors nominated". Waterloo Region Record , October 20, 1993.
  3. ↑ Matthew Hays, "Turpin's Crabe scoops up seven Jutra awards". The Globe and Mail , February 18, 2002.
  4. ↑ John Griffin, "Grande seduction tops Jutra nods". Montreal Gazette , January 22, 2004.
  5. ↑ Pat Donnelly, "How good is she?; Quebec stage star Sylvie Drapeau makes her English debut as a bride who hits the road". Montreal Gazette , February 18, 1994.
  6. ↑ Marie-Christine Blais, "Sylvie Drapeau: plonger au fond de la lumière". La Presse , August 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ Fabien Deglise, "Le ciel, Sylvie Drapeau". Le Devoir , February 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ Mario Cloutier, "Sylvie Drapeau et L'enfer: les limites de l'amour". La Presse , February 7, 2018.
  9. ↑ Jean Siag, "Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général : les finalistes dévoilés". La Presse , October 2, 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.