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
Credits
- 2015 · Chorus as Gabrielle
- 2015 · Northern Borders as Abiah Kittredge
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · The Legend of Sarila as Saya (voice)
- 2012 · Still Mine as Irene Morrison
- 2011 · Pour l'amour de Dieu as Sœur Cécile (72 ans)
- 2010 · Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind as Self
- 2010 · The Trotsky as Denise Archambault
- 2008 · The Memories of Angels as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Disappearances as Cordelia
- 2006 · Délivrez-Moi as Irène
- 2005 · By the Pricking of My Thumbs as Rose Evangelista
- 2004 · Downtown: A Street Tale as Aimee Levesque
- 2004 · Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Claire Niveau (archive footage)
- 2003 · Finding Home as Katie
- 2003 · Jericho Mansions as Lily Melnick
- 2002 · Viens voir les comédiens as Self
- 2002 · Chaos and Desire as Colette Lasalle
- 2002 · Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story as Self
- 2001 · 'Obsession' Revisited as Self
- 2001 · Alex in Wonder as Natalie
- 2000 · The Bookfair Murders as Margaret Dourie Cantor
- 1999 · Eye of the Beholder as Dr. Brault
- 1998 · Last Night as Mrs. Carlton
- 1998 · You Can Thank Me Later as Joelle
- 1997 · The House of Yes as Mrs. Pascal
- 1997 · Dead Innocent as Suzanne St. Laurent
- 1996 · The Adventures of Pinocchio as Leona
- 1994 · Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso as Self
- 1994 · Mon amie Max as Marie-Alexandrine Brabant
- 1993 · An Ambush of Ghosts as Irene Betts
- 1992 · Oh, What a Night as Eva
- 1992 · The Dance Goes On as Rick's Mother
- 1991 · Rue du Bac as Marie Aubriac
- 1990 · False Identity as Rachel Roux
- 1989 · Snake Treaty as Madeline
- 1989 · A Paper Wedding as Claire Rocheleau
- 1988 · Dead Ringers as Claire Niveau
- 1988 · The Moderns as Libby Valentin
- 1985 · Trouble in Mind as Wanda
- 1984 · Choose Me as Nancy
- 1984 · Tightrope as Beryl Thibodeaux
- 1982 · Monsignor as Clara
- 1981 · Mistress of Paradise as Elizabeth Beaufort
- 1980 · Final Assignment as Nicole Thomson
- 1980 · The Last Flight of Noah's Ark as Bernadette Lafleur
- 1979 · Murder by Decree as Annie Crook
- 1978 · Coma as Dr. Susan Wheeler
- 1977 · Another Man, Another Chance as Jeanne Leroy
- 1976 · Alex & the Gypsy as Maritza
- 1976 · Obsession as Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari
- 1976 · Swashbuckler as Jane Barnet
- 1976 · Caesar and Cleopatra as Cleopatra
- 1975 · Incorrigible as Marie-Charlotte Pontalec
- 1974 · Earthquake as Denise Marshall
- 1974 · Antigone as Antigone
- 1973 · Kamouraska as Élisabeth
- 1972 · Journey as Sagueney
- 1971 · The Trojan Women as Cassandra
- 1971 · Great Performances as Antigone
- 1970 · Act of the Heart as Martha Hayes
- 1970 · Marie-Christine as
- 1969 · Anne of the Thousand Days as Anne Boleyn
- 1968 · Isabel as Isabel
- 1967 · Saint Joan as Saint Joan of Arc
- 1967 · Between Sweet and Salt Water as Geneviève
- 1967 · The Thief of Paris as Charlotte
- 1966 · King of Hearts as Coquelicot
- 1966 · The War Is Over as Nadine Sallanches
- 1965 · Dim Dam Dom as Self
- 1964 · La terre à boire as Barbara
- 1964 · Geneviève as Geneviève
- 1964 · That Tender Age as Geneviève
- 1964 · La Fin des étés as
- 1963 · Amanita Pestilens as Sophie Martin
- 1955 · French Cancan as Woman (uncredited)