Anne Dorval is a French-Canadian television, stage, and film actress and singer. She is known for her work with Xavier Dolan that includes appearing in four of his films, I Killed My Mother, Heartbeats, Laurence Anyways, and Mommy. She has won two Gémeaux Awards for her wor...
Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominations
Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture
Movies
Mommy, I Killed My Mother, Heartbeats, Heal the Living, Miraculum, Montreal Stories, The Rooster of St-Victor, A Sense of Humor, An Extraordinary Person, Serveuses demandées, The Secret Life of Happy People
TV Shows
Le cœur a ses raisons, Les Parent
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fact
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Was listed as Variety's choice for Best Performance by an Actress in 2014 for the film Mommy (2014).
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Met Xavier Dolan when he was fifteen. Xavier and Anne were working in the same building, both doing french dubbing for different films. Xavier overheard Anne working, and walked into the recording room and told her he was a big of hers. He also told her he had written a script about a young gay man who is approached by an angel who helps him come to terms with his sexuality. The film was to be called Pink Angel. Xavier soon after sent her the script, wanting her to play a lead role in it, but nothing came of it. Anne has been quoted saying that the script was like eight films in one, and wasn't very good. Xavier kept sending Anne scripts over the next few years, but they weren't very good, and were never made. Then, one day, Xavier called Anne and told her he had another script (I Killed My Mother (2009)) that he wanted her to read, told her this time that he knew his previous scripts weren't very good, but that this one was going to be the first film he would make for real, and he pleaded with her to read it. She was hesitant at first but agreed to read it, and ended up loving it. Thus began a great working relationship and friendship.
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During the Cannes Film Festival, in which Mommy (2014) debuted in official competition, Anne says that when she met Jane Campion, jury president of Cannes 2014, Jane hugged her and told her: "See you at the Oscars.".
$500 Thousand
