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,"Last night's genie award winners", Toronto Star, March 19, 1987. p. E1. and was a nominee for Best Actress for Sous-sol (Not Me!)."Genie Nominees List", Toronto Star, October 17, 1996. p. C10.
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.
She won the 1996 Prix Guy-L'Écuyer for Sous-sol.
Personal life Portal was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her twin sister Pauline Lapointe (died 2010) was also an actress."La comédienne Pauline Lapointe est morte d'un cancer du sein". Le Téléjournal, August 31, 2010.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1972Dream Life (La vie rêvée)Andrée1973TaureauGigi Gilbert1974Lovely Sundays (Les beaux dimanches)Dominique1974The Klutz (Les deux pieds dans la même bottine)Martine1979A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête)La comédienne1980CordéliaCordelia Viau1982Larose, Pierrot and Luce (Larose, Pierrot et la Luce)Luce1984Les fauvesDany1986The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)Diane Leonard1986ExitJeanne1987TinamerMère1989My Best Pals (Mes meilleurs copains)Bernadette Legranbois1993Les amoureusesLea1996Not Me! (Sous-sol)Reine1999The Long Winter (Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore)Madame Duquet1999The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand Serpent du monde)Carmen1999Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes)Pauline1999Full BlastRose2000Saint JudeGeorgie's Mother2000The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines)Jacqueline Tanguay2000Romain et Juliette2002Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay)Blanche-Neige2002Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)Delphine Lacoste2002Dangerous PeopleJohanne2003The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)Diane Leonard2004The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq)Claire2005Heading South (Vers le sud)Sue2006From My Window, Without a Home… (De ma fenêtre, sans maison...)Sana2009A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre)Louise Dolbec2009Angel at Sea (Un ange à la mer)Jaqueline2010He Shoots, He Scores (Lance et compte)Mireille Bellavance2011The Happiness of Others (Le bonheur des autres)Louise2014The Wolves (Les loups)Maria2015The Kind WordsIsabelle Moretti2015Adrien (Le Garagiste)Marie2015Paul à QuébecLisette2018Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau)Margot2018Everything OutsideLouise2019And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)Geneviève2020The Mother Eagle (Le Sang du pélican)Mère Jouve2021Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions)Jacinthe Gallant2024A Christmas Storm (Le Cyclone de Noël)
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1974La p'tite semaineNicole Lajoie1 episode1975Y'a pas de problèmeJocelyne1976Du tac au tacSuzyEpisode: "Une descente réussie"1978Terre humaineIsabelle Dantin6 episodes1980L'Ingénieux Don QuichotteIsabella1 episode1987Bonjour docteurJulie1994MiséricordeSoeur Thérèse1995Les grands procèsMadame CaronEpisode: "L'affaire Nogaret"1996L'histoire du samediJulie RousselEpisode: "Mayday"1997LobbyGeena Shrier5 episodes1997Le volcan tranquilleFrançoise Dessables1 episode1997DivaDoris Tremblay2001EmmaMadeleine Miro2001Rivière-des-JérémieGinette Lalande2001FortierEsther Charest2 episodes2002TabouManon1 episode2004H2OMarie Lavigne2 episodes2007–2008Nos étésLaure-Lou Meunier4 episodes2010Prozac, La Maladie Du BonheurMireille9 episodes201130 viesLouise Labelle3 episodes2011–201519-2Marie-Louise22 episodes2012He Shoots, He ScoresMireille Bellavance6 episodes2012–2014Toute la véritéMarie-Louise Régimbald16 episodes2015Lance et CompteMireille Bellavance10 episodes2016Les beaux malaisesÉlyseEpisode: "Les bonnes vibrations"2017Cheval Serpent Odile Gauthier4 episodes2017–2019TropCarole6 episodes
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