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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada, 1950-05-12

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Dream Life	Andrée	40
2	1973	Taureau	Gigi Gilbert	52
3	1974	Les beaux dimanches	Dominique Primeau	63
4	1974	The Klutz	Martine	60
5	1979	Angel Life		0
6	1979	A Scream from Silence	La comédienne	57
7	1980	Cordélia	Cordélia Viau	68
8	1982	Larose, Pierrot et la Luce	Luce	0
9	1984	Wild Animals	Dany	46
10	1986	The Decline of the American Empire	Diane	68
11	1987	Tinamer	Mother	40
12	1989	My Best Pals	Bernadette Legranbois	64
13	1993	Bye Bye Love	Léa	40
14	1996	Not Me!	Reine	0
15	1999	Memories Unlocked	Pauline	62
16	1999	Full Blast	Rose	46
17	1999	The Big Snake of the World	Carmen	50
18	2000	Saint Jude	Georgie's Mother	10
19	2000	The Orphan Muses	Jacqueline Tanguay	58
20	2002	Alice's Odyssey	Blanche-Neige	51
21	2002	Séraphin: Heart of Stone	Delphine Lacoste	61
22	2002	Dangerous People	Johanne Labelle	33
23	2003	The Barbarian Invasions	Diane	71
24	2004	The Five of Us	Claire	62
25	2006	Heading South	Sue	56
26	2006	From My Window, Without a Home	Sana	60
27	2009	Angel at Sea	Jacqueline	53
28	2009	A Happy Man	Louise	45
29	2010	Lance et compte	Mireille Bellavance	34
30	2011	The Happiness of Others	Louise	58
31	2012	Le Chevreuil		0
32	2014	The Wolves	Maria	62
33	2015	Paul à Québec	Lisette	67
34	2015	Adrien	Marie	56
35	2016	L'odeur après la pluie		0
36	2017	L'érotisme et le vieil âge	Self	0
37	2017	Nous sommes le Freak show		0
38	2018	The Natural Sweetness of Skin	Margot	62
39	2018	Everything Outside	Louise	0
40	2019	Roseline like in the movies		0
41	2019	And the Birds Rained Down	Geneviève	73
42	2021	The Mother Eagle	Mère Jouve	0
43	2021	The Guide to the Perfect Family	Monique Dubois	65
44	2021	The Cold		0
45	2021	F*ckin' Coffin!	Mrs Desmarais	67
46	2022	Confessions of a Hitman	Jacinthe Gallant	64
47	2024	Le grand vide		0
48		Le jour où le dromadaire est parti	Lili	0
49	2024	A Christmas Storm	Mémère	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Terre humaine	Isabelle Dantin	0
2	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	62
3	1998	La fureur	Self	80
4	2002	Viens voir les comédiens	Self	0
5	2004	H2O	Marie Lavigne	90
6	2005	Nos étés	Laure-Lou Meunier (58 ans)	0
7	2006	Casino	Charlotte	80
8	2006	La petite séduction	Self	20
9	2007	Destinées	Pauline Fiset	5
10	2009	La liste	Self	0
11	2010	Prozac	Mirielle	0
12	2010	Les Enfants de la télé	Self	65
13	2013	L'appart du 5e	Justine Pellan (75 ans)	90
14	2013	En mode Salvail	Self	20
15	2014	Les Beaux Malaises	Élyse	80
16	2014	Viens-tu faire un tour?	Self	0
17	2014	Ménage à trois	Self	0
18	2016	Les échangistes	Self	0
19	2017	Y'a du monde à messe	Self	75
20	2017	Cheval-Serpent	Odile Gauthier	70
21	2018	1res fois	Self - Guest	90
22	2018	L'heure est grave	Herself	0
23	2018	Cette année-là	Self	0
24	2019	Bonsoir bonsoir!	Self	40
25	2019	On va se le dire	Self	20
26	2020	La semaine des 4 Julie	Self - Guest	20
27	2020	Benezra reçoit	Self	0
28	2024	La dernière communion	Hélène	0