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Isabelle Blais

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Isabelle Blais

Born June 21, 1975 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada30 films

Isabelle Sophie Emilie Blais (born June 21, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actress and singer. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Blais is a graduate of the Montreal campus of the Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec. She first attracted critical attention for her stage performance as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and in 2001 for her role in Soft Shell Man directed by André Turpin.

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In 2002, she appeared in George Clooney’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. The following year she won a Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Québec-Montréal directed by Ricardo Trogi, and also appeared in Denys Arcand’s The Barbarian Invasions. In 2004, she took a leading role in Les Aimants directed by Yves Pelletier, earning nominations for a Jutra Award for Best Actress and a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. In 2007, she appeared in a supporting role in Sur la trace d’Igor Rizzi directed by Noël Mitrani.

Blais is also a singer with the Québécois rock group Caïman Fu. In 2010, she returned to the screen in Yves Pelletier’s Le Baiser du barbu and in Deborah Chow’s The Price (Le Prix à payer).

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The Barbarian Invasions posterFirst watchThe Barbarian Invasions20037.0as SylvaineIn this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer.View film

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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind poster6.7Confessions of a Dangerous Mind2002

Filmography

30 films as actor
  1. 2025Juste Xavier
  2. 2024Sisters and Neighbors!Lucille
  3. 2024InvincibleJosée
  4. 2022How to Get Your Parents to DivorceJulie
  5. 2018Ta mort en short(s)Narrator (voice)
  6. 2018Le nidIsabelle
  7. 2017TadoussacMyriam
  8. 2017It's the Heart That Dies LastMartine
  9. 2016MamieNarrator (voice)
  10. 2015P=ωρ The Dark EnergyJézabelle
  11. 2015Blue Thunder
  12. 2014Antoine et MarieSonia Girard
  13. 2011The High Cost of LivingNathalie
  14. 2010Face TimeVicky
  15. 2008BorderlineKiki
  16. 2007La belle empoisonneuse
  17. 2007BluffJosée
  18. 2006On the Trail of Igor RizziMélanie
  19. 2006Answered by FireJulie Fortin
  20. 2005Saint Martyrs of the DamnedTite-Fille
  21. 2004Love and MagnetsJulie
  22. 2004Machine Gun MollySylvana
  23. 2003The Barbarian InvasionsSylvaine
  24. 2003Corps étrangers
  25. 2002Confessions of a Dangerous MindChuck's Date #2
  26. 2002Quebec-MontrealKatherine
  27. 2002Savage MessiahLise
  28. 2002Looking for LeonardManon
  29. 2001Soft Shell ManMarie
  30. 2000The Three Madeleines