Cast & creator
Louise Portal
Best known for Champs-Elysées, Bonsoir bonsoir!, La semaine des 4 Julie
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.
Also known as: Louise Lapointe
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film credits
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television credits
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1972–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (82)
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Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Self
2019
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self - Guest
2020
Les Enfants de la télé
Self
2010
En mode Salvail
Self
2013
On va se le dire
Self
2019
Les échangistes
Self
2016
Y'a du monde à messe
Self
2017
La fureur
Self
1998
Ménage à trois
Self
2014La petite séduction
Self
2006
Destinées
Pauline Fiset
2007
Cette année-là
Self
2018
1res fois
Self - Guest
2018
Viens voir les comédiens
Self
2002
Toute la vérité
Marie-Louise Régimbald
2010
Les grands procès
Madame Caron
1993
L'appart du 5e
Justine Pellan (75 ans)
2013
Viens-tu faire un tour?
Self
2014Benezra reçoit
Self
2020
Les Beaux Malaises
Élyse
2014
Cheval-Serpent
Odile Gauthier
2017
L'heure est grave
Herself
2018La liste
Self
2009
Nos étés
Laure-Lou Meunier (58 ans)
2005
Terre humaine
Isabelle Dantin
1978
H2O
Marie Lavigne
2004
The Barbarian Invasions
Diane Leonard
2003
Prozac
Mirielle
2010
The Decline of the American Empire
Diane
1986
The Natural Sweetness of Skin
Margot
2018
The Guide to the Perfect Family
Monique Dubois
2021
Wild Animals
Dany
1984
Le Chevreuil
2012
La dernière communion
Hélène
2024
And the Birds Rained Down
Geneviève
2019
Zénith
2025
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Delphine Lacoste
2002
The Cold
2021
Confessions of a Hitman
Jacinthe Gallant
2022
A Scream from Silence
La comédienne
1979
Bye Bye Love
Léa
1993
My Best Pals
Bernadette Legranbois
1989
Heading South
Sue
2006
F*ckin' Coffin!
Mrs Desmarais
2021
The Big Snake of the World
Carmen
1999
Full Blast
Rose
1999
The Mother Eagle
Mère Jouve
2021
A Christmas Storm
Mémère
2024
A Happy Man
Louise
2009
The Five of Us
Claire
2004
Alice's Odyssey
Blanche-Neige
2002
Casino
Charlotte
2006
Angel at Sea
Jacqueline
2009
Adrien
Marie
2015Romain et Juliette
2000
The Happiness of Others
Louise
2011
The Orphan Muses
Jacqueline Tanguay
2000
Roseline like in the movies
2019
Dangerous People
Johanne Labelle
2002
Saint Jude
Georgie's Mother
2000
Not Me!
Reine
1996
The day the dromedary left
Lili
2025
From My Window, Without a Home
Sana
2006
He Shoots, He Scores
Mireille Bellavance
2010
Les beaux dimanches
Dominique Primeau
1974
The Emptiness Within
2024
Memories Unlocked
Pauline
1999
L'érotisme et le vieil âge
Self
2017
Angel Life
1979
Paul à Québec
Lisette
2015
The Wolves
Maria
2015
Dream Life
Andrée
1972
Nous sommes le Freak show
2017
Cordélia
Cordélia Viau
1980
L'odeur après la pluie
2016
Larose, Pierrot et la Luce
Luce
1982Exit
Jeanne
1986
The Klutz
Martine
1974
Tinamer
Mother
1987
Everything Outside
Louise
2018
Taureau
Gigi Gilbert
1973