1942-07-01 ( 82 years old ) in Montréal, Québec, Canada
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.
Movies
Chorus
2015-01-22
Northern Borders
2015-01-16
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
The Legend of Sarila
2013-02-21
Still Mine
2012-09-10
Pour l'amour de Dieu
2011-09-02
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010-12-14
The Trotsky
2010-05-05
The Memories of Angels
2008-09-05
Disappearances
2007-05-11
Délivrez-Moi
2006-05-12
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2005-04-13
Downtown: A Street Tale
2004-11-07
Finding Home
2003-10-18
Jericho Mansions
2003-05-17
Chaos and Desire
2002-08-22
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
2002-05-30
'Obsession' Revisited
2001-06-26
Alex in Wonder
2001-03-09
The Bookfair Murders
2000-01-01
Eye of the Beholder
1999-09-04
Last Night
1998-10-23
You Can Thank Me Later
1998-05-23
The House of Yes
1997-10-10
Dead Innocent
1997-04-08
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996-07-26
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994-12-11
Mon amie Max
1994-11-01
An Ambush of Ghosts
1993-01-22
Oh, What a Night
1992-10-09
The Dance Goes On
1992-01-01
Rue du Bac
1991-03-20
False Identity
1990-06-08
Snake Treaty
1989-01-24
A Paper Wedding
1989-01-01
Dead Ringers
1988-09-23
The Moderns
1988-04-15
Trouble in Mind
1985-12-11
Choose Me
1984-08-29
Tightrope
1984-08-17
Monsignor
1982-10-22
Mistress of Paradise
1981-10-04
Final Assignment
1980-10-01
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
1980-06-24
Murder by Decree
1979-02-01
Coma
1978-01-06
Another Man, Another Chance
1977-09-28
Alex & the Gypsy
1976-10-03
Obsession
1976-08-01
Swashbuckler
1976-07-29
Caesar and Cleopatra
1976-02-01
Incorrigible
1975-10-15
Earthquake
1974-11-15
Antigone
1974-02-13
Kamouraska
1973-07-18
Journey
1972-10-06
The Trojan Women
1971-05-01
Act of the Heart
1970-09-24
Marie-Christine
1970-04-07
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969-12-18
Isabel
1968-05-22
Saint Joan
1967-12-04
Between Sweet and Salt Water
1967-08-12
The Thief of Paris
1967-02-22
King of Hearts
1966-12-21
The War Is Over
1966-05-11
La terre à boire
1964-10-09
Geneviève
1964-10-01
That Tender Age
1964-08-19
La Fin des étés
1964-01-03
Amanita Pestilens
1963-02-01
French Cancan
1954-12-27
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