Pascale Bussières

Template:Short description Template:Infobox person 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), Template:Sortname (Les Démons) (2015), Death of a Ladies' Man (2020), Bootlegger (2021), and Frontiers (Frontières) (2023).

Life and work

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,<ref name="tv"/> Pascale Bussières first played a suicidal teenager in Micheline Lanctôt’s 1984 film Sonatine.<ref name="tv"/> She starred in Blanche, the 1993 Radio-Canada series directed by Charles Binamé, then landed a lead in Binamé’s Generation-X picture Eldorado.<ref name="tv">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She played the role of a prim-and-proper mythology teacher who discovers her lesbian desires in Patricia Rozema's When Night Is Falling.<ref name="tv"/>

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),<ref name="tv"/> 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).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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In 2023 she appeared in the music video for Karkwa's single "Parfaite à l'écran".<ref>Pascal Leblanc, "Karkwa fait vivre toutes les émotions à Pascale Bussières". La Presse, May 17, 2023.</ref>

Filmography

Film

Pascale Bussières in Afterwards (Après coup) 2017

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname (La Bouteille)	Léa
2001	Xchange	Madeleine Renard
2001	Die Probe Replay	Louise
2002	Les moutons de Jacob	Pascale
2002	Chaos and Desire (La Turbulence des fluides)	Alice Bradley
2003	Small Cuts	Mathilde
2004	Template:Sortname	Teresa Carlton
2004	Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinemascope)	Alys Robi
2006	Template:Sortname (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	Template:Sortname	Mrs. Coleville
2015	Template:Sortname (Les Démons)	Claire
2015	Anna	Sophie
2016	Template:Sortname (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
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	Template:Sortname	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

• List of Quebec actors
• Cinema of Quebec
• Culture of Quebec

External links

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