Celine Bonnier

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Celine Bonnier (born August 31, 1965 in Lévis , Québec ) is a Canadian actress .

Life and accomplishments

Celine Bonnier was born in a suburb of Quebec City in 1965 . Her mother's name is Raymonde and her father is Irénée. She was the youngest of eight children. She speaks French and English. From 1982 to 1984 she trained at the Cégep to become a music teacher. She plays the piano, flute and accordion. From 1984 to 1987 she took acting classes at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique de Québec . She frequently appears in the theater and is a member of the Momentum theater group . She has received various Canadian awards for her work. She worked with theater director Brigitte Haentjens on the plays Je ne sais plus qui je suis (1997–1998), Die Hamletmaschine ( Hamlet-machine ) (2001–2002), La cloche de verre (2003–2004) and VIVRE (2006– 2007).

Bonnier's longtime partner was the Canadian actor Roy Dupuis, with whom she also sometimes worked. B. in the 2007 planned film Truffe by director Kim Nguyen and the play Zerbombt ( Blasted ) by Sarah Kane, announced for early 2008 . Bonnier and Dupuis first appeared together as parents of the Dionne quintuplets in the dramatic miniseries Der Mutter ausrissen ( Million Dollar Babies ) (1994) with Beau Bridges . In the spy thriller The Assignment (1997) by Christian Duguay , she taught the character of Aidan Quinn in love affairs in a scene . In the dramatic television series Nikita (1998) with Peta Wilson , she was seen in a second season episode as agent Andrea Kosov , who enters into a romantic relationship with the main male character, played by Dupuis. Bonnier played a supporting role in the tragic love story Séraphin: un homme et son péché (2002) by Charles Binamé with Karine Vanasse and Dupuis. In the dramatic miniseries The Last Chapter (2002), about the violent conflicts between two rival motorcycle gangs, her character falls victim to an attack that her lover, played by Dupuis, tries to avenge. In The Other Side of the Moon (2003) she can be seen in one scene as the ex-girlfriend of the main character. She brought another supporting role to life in Christian Duguay's drama Human Trafficking (2005), in which she is part of a worldwide human trafficking ring that Mira Sorvino and Donald Sutherland are on the trail of. In the comedy film Les États-Unis d'Albert (2005), her character lives with her husband in the desert, where they receive a visit from Dupuis, among others. In A Sunday in Kigali (2006), a tragic love story in the midst of the genocide in Rwanda , she played a doctor in several scenes. In the film drama Monica la mitraille (2004) Bonnier can be seen in the title role and portrayed a Québec bank robber from the 1960s. She had another leading role on the side of Geneviève Bujold in Délivrez-moi (2006), in which she after serving one Prison sentence seeks the way back to life and into the heart of her daughter. In 2007 she received the Prix ​​Jutra for best leading actress for her acting performance in this film drama . In the tragicomic film Le Secret de ma mère (2006), in which she uncovered family secrets at the funeral of her father, she also played the main character. In her films, Bonnier often portrays roles of women who know how to assert themselves despite tragic strokes of fate.

Filmography

  • 1992: Tectonic Plates
  • 1994: Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming)
  • 1994: Snatched from Mother ( Million Dollar Babies )
  • 1995: Le Sphinx
  • 1996: Caboose
  • 1997: Le Masque (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1997: Begierde - The Hunger ( The Hunger , TV series, episode 1x03)
  • 1997: The Assignment - The contract ( The Assignment )
  • 1998: Une voix en or (miniseries)
  • 1998: Nikita ( La Femme Nikita , TV series, episode 2x18)
  • 2000: Tag (TV series)
  • 2000: Les Muses orphelines
  • 2001: Le Ciel sur la tête
  • 2002: Tag - Épilogue (TV series)
  • 2002: The Last Chapter ( Le Dernier chapitre: La Suite , miniseries)
  • 2002: Random Passage (miniseries)
  • 2002: The Last Chapter II: The War Continues ( Le Dernier chapitre: La Suite , miniseries)
  • 2002: Day II (TV series)
  • 2002: Séraphin: un homme et son péché
  • 2003: The other side of the moon ( La face cachée de la lune )
  • 2004: The Last Tunnel ( Le dernier tunnel )
  • 2004: Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille)
  • 2005: L'Héritière de grande ourse (miniseries)
  • 2005: Les États-Unis d'Albert
  • 2005: Human Trafficking ( Human Trafficking , Miniseries)
  • 2006: A Sunday in Kigali ( Un dimanche à Kigali )
  • 2006: Délivrez-moi
  • 2006: Le Secret de ma mère
  • 2008: Truffle
  • 2008: Mom is at the hairdresser's ( Maman est chez le coiffeur , TV movie)
  • 2009: Je me souviens
  • 2011: Coteau Rouge
  • 2011: French Kiss
  • since 2012: Unité 9 (TV series)
  • 2014: Love Project
  • 2015: Every Thing Will Be Fine
  • 2015: La Passion D'Augustine
  • 2015: The Forbidden Room

Awards (selection)

  • 2001: Nomination for a Genie Award for best supporting actress for Les Muses orphelines .
  • 2002: Prix ​​Gémeaux as best supporting actress in a series or drama for Le Dernier chapitre .
  • 2002: Quebec Association of Theater Critics special award for their performance in the theater.
  • 2005: Prix ​​Reconnaissance (Theater Prize in Ontario) for La cloche verre , Dors mon petit enfant and Les Aveugles .
  • 2005: Nomination for a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for Monica la Mitraille .
  • 2005: Nominations for the Prix ​​Jutra as best supporting actress for The Last Tunnel ( Le dernier tunnel ) and as best leading actress for Monica la mitraille .
  • 2007: Prix Jutra as best leading actress for Délivrez-moi .

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