Anne Dorval

Anne Dorval
Anne Dorval
	Anne Dorval at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	November 8, 1960 (age 64); Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Children	2

Anne Dorval (French pronunciation: [an dɔʁval]; born November 8, 1960) is a French Canadian television, stage, and film actress. She is known for her work with Xavier Dolan that includes appearing in five of his films, I Killed My Mother (2009), Heartbeats (2010), Laurence Anyways (2012), Mommy (2014) and Matthias & Maxime (2019). She has won five Gémeaux Awards for her work on television.

Early life

Dorval was born in Noranda, Quebec, the daughter of Madeleine (Larouche) and Gaetan Dorval.^[1] She received her education at Cégep de Trois-Rivières and the Drama Conservatory of Montreal, beginning her career on the stage in 1984.

Career

She is known in Canada for her appearance in the Quebec television series Le Coeur a ses raisons and Les Parent. She has also appeared in other Quebec series, such as Chambres en ville, Virginie, Paparazzi and Rumeurs, and in the films Montréal vu par... and I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère). She is also known as a premiere French Canadian voice actress for English films.

In 2010, at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, she won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Actress for her performance in I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) directed by Xavier Dolan.^[2]

In 2024 she was announced as one of the judges on Quel talent!, the forthcoming Quebec version of the international Got Talent franchise.^[3]

Personal life

She was formerly married to actor Marc-André Coallier, with whom she had two children.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989-96	Chambres en ville	Lola Corbeil	TV series (172 episodes) Nominated - Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Soap Opera (1992) Nominated - Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Soap Opera (1993) Nominated - Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Soap Opera (1996)
1990	Ding et Dong	Joëlle
1991	Montreal Stories	Sarah
1992	Montréal rétro
1992	L'or et le papier	Zoé Laflamme	TV series (13 episodes) Nominated - Gémeaux Award for Best Supporting Actress
1996-2002	Virginie	Lucie Chabot	TV series (215 episodes)
1997	L'enfant des Appalaches	Maïna	TV movie
1997	Paparazzi	Jocelyne Lamarre	TV series (11 episodes)
2003-2004	Rumeurs	Valérie	TV series (26 episodes)
2004	Grande ourse	Catherine Laplante	TV series (1 episode) Nominated - Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Dramatic
2005	Détect inc.	Cynthia	TV series (8 episodes)
2005-2007	Le cœur a ses raisons	Criquette / Ashley Rockwell	TV series (39 episodes) Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Comedy (2005) Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Comedy (2006) Nominated - Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Comedy (2008)
2006	The Secret Life of Happy People	Florence
2007	Super Phoenix	The unemployed	Short
2008	Waitresses Wanted	Milagro's mother
2008	Chez Jules	Diane	TV series (1 episode)
2008-2016	Les Parent	Natalie Rivard	TV series (169 episodes) Nominated - Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Comedy (2009) Nominated - Monte-Carlo Television Festival - Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (2012) Nominated - Monte-Carlo Television Festival - Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (2013)
2009	I Killed My Mother	Chantale Lemming	Jutra Award for Best Actress Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Golden Bayard for Best Actress Palm Springs International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress Nominated - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film
2009	Grande ourse - La clé des possibles	Catherine Laplante
2010	Heartbeats	Désirée
2011	A Sense of Humour	Stéphanie
2012	Laurence Anyways	Marthe Delteuil
2012-2013	Les Bobos	Sandrine Maxou	TV series (36 episodes)
2013	An Extraordinary Person	Guylaine	Short
2014	Mommy	Diane 'Die' Després	Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress Film Club's The Lost Weekend - Best Actress Italian Online Movie Award for Best Actress Jutra Award for Best Actress Palm Springs International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress Nominated - Cinema Bloggers Award for Best Actress - International Competition Nominated - Críticos de Cinema Online Portugueses Award for Best Actress Nominated - Dorian Award for Film Performance of the Year - Actress Nominated - IndieWire Critic's Poll - Best Lead Actress Nominated - International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actress Nominated - International Cinephile Society Award for Best Ensemble Nominated - International Online Cinema Award for Best Actress Nominated - Italian Online Movie Award for Best Cast Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Nominated - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film
	Miraculum	Evelyne
	Le Coq de St-Victor	Florence
2016	Heal the Living	Claire Méjean
2017	Jalouse	Sophie
2018	14 Days, 12 Nights	Isabelle Brodeur
2019	Matthias & Maxime	Manon
2022	The Night Logan Woke Up	Madeleine Larouche
2023	Through the Night

References

^ Petrowski, Nathalie (September 7, 2012). "Anne Dorval: Bye bye Criquette, bonjour Sandrine". La Presse (in French).
^ "Anne Dorval : Sa biographie". www.cinefil.com. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
^ Ariane Auclair-Gendron, "Noovo annonce l'arrivée d'un populaire concours de talent sur ses ondes". Showbizz, March 28, 2024.

External links

Anne Dorval at IMDb

[1] Petrowski, Nathalie (September 7, 2012). "Anne Dorval: Bye bye Criquette, bonjour Sandrine". La Presse (in French).

[2] "Anne Dorval : Sa biographie". www.cinefil.com. Retrieved 2014-11-26.

[3] Ariane Auclair-Gendron, "Noovo annonce l'arrivée d'un populaire concours de talent sur ses ondes". Showbizz, March 28, 2024.

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Actor (1968–2021)	Gerard Parkes (1968) No award (1969) Doug McGrath and Paul Bradley (1970) Jean Duceppe (1971) Gordon Pinsent (1972) Jacques Godin (1973) No award (1974) Stuart Gillard (1975) André Melançon (1976) Len Cariou (1977) Richard Gabourie (1978) Christopher Plummer (1980) Thomas Peacocke (1981) Nick Mancuso (1982) Donald Sutherland (1983) Eric Fryer (1984) Gabriel Arcand (1985) John Wildman (1986) Gordon Pinsent (1987) Roger Lebel (1988) Jeremy Irons (1989) Lothaire Bluteau (1990) Rémy Girard (1991) Tony Nardi (1992) Tom McCamus (1993) Maury Chaykin (1994) David La Haye (1995) William Hutt (1996) Ian Holm (1997) Roshan Seth (1998) Bob Hoskins (1999) Tony Nardi (2000) Brendan Fletcher (2001) Luc Picard (2002) Rémy Girard (2003) Roy Dupuis (2004) Michel Côté (2005) Roy Dupuis (2006) Gordon Pinsent (2007) Natar Ungalaaq (2008) Joshua Jackson (2009) Paul Giamatti (2010) Mohamed Fellag (2011) James Cromwell (2012) Gabriel Arcand (2013) Antoine Olivier Pilon (2014) Jacob Tremblay (2015) Stephan James (2016) Nabil Rajo (2017) Théodore Pellerin (2018) Mark O'Brien (2019) Michael Greyeyes (2020) Liam Diaz (2021)
Actress (1968–2021)	Geneviève Bujold (1968) No award (1969) Geneviève Bujold (1970) Ann Knox (1971) Micheline Lanctôt (1972) Geneviève Bujold (1973) No award (1974) Margot Kidder (1975) Marilyn Lightstone (1976) Monique Mercure (1977) Helen Shaver (1978) Kate Lynch (1980) Marie Tifo (1981) Margot Kidder (1982) Rae Dawn Chong (1983) Martha Henry (1984) Louise Marleau (1985) Margaret Langrick (1986) Martha Henry (1987) Sheila McCarthy (1988) Jackie Burroughs (1989) Rebecca Jenkins (1990) Pascale Montpetit (1991) Janet Wright (1992) Sheila McCarthy (1993) Sandra Oh (1994) Helena Bonham Carter (1995) Martha Henry (1996) Molly Parker (1997) Sandra Oh (1998) Sylvie Moreau (1999) Marie-Josée Croze (2000) Élise Guilbault (2001) Arsinée Khanjian (2002) Sarah Polley (2003) Pascale Bussières (2004) Seema Biswas (2005) Julie Le Breton (2006) Julie Christie (2007) Ellen Burstyn (2008) Karine Vanasse (2009) Lubna Azabal (2010) Vanessa Paradis (2011) Rachel Mwanza (2012) Gabrielle Marion-Rivard (2013) Anne Dorval (2014) Brie Larson (2015) Tatiana Maslany (2016) Sally Hawkins (2017) Émilie Bierre (2018) Nahéma Ricci (2019) Michelle Pfeiffer (2020) Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (2021)
Lead Performance in a Film (2022)	Lamar Johnson (2022)
Lead Performance in a Comedy Film (2023–present)	Jay Baruchel (2023)
Lead Performance in a Drama Film (2023–present)	Amrit Kaur (2023)
Canadian Film Awards 1968–1978, Genie Awards 1980-2011, Canadian Screen Awards 2012–present. Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.

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