Louise Portal
Born: 1950-05-12, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
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. Source: Article "Louise Portal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
- Destinées (2007)
- Cheval-Serpent (2017)
- Les Fauves (1984)
- Le froid (2021)
- Les amoureuses (1993)
- Le Garagiste (2015)
- Les invasions barbares (2003)
- Mes meilleurs copains (1989)
- Cercueil, tabarnak! (2021)
- Le guide de la famille parfaite (2021)
- Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1986)
- Vers le sud (2006)
- Les Salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau (2018)
- Il pleuvait des oiseaux (2019)
- Les beaux dimanches (1974)
- Elles étaient cinq (2004)
- Le Grand Vide (2024)
- Séraphin: Un homme et son péché (2002)
- Les Dangereux (2002)
- Roseline comme dans les films (2019)
- Vie d'ange (1979)
- Les loups (2015)
- L'odyssée d'Alice Tremblay (2002)
- Le sang du pélican (2021)
- Le bonheur de Pierre (2009)
- Les muses orphelines (2000)
- Le grand serpent du Monde (1999)
- Un ange à la mer (2009)
- Mourir à tue-tête (1979)
- Cordélia (1980)