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