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Louise Portal
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.
Portal was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her twin sister Pauline Lapointe (died 2010) was also an actress.
Source: Article "Louise Portal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
As actor
The day the dromedary left
Zénith
The Emptiness Within
A Christmas Storm
Confessions of a Hitman
F*ckin' Coffin!
The Guide to the Perfect Family
The Cold
The Mother Eagle
And the Birds Rained Down
Roseline like in the movies
The Natural Sweetness of Skin
Everything Outside
L'érotisme et le vieil âge
Nous sommes le Freak show
L'odeur après la pluie
The Wolves
Adrien
Paul à Québec
Le Chevreuil
The Happiness of Others
He Shoots, He Scores
A Happy Man
Angel at Sea
Heading South
From My Window, Without a Home
The Five of Us
The Barbarian Invasions
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Dangerous People