Louise Portal
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]
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Career
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.
Personal life
Portal was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her twin sister Pauline Lapointe (died 2010) was also an actress.[3]
Filmography
Film
| 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 |
Television
| 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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- ↑ "Last night's genie award winners", Toronto Star, March 19, 1987. p. E1.
- ↑ "Genie Nominees List", Toronto Star, October 17, 1996. p. C10.
- ↑ "La comédienne Pauline Lapointe est morte d'un cancer du sein". Le Téléjournal, August 31, 2010.
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