Anne Dorval

Anne Dorval
Anne Dorval at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1960-11-08) November 8, 1960 Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present

Anne Dorval (born November 8, 1960) is a French-Canadian television, stage, and film actress and singer. She is known for her work with Xavier Dolan that includes appearing in four of his films, I Killed My Mother, Heartbeats, Laurence Anyways, and Mommy. She has won two 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 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 J'ai tué ma mère directed by Xavier Dolan.^[2]

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

• Montreal Stories (1991)
• I Killed My Mother (2009)
• Heartbeats (2010)
• Laurence Anyways (2012)
• Mommy (2014)
• Heal the Living (2016)

Television

• Virginie (1996)
• Le cœur a ses raisons (2005)
• Les Parent (2008)
• Les Bobos (2012)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anne Dorval.

• Anne Dorval at the Internet Movie Database
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