Pascale Bussières
Pascale Bussières | |
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Born | (1968-06-27) June 27, 1968 (age 56) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress. Her credits include Sonatine (1984), Eldorado (1995), When Night Is Falling (1995), August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) (1998), Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) (2004), Afterwards (2008), The Demons (Les Démons) (2015), Death of a Ladies' Man (2020), Bootlegger (2021), and Frontiers (Frontières) (2023).
Life and work
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,[1] Pascale Bussières first played a suicidal teenager in Micheline Lanctôt’s 1984 film Sonatine.[1] She starred in Blanche, the 1993 Radio-Canada series directed by Charles Binamé, then landed a lead in Binamé’s Generation-X picture Eldorado.[1] She played the role of a prim-and-proper mythology teacher who discovers her lesbian desires in Patricia Rozema's When Night Is Falling.[1]
She appeared as an alienated fashion model who wants to conceive a child in Denis Villeneuve's debut feature, August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) (1998),[1] and won Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 7th Jutra Awards, and for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 25th Genie Awards, both in 2004, for her impersonation of Quebec singing star Alys Robi in Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope).[2][3]
\other credits include The Demons (Les Démons) (2015),[1] Death of a Ladies' Man (2020),[1] Bootlegger (2021),[1] Frontiers (Frontières) (2023).[1]
In 2023 she appeared in the music video for Karkwa's single "Parfaite à l'écran".[4]
Filmography
Film
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Sonatine | Chantal | |
1992 | Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme) | Laure | |
1993 | Two Can Play (Deux actrices) | Solange | |
1995 | When Night Is Falling | Camille Baker | |
1995 | Eldorado | Rita | |
1996 | La forêt et le bûcheron | Narrator / Forest | Short |
1997 | The Whole of the Moon | Sarah | |
1997 | Les mille merveilles de l'univers | Lily | |
1997 | Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | Juliana Kossel | |
1997 | Honeymoon | Louise | |
1998 | When I Will Be Gone (L'Âge de braise) | Nathalie | |
1998 | Streetheart (Le cœur au poing) | Marianne | |
1998 | August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) | Simone | |
1999 | Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) | Hana's Mother | |
1999 | The Five Senses | Gail | |
1999 | Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes) | Lucie | |
2000 | Pandora's Beauty (La beauté de Pandore) | Pandore | |
2000 | Girls Can't Swim | Céline | |
2000 | Between the Moon and Montevideo | Juta | |
2000 | The Bottle (La Bouteille) | Léa | |
2001 | Xchange | Madeleine Renard | |
2001 | Replay | Louise | |
2002 | Les moutons de Jacob | Pascale | |
2002 | Chaos and Desire (La Turbulence des fluides) | Alice Bradley | |
2003 | Small Cuts | Mathilde | |
2004 | The Blue Butterfly | Teresa Carlton | |
2004 | Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinemascope) | Alys Robi | |
2006 | The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance) | Sandrine | |
2007 | La capture | La mère | |
2008 | Nothing Really Matters | Carly | |
2008 | Afterwards (2008 film) | Anna | |
2009 | Suzie | Viviane | |
2011 | Blast from the Past | Véronica | Short |
2011 | Wetlands (Marécages) | Marie | |
2011 | French Immersion | Sylvie Tremblay | |
2011 | Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau) | Élise | |
2013 | Émilie | Adrianna | |
2014 | Love Project (Love Projet) | Madame Cowboy | |
2015 | Ville-Marie | Marie Santerre | |
2015 | The Saver | Mrs. Coleville | |
2015 | The Demons (Les Démons) | Claire | |
2015 | Anna | Sophie | |
2016 | The Other Side of November (L'Autre côté de novembre) | Dr. Louise | |
2017 | We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) | Myriam Lambert | |
2017 | Afterwards (2017 film) (Après coup) | Aurélie's mother | |
2017 | Innocent (Innocent) | Julie | |
2020 | Death of a Ladies' Man | Sarah Savard | |
2021 | Bootlegger | Laura | |
2023 | Frontiers (Frontières) | Diane Messier |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990-91 | Chambres en ville | Marie Vincent | Regular role |
1991 | Marilyn | Marie-Michèle St. Jean | TV series |
1993 | La princesse astronaute | Noémie | TV series |
1993 | Blanche | Blanche Pronovost | TV series |
1993 | Bye Bye | Various | TV series |
1996 | Marguerite Volant | Eléonore Volant | TV miniseries |
1997 | Platinum | Michelle Michaud | TV film |
1997 | Paparazzi | Valérie Morin | TV series |
1998 | Thunder Point | Jenny Baker | TV film |
2000 | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | Adrianna Locke | "Dust to Dust" |
2005-07 | Le cœur a ses raisons | Becky Walters | Regular role |
2006 | René Lévesque | Louise L'Heureux | TV miniseries |
2007 | Rallye Müvmedia | Pascale Bussières | TV series |
2007 | Race to Mars | Jackie Decelles | TV miniseries |
2008 | René Levesque - Le destin d'un chef | Louise L'Heureux | TV miniseries |
2008-09 | Belle-Baie | Margot Paulin | TV series |
2010-11 | Mirador | Véronique Laplace | TV series |
2012 | En thérapie | Marie | TV series |
2014 | Complexe G | Sarah | TV series |
2016 | Premonitions | Clara Jacob | TV series |
2021 | Sortez-moi de moi | Julie Mathieu | TV series |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Pascale Bussières credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ Pike, David Lawrence (2012). Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 118–124. ISBN 978-1-4426-4399-4.
- ^ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 31. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ Pascal Leblanc, "Karkwa fait vivre toutes les émotions à Pascale Bussières". La Presse, May 17, 2023.
External links
- Pascale Bussières at IMDb
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(2022)
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(2023–present)
- Jay Baruchel (2023)
(2023–present)
- Amrit Kaur (2023)
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.