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Geneviève Rioux (born 3 November 1961)[1] is a Québécoise television host and actor in theatre, television and film.
Geneviève Rioux | |
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 Geneviève Rioux in 2011. | |
| Born | 3 November 1961 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Notable work | |
| Television |
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Geneviève Rioux graduated from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal in 1983.[2]
In 1987 Rioux was nominated for a Genie Award for her second film role, Danielle in Le Déclin de l'empire américain.[3]
In 1989 she won the Gascon-Roux Prize for best theatre actress in Roméo et Juliette. That year she also won the Prix Gémeaux for Best Female Performance in a Supporting Role – Dramatic for L'Héritage television series. Rioux won the Prix Gémeaux again in 2004 for her dramatic role in the series Chartrand et Simonne.[3]
In the theatre, she interpreted the classical and contemporary repertoire. She has played in more than 30 pieces, including: Le prince des jouisseurs of Gabriel Sabourin, directed by Normand Chouinard; Rouge gueule of Étienne Lepage, directed by Claude Poissant; Un certain Stanislavski by Marcel Sabourin and Gabriel Sabourin, directed by Louis Choquette; Clash by Daniel Lemire, directed by Pierre Lebeau; Under construction by Charles L. Mee, directed by Luce Pelletier; Les grecques mounted by Luce Pelletier; Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard of Marivaux, edited by Danielle Fichaud; Le portier de la gare Windsor by Julie Vincent; Le Misanthrope by Molière, edited by Olivier Reichenbach; Shakespeare's Roméo et Juliette, edited by Guillermo de Andrea.[2][4]
Geneviève Rioux conceived and co-wrote the documentary Crée-moi, crée-moi pas (English version: Impulses), directed by Marie-Pascale Laurencelle, produced by Marie-France Bazzo and broadcast on Télé-Québec in January 2013.[5][6] The documentary competed at the Festival international du film sur l'art (FIFA)[7] and won the "Audience Award" at the Brooklyn Girl Film Festival 2013.[8][9]
Since 2001 Rioux has been a member of the women's committee of Union des Artistes, advocating for equal pay and against ageism.[1][3]
Over 30 pieces, notably:
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