Louise Portal
Actor
- Born
- May 12, 1950 (age 76) · Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
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.
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Portal was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her twin sister Pauline Lapointe (died 2010) was also an actress.
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Known for
The Barbarian Invasions
May 1, 2003
The Decline of the American Empire
June 19, 1986
My Best Pals
March 1, 1989
The Guide to the Perfect Family
July 14, 2021
Confessions of a Hitman
July 20, 2022
Heading South
January 25, 2006
Paul à Québec
September 18, 2015
And the Birds Rained Down
September 13, 2019
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
November 29, 2002
A Happy Man
February 27, 2009
The Five of Us
August 27, 2004
Angel at Sea
February 3, 2009
Acting52
- 2025Zénith
- 2025The day the dromedary left as Lili
- 2024A Christmas Storm as Mémère
- 2024The Emptiness Within
- 2022Confessions of a Hitman as Jacinthe Gallant
- 2021F*ckin' Coffin! as Mrs Desmarais
- 2021The Cold
- 2021The Guide to the Perfect Family as Monique Dubois
- 2021The Mother Eagle as Mère Jouve
- 2019And the Birds Rained Down as Geneviève