Louise Portal

Louise Portal

Known for
Acting
Born
May 12, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Biography

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

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Filmography

2025
The day the dromedary left poster

The day the dromedary left

Movie · as Lili

2025
Zénith poster

Zénith

Movie

2024
The Emptiness Within poster

The Emptiness Within

Movie

2024
A Christmas Storm poster

A Christmas Storm

Movie · as Mémère

2024
La dernière communion poster

La dernière communion

TV · as Hélène · 7 eps

2022
Confessions of a Hitman poster

Confessions of a Hitman

Movie · as Jacinthe Gallant

2021
F*ckin' Coffin! poster

F*ckin' Coffin!

Movie · as Mrs Desmarais

2021
The Guide to the Perfect Family poster

The Guide to the Perfect Family

Movie · as Monique Dubois

2021
The Cold poster

The Cold

Movie

2021
The Mother Eagle poster

The Mother Eagle

Movie · as Mère Jouve

2020
Benezra reçoit

Benezra reçoit

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2020
La semaine des 4 Julie poster

La semaine des 4 Julie

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
And the Birds Rained Down poster

And the Birds Rained Down

Movie · as Geneviève

2019
Roseline like in the movies poster

Roseline like in the movies

Movie

2019
Bonsoir bonsoir! poster

Bonsoir bonsoir!

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2019
On va se le dire poster

On va se le dire

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
The Natural Sweetness of Skin poster

The Natural Sweetness of Skin

Movie · as Margot

2018
Everything Outside poster

Everything Outside

Movie · as Louise

2018
Cette année-là poster

Cette année-là

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
L'heure est grave poster

L'heure est grave

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

2018
1res fois poster

1res fois

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2017
L'érotisme et le vieil âge poster

L'érotisme et le vieil âge

Movie · as Self

2017
Nous sommes le Freak show poster

Nous sommes le Freak show

Movie

2017
Cheval-Serpent poster

Cheval-Serpent

TV · as Odile Gauthier · 20 eps

2017
Y'a du monde à messe poster

Y'a du monde à messe

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
L'odeur après la pluie poster

L'odeur après la pluie

Movie

2016
Les échangistes poster

Les échangistes

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Wolves poster

The Wolves

Movie · as Maria

2015
Adrien poster

Adrien

Movie · as Marie

2015
Paul à Québec poster

Paul à Québec

Movie · as Lisette

2014
Ménage à trois poster

Ménage à trois

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Les Beaux Malaises poster

Les Beaux Malaises

TV · as Élyse · 1 ep

2014
Viens-tu faire un tour? poster

Viens-tu faire un tour?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
En mode Salvail poster

En mode Salvail

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
L'appart du 5e poster

L'appart du 5e

TV · as Justine Pellan (75 ans) · 2 eps

2012
Le Chevreuil poster

Le Chevreuil

Movie

2011
The Happiness of Others poster

The Happiness of Others

Movie · as Louise

2010
He Shoots, He Scores poster

He Shoots, He Scores

Movie · as Mireille Bellavance

2010
Prozac poster

Prozac

TV · as Mirielle · 11 eps

2010
Les Enfants de la télé poster

Les Enfants de la télé

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Toute la vérité poster

Toute la vérité

TV · as Marie-Louise Régimbald · 1 ep

2009
A Happy Man poster

A Happy Man

Movie · as Louise

2009
Angel at Sea poster

Angel at Sea

Movie · as Jacqueline

2009
La liste

La liste

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Destinées poster

Destinées

TV · as Pauline Fiset · 78 eps

2006
Heading South poster

Heading South

Movie · as Sue

2006
From My Window, Without a Home poster

From My Window, Without a Home

Movie · as Sana

2006
La petite séduction

La petite séduction

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Casino poster

Casino

TV · as Charlotte · 20 eps

2005
Nos étés poster

Nos étés

TV · as Laure-Lou Meunier (58 ans) · 1 ep

2004
The Five of Us poster

The Five of Us

Movie · as Claire

2004
H2O poster

H2O

TV · as Marie Lavigne · 2 eps

2003
The Barbarian Invasions poster

The Barbarian Invasions

Movie · as Diane Leonard

2002
Séraphin: Heart of Stone poster

Séraphin: Heart of Stone

Movie · as Delphine Lacoste

2002
Dangerous People poster

Dangerous People

Movie · as Johanne Labelle

2002
Alice's Odyssey poster

Alice's Odyssey

Movie · as Blanche-Neige

2002
Viens voir les comédiens poster

Viens voir les comédiens

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Saint Jude poster

Saint Jude

Movie · as Georgie's Mother

2000
The Orphan Muses poster

The Orphan Muses

Movie · as Jacqueline Tanguay

2000
Romain et Juliette

Romain et Juliette

Movie

1999
The Big Snake of the World poster

The Big Snake of the World

Movie · as Carmen

1999
Full Blast poster

Full Blast

Movie · as Rose

1999
Memories Unlocked poster

Memories Unlocked

Movie · as Pauline

1998
La fureur poster

La fureur

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Not Me! poster

Not Me!

Movie · as Reine

1993
Bye Bye Love poster

Bye Bye Love

Movie · as Léa

1993
Les grands procès poster

Les grands procès

TV · as Madame Caron · 1 ep

1989
My Best Pals poster

My Best Pals

Movie · as Bernadette Legranbois

1987
Tinamer poster

Tinamer

Movie · as Mother

1986
The Decline of the American Empire poster

The Decline of the American Empire

Movie · as Diane

1986
Exit

Exit

Movie · as Jeanne

1984
Wild Animals poster

Wild Animals

Movie · as Dany

1982
Larose, Pierrot et la Luce poster

Larose, Pierrot et la Luce

Movie · as Luce

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
Cordélia poster

Cordélia

Movie · as Cordélia Viau

1979
A Scream from Silence poster

A Scream from Silence

Movie · as La comédienne

1979
Angel Life poster

Angel Life

Movie

1978
Terre humaine poster

Terre humaine

TV · as Isabelle Dantin · 6 eps

1974
The Klutz poster

The Klutz

Movie · as Martine

1974
Les beaux dimanches poster

Les beaux dimanches

Movie · as Dominique Primeau

1973
Taureau poster

Taureau

Movie · as Gigi Gilbert

1972
Dream Life poster

Dream Life

Movie · as Andrée