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Louise Portal

Actor
Born May 12, 1950 (74 years)
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.
Known For
  • The Barbarian Invasions
  • The Decline of the American Empire
  • Heading South
  • From My Window, Without a Home...
  • Mes meilleurs copains
  • Paul à Québec
  • Les Salopes or The Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin
  • And the Birds Rained Down
  • Les loups
  • Not Me!
  • Cordélia
  • The Five of Us
  • Angel at Sea
  • Le bonheur des autres
  • A Happy Man
  • Dangerous People
  • Les amoureuses
  • Adrien
  • A Scream from Silence
  • H2O: The Last Prime Minister
  • The Big Snake of the World
  • Dream Life
  • Taureau

Filmography

2024
2022
Confessions · as Jacinthe Gallant
2021
Cercueil, tabarnak! · as Mrs Desmarais
2021
The Guide to the Perfect Family · as Monique Dubois
2019
And the Birds Rained Down · as Geneviève
2018
2017
Trop (TV Series) · as Carole
2017
Stallion-Snake (TV Series) · as Odile Gauthier
2015
Adrien · as Marie
2015
Paul à Québec · as Lisette
2015
The Kind Words · as Isabelle Moretti
2014
Les loups · as Maria
2014
Les beaux malaises (TV Series) · as Élyse
2011
2011
19-2 (TV Series) · as Marie-Louise
2011
The School of Life (TV Series) · as Louise Labelle
2010
He Shoots, He Scores · as Mireille Bellavance
2010
Toute la vérité (TV Series) · as Marie-Louise Régimbald
2009
A Happy Man · as Louise
2009
Angel at Sea · as Jacqueline
2007
Destinées (TV Series) · as Pauline Fiset
2006
2006
Casino (TV Series) · as Charlotte
2005
Heading South · as Sue
2005
Nos étés (TV Series) · as Laure-Lou Meunier (58 Ans)
2004
H2O: The Last Prime Minister (TV Series) · as Marie Lavigne
2004
The Five of Us · as Claire
2003
2002
Dangerous People · as Johanne Labelle
2002
Séraphin: Heart of Stone · as Delphine Lacoste
2002
L'odyssée d'Alice Tremblay · as Blanche-Neige
2001
Fortier (TV Series) · as Esther Charest
2000
The Orphan Muses · as Jacqueline Tanguay
2000
Saint Jude · as Georgie's Mother
1999
1999
Full Blast · as Rose
1999
Memories Unlocked · as Pauline
1999
1996
Not Me! · as Reine
1993
Les Grands procès (TV Series) · as Madame Caron
1993
Les amoureuses · as Léa
1989
Mes meilleurs copains · as Bernadette Legranbois
1987
Tinamer · as Mother
1986
1984
Les fauves · as Dany
1980
Cordélia · as Cordélia Viau
1979
A Scream from Silence · as La Comédienne
1979
1978
Terre humaine (TV Series) · as Isabelle Dantin
1974
Lovely Sundays · as Dominique Primeau
1973
Taureau · as Gigi Gilbert
1972
Dream Life · as Andrée

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