Geneviève Bujold
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 1, 1942 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
Biography
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.
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Filmography
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Geneviève Bujold: Art = Life
Movie · as Self
Chorus
Movie · as Gabrielle
Northern Borders
Movie · as Abiah Kittredge
The Legend of Sarila
Movie · as Saya (voice)
Still Mine
Movie · as Irene Morrison
Pour l'amour de Dieu
Movie · as Sœur Cécile (72 ans)
The Trotsky
Movie · as Denise Archambault
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
Movie · as Self
The Memories of Angels
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Disappearances
Movie · as Cordelia
Deliver Me
Movie · as Irène
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Movie · as Rose Evangelista
Downtown: A Street Tale
Movie · as Aimee Levesque
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Movie · as Claire Niveau (archive footage)
Jericho Mansions
Movie · as Lily Melnick
Finding Home
Movie · as Katie
Chaos and Desire
Movie · as Colette Lasalle
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
Movie · as Self
Viens voir les comédiens
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Alex in Wonder
Movie · as Natalie
'Obsession' Revisited
Movie · as Self
The Making of Midway
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Bookfair Murders
Movie · as Margaret Dourie Cantor
Eye of the Beholder
Movie · as Dr. Brault
Last Night
Movie · as Mrs. Carlton
You Can Thank Me Later
Movie · as Joelle
The House of Yes
Movie · as Mrs. Pascal
Dead Innocent
Movie · as Suzanne St. Laurent
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Movie · as Leona
Mon amie Max
Movie · as Marie-Alexandrine Brabant
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Movie · as Self
An Ambush of Ghosts
Movie · as Irene Betts
Oh, What a Night
Movie · as Eva
The Dance Goes On
Movie · as Rick's Mother
Rue du Bac
Movie · as Marie Aubriac
False Identity
Movie · as Rachel Roux
A Paper Wedding
Movie · as Claire Rocheleau
Snake Treaty
Movie · as Madeline
Dead Ringers
Movie · as Claire Niveau
The Moderns
Movie · as Libby Valentin
Trouble in Mind
Movie · as Wanda
Tightrope
Movie · as Beryl Thibodeaux
Choose Me
Movie · as Nancy
Monsignor
Movie · as Clara
Mistress of Paradise
Movie · as Elizabeth Beaufort
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Movie · as Bernadette Lafleur
Final Assignment
Movie · as Nicole Thomson
Murder by Decree
Movie · as Annie Crook
Coma
Movie · as Dr. Susan Wheeler
Christmas Lace
Movie · as Narrator
Another Man, Another Chance
Movie · as Jeanne Leroy
Obsession
Movie · as Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari
Swashbuckler
Movie · as Jane Barnet
Alex & the Gypsy
Movie · as Maritza
Caesar and Cleopatra
Movie · as Cleopatra
Incorrigible
Movie · as Marie-Charlotte Pontalec
Earthquake
Movie · as Denise Marshall
Antigone
Movie · as Antigone
Kamouraska
Movie · as Élisabeth
Amanita Pestilens
Movie · as Sophie Martin
Journey
Movie · as Sagueney
The Trojan Women
Movie · as Cassandra
Great Performances
TV · as Antigone · 1 ep
Act of the Heart
Movie · as Martha Hayes
Marie-Christine
Movie
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie · as Anne Boleyn
Isabel
Movie · as Isabel
The Thief of Paris
Movie · as Charlotte
Between Sweet and Salt Water
Movie · as Geneviève
Saint Joan
Movie · as Saint Joan of Arc
The War Is Over
Movie · as Nadine Sallanches
King of Hearts
Movie · as Coquelicot
Dim Dam Dom
TV · as Self · 1 ep
That Tender Age
Movie · as Geneviève
Geneviève
Movie · as Geneviève
La Fin des étés
Movie
La terre à boire
Movie · as Barbara
Le Temps des amours
Movie
French Cancan
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)