Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold (born July 1, 1942) is a Canadian stage and screen actress, best known for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the 1969 film Anne of the Thousand Days, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for best actress and was nominated for an Academy Award. She made her TV debut with Le square (1963), a 60-minute TV film based on a play by Marguerite Duras, co-starring Georges Groulx. Her Canadian feature film debut was in Amanita Pestilens (1963). She appeared in Michel Brault's film Between Salt and Sweet Water (1967), then went to New York to play the title role in a production of Saint Joan (1967) for Hallmark Hall of Fame on American TV. Although she said she preferred film most and television least out of all the mediums, she received great acclaim for this including an Emmy nomination. In Canada, she starred in Isabel (1968), written and directed by her then-husband Paul Almond. It was one of the first Canadian films to be picked up for distribution by a major Hollywood studio. International recognition came in 1969, when she starred as Anne Boleyn in Charles Jarrott's film Anne of the Thousand Days, with Richard Burton. Producer Hal B. Wallis cast her after seeing her in Isabel. For her performance, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. It was released by Universal who signed her to a three-picture contract. Her other film credits include The Trojan Women (1971), Earthquake (1974), Obsession (1976), Coma (1978) with Michael Douglas, Murder by Decree (1979), Tightrope (1984) with Clint Eastwood, Choose Me (1984), and Dead Ringers (1988) with Jeremy Irons. She had supporting roles in The Adventures of Pinocchio (1995), The House of Yes (1997), Last Night (1998), You Can Thank Me Later (1998), Eye of the Beholder (1999), The Bookfair Murders (2000), Children of My Heart (2001) and Alex in Wonder (2001). Her later appearances include Jericho Mansions (2003), Finding Home (2004), Downtown: A Street Tale (2004), By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005), Disappearances (2006), Deliver Me (2006), The Trotsky (2009), For the Love of God (2011), Still Mine (2012), Northern Borders (2013), and Chorus (2015). She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in Saint Joan. She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award For her portrayal of Irene in Still Mine. She won three Canadian Film Awards for Best Actress for her roles in the films Isabel, The Act of the Heart, and Kamouraska. She won a Prix Gemeaux Award for Best Actress for her role in the film The Paper Wedding, and was nominated for Best Actress for her role in the film L'Emprise. She won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Murder By Decree, and was nominated for four more Genie Awards for her roles in Final Assignment, Dead Ringers, My Friend Max, and Last Night.

Known For: Acting

Born: Montréal, Québec, Canada, 1942-07-01

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	French Cancan	Woman (uncredited)	71
2	1963	Amanita Pestilens	Sophie Martin	0
3	1964	La Fin des étés		0
4	1964	That Tender Age	Geneviève	0
5	1964	Geneviève	Geneviève	65
6	1964	La terre à boire	Barbara	0
7	1966	The War Is Over	Nadine Sallanches	64
8	1966	King of Hearts	Coquelicot	69
9	1967	The Thief of Paris	Charlotte	67
10	1967	Between Sweet and Salt Water	Geneviève	56
11	1967	Saint Joan	Saint Joan of Arc	0
12	1968	Isabel	Isabel	52
13	1969	Anne of the Thousand Days	Anne Boleyn	71
14	1970	Marie-Christine		60
15	1970	Act of the Heart	Martha Hayes	40
16	1971	The Trojan Women	Cassandra	63
17	1972	Journey	Sagueney	0
18	1973	Kamouraska	Élisabeth	61
19	1974	Antigone	Antigone	0
20	1974	Earthquake	Denise Marshall	61
21	1975	Incorrigible	Marie-Charlotte Pontalec	62
22	1976	Caesar and Cleopatra	Cleopatra	60
23	1976	Swashbuckler	Jane Barnet	62
24	1976	Obsession	Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari	66
25	1976	Alex & the Gypsy	Maritza	46
26	1977	Another Man, Another Chance	Jeanne Leroy	60
27	1978	Coma	Dr. Susan Wheeler	67
28	1979	Murder by Decree	Annie Crook	64
29	1980	The Last Flight of Noah's Ark	Bernadette Lafleur	55
30	1980	Final Assignment	Nicole Thomson	40
31	1981	Mistress of Paradise	Elizabeth Beaufort	50
32	1982	Monsignor	Clara	44
33	1984	Tightrope	Beryl Thibodeaux	62
34	1984	Choose Me	Nancy	60
35	1985	Trouble in Mind	Wanda	58
36	1988	The Moderns	Libby Valentin	59
37	1988	Dead Ringers	Claire Niveau	71
38	1989	A Paper Wedding	Claire Rocheleau	42
39	1989	Snake Treaty	Madeline	0
40	1990	False Identity	Rachel Roux	50
41	1991	Rue du Bac	Marie Aubriac	47
42	1992	The Dance Goes On	Rick's Mother	0
43	1992	Oh, What a Night	Eva	44
44	1993	An Ambush of Ghosts	Irene Betts	30
45	1994	Mon amie Max	Marie-Alexandrine Brabant	53
46	1994	Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso	Self	74
47	1996	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Leona	52
48	1997	Dead Innocent	Suzanne St. Laurent	55
49	1997	The House of Yes	Mrs. Pascal	62
50	1998	You Can Thank Me Later	Joelle	59
51	1998	Last Night	Mrs. Carlton	66
52	1999	Eye of the Beholder	Dr. Brault	49
53	2000	The Bookfair Murders	Margaret Dourie Cantor	43
54	2001	Alex in Wonder	Natalie	39
55	2001	'Obsession' Revisited	Self	63
56	2002	Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story	Self	60
57	2002	Chaos and Desire	Colette Lasalle	53
58	2003	Jericho Mansions	Lily Melnick	48
59	2003	Finding Home	Katie	47
60	2004	Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche	Claire Niveau (archive footage)	50
61	2004	Downtown: A Street Tale	Aimee Levesque	10
62	2005	By the Pricking of My Thumbs	Rose Evangelista	62
63	2006	Délivrez-Moi	Irène	54
64	2007	Disappearances	Cordelia	47
65	2008	The Memories of Angels	Self (archive footage)	80
66	2010	The Trotsky	Denise Archambault	67
67	2010	Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind	Self	0
68	2011	Pour l'amour de Dieu	Sœur Cécile (72 ans)	30
69	2012	Still Mine	Irene Morrison	69
70	2013	The Legend of Sarila	Saya (voice)	46
71	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
72	2015	Northern Borders	Abiah Kittredge	58
73	2015	Chorus	Gabrielle	62
74	2018	Geneviève Bujold: Art = Life	Self	0
75	2024	To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager	Self (Archival Footage)	0

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1955