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Louise Portal

Acting Born May 12, 1950 Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada 24 credits

Biography

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, and was a nominee for Best Actress for Sous-sol (Not Me!).

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.

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Champs-Elysées

as Self

Full filmography

  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Bonsoir bonsoir! (2019) as Self
  • La semaine des 4 Julie (2020) as Self - Guest
  • Les Enfants de la télé (2010) as Self
  • Les échangistes (2016) as Self
  • On va se le dire (2019) as Self
  • La fureur (1998) as Self
  • Y'a du monde à messe (2017) as Self
  • En mode Salvail (2013) as Self
  • Ménage à trois (2014) as Self
  • Destinées (2007) as Pauline Fiset
  • La petite séduction (2006) as Self
  • Viens voir les comédiens (2002) as Self
  • Cette année-là (2018) as Self
  • Cheval-Serpent (2017) as Odile Gauthier
  • 1res fois (2018) as Self - Guest
  • Toute la vérité (2010) as Marie-Louise Régimbald
  • Terre humaine (1978) as Isabelle Dantin
  • L'appart du 5e (2013) as Justine Pellan (75 ans)
  • Les Beaux Malaises (2014) as Élyse
  • Nos étés (2005) as Laure-Lou Meunier (58 ans)
  • Viens-tu faire un tour? (2014) as Self
  • L'heure est grave (2018) as Herself
  • La liste (2009) as Self