Geneviève Bujold
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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
Credits
Obsession (1976)
as Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari
Earthquake (1974)
as Denise Marshall
The Trojan Women (1971)
as Cassandra
Tightrope (1984)
as Beryl Thibodeaux
Geneviève (1964)
as Geneviève
Coma (1978)
as Dr. Susan Wheeler
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
as Dr. Brault
Dead Ringers (1988)
as Claire Niveau
Still Mine (2012)
as Irene Morrison
Dead Innocent (1997)
as Suzanne St. Laurent
Murder by Decree (1979)
as Annie Crook
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as Anne Boleyn
The Legend of Sarila (2013)
as Saya (voice)
The House of Yes (1997)
as Mrs. Pascal
Northern Borders (2015)
as Abiah Kittredge
Incorrigible (1975)
as Marie-Charlotte Pontalec
A Paper Wedding (1989)
as Claire Rocheleau
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
as Leona
Disappearances (2007)
as Cordelia
The Bookfair Murders (2000)
as Margaret Dourie Cantor
Marie-Christine (1970)
Actor
French Cancan (1955)
as Woman (uncredited)
The Making of Midway (2001)
as Self
Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
as Jeanne Leroy
Snake Treaty (1989)
as Madeline
The Thief of Paris (1967)
as Charlotte
La terre à boire (1964)
as Barbara
King of Hearts (1966)
as Coquelicot
Last Night (1998)
as Mrs. Carlton
Alex in Wonder (2001)
as Natalie
Trouble in Mind (1985)
as Wanda
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story (2002)
as Self
Act of the Heart (1970)
as Martha Hayes
The War Is Over (1966)
as Nadine Sallanches
Jericho Mansions (2003)
as Lily Melnick
Caesar and Cleopatra (1976)
as Cleopatra
The Moderns (1988)
as Libby Valentin
Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
as Maritza
Monsignor (1982)
as Clara
You Can Thank Me Later (1998)
as Joelle
The Trotsky (2010)
as Denise Archambault
Between Sweet and Salt Water (1967)
as Geneviève
Oh, What a Night (1992)
as Eva
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005)
as Rose Evangelista
Swashbuckler (1976)
as Jane Barnet
The Memories of Angels (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
La Fin des étés (1964)
Actor
Mon amie Max (1994)
as Marie-Alexandrine Brabant
Finding Home (2003)
as Katie
Christmas Lace (1978)
as Narrator
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Chaos and Desire (2002)
as Colette Lasalle
Final Assignment (1980)
as Nicole Thomson
Downtown: A Street Tale (2004)
as Aimee Levesque
Mistress of Paradise (1981)
as Elizabeth Beaufort
Kamouraska (1973)
as Élisabeth
An Ambush of Ghosts (1993)
as Irene Betts
Deliver Me (2006)
as Irène
Pour l'amour de Dieu (2011)
as Sœur Cécile (72 ans)
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso (1994)
as Self
'Obsession' Revisited (2001)
as Self
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)
as Claire Niveau (archive footage)
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
as Bernadette Lafleur
Choose Me (1984)
as Nancy
Le Temps des amours (1961)
Actor
Amanita Pestilens (1973)
as Sophie Martin
Isabel (1968)
as Isabel
Geneviève Bujold: Art = Life (2018)
as Self
That Tender Age (1964)
as Geneviève
False Identity (1990)
as Rachel Roux
The Dance Goes On (1992)
as Rick's Mother
Saint Joan (1967)
as Saint Joan of Arc
Chorus (2015)
as Gabrielle
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind (2010)
as Self
Journey (1972)
as Sagueney
Antigone (1974)
as Antigone
Rue du Bac (1991)
as Marie Aubriac