Brigitte Poupart is a Canadian actress and filmmaker.[1] She is most noted for her performance in the film Ravenous (Les Affamés) and for directing the 2012 film Over My Dead Body.
Brigitte Poupart | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Filmmaker |
Early life
editPoupart was accepted both to law school and the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal. Following her mother's advice, she attended the Conservatoire until 1990.[2]
Career
editShe has also appeared in the television series Les Masques, Catherine, François en série, Musée Eden and Mémoires vives, and the films Congorama, Monsieur Lazhar, Tuktuq, Fake Tattoos, Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin, Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose), Bootlegger and Turtles (Les Tortues).
She directed the 2012 documentary film Over My Dead Body, which was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2012.[3]
In 2016 she directed the show Luzia by Cirque du Soleil.[4] She was the first Canadian woman to direct a Cirque du Soleil show.[5]
Poupart appeared in the film Ravenous (Les Affamés), for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.[6][7] She was also awarded meilleure interprétation féminine dans un rôle de soutien (best supporting actress) at the 2018 Gala Québec Cinéma,[8]
In 2018, she appeared in the movie Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau.[4] She was nominated but ultimately lost the Canadian Screen Award for actress in a leading role for her work on the film.[9] The same year, she was honoured by Association Femmes Monde à Paris and the Académie des lettres du Québec for her career.[10][11]
In 2022, she directed Jusqu’à ce qu’on meure for her company Transthéâtre in Montreal.[4]
References
edit- ^ "La liste de Brigitte Poupart". La Presse, January 9, 2017.
- ^ Lussier, Marc-André (October 29, 2018). "Brigitte Poupart: faire sa place, encore et encore". La Presse (in French). Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "Brigitte Poupart aux Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois - D'urgence et d'amitié". Le Devoir, February 24, 2012.
- ^ a b c Montpetit, Caroline (October 29, 2022). "«Jusqu'à ce qu'on meure»: Brigitte Poupart commence par la fin". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ Mehta, Tania (August 4, 2016). "'It's freedom': Cirque du Soleil artists on performing in Luzia". CBC. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "Plusieurs Québécois finalistes au gala des prix Écrans canadiens". Canadian Press. January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
- ^ Leydon, Joe (September 15, 2017). "Toronto Film Review: 'The Ravenous'". Variety. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ Toupin, Manon (June 4, 2018). ""Les Affamés" sacré meilleur film de l'année au Gala Québec Cinéma". La Nouvelle Union et L'Avenir de l'Érable (in Canadian French). Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "Une colonie est couronné meilleur film au gala des prix Écrans canadiens". CBC Radio Canada (in Canadian French). March 30, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts-. "La carrière de Brigitte Poupart célébrée en France". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "Brigitte Poupart honorée à Paris". JEU Revue de théâtre (in French). February 14, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2022.