Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin
Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin (* 1981 ) is a Canadian actress .
Life
Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin was born in Québec in 1981 as the daughter of a communications director and a teacher. She grew up in the Montreal arrondissement of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal . She first appeared in a commercial for a breakfast cereal brand when she was six years old.
From the end of the 1980s Désormeaux-Poulin appeared in the first Canadian television productions. From 1994 to 1996 she took on the role of Marie-Andrée Régnier in the television series Les Héritiers Duval . Roles in numerous other productions followed. In 2007 she took over in the Canadian box office comedy À vos marques, party! the main role of Gaby Roberge . The second part À vos marques ... Party! 2 followed in 2009.
Désormeaux-Poulin became internationally known in 2010 for her role in Denis Villeneuve's Oscar- nominated drama The Woman Who Sings - Incendies , in which she played Jeanne Marwan . In David Lambert's drama Beyond the Walls , Désormeaux-Poulin appeared as Anka .
Since 2016 she has played the lead role of the lawyer Ariane Beaumont in the television series Ruptures .
Désormeaux-Poulin lives in Chambly with her partner and two daughters .
Filmography (selection)
- 1994–1996: Les Héritiers Duval (TV series, 35 episodes)
- 1997: Les aventures de la courte échelle (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2002: Asbestos (miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 2003: Chartrand et Simonne (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2003-2004: Grande Ourse (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2004: Les Bougon: C'est aussi ça la vie (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2004: Ramdam (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2004: Un monde à part (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2007: À vos marques, party!
- 2009: Dédé, à travers les brumes
- 2009: À vos marques ... party! 2
- 2010: The Woman Who Sings - Incendies (Incendies)
- 2010–2012: Les rescapés (TV series, 23 episodes)
- 2012: Beyond the Walls (Hors les murs)
- 2012: Omertà
- 2012: Lance et compte: La déchirure (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2013: Mon meilleur ami (mini series, 5 episodes)
- 2013: Gabrielle - (Not) a completely normal love (Gabrielle)
- 2014: Ces gars-là (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2014–2018: Mensonges (TV series, 37 episodes)
- 2016–2019: Ruptures (TV series, 58 episodes)
- 2017: Menage à Trois - Three are (not) one too many (Le trip à trois)
- 2018: Dérive
- 2020: Épidémie (TV series, 10 episodes)
Web links
- Mélissa Desormeaux-Poulin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b André Ducharme: Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin: née à la télé . In: L'actualité of August 21, 2010.
- ↑ a b Mylene Tremblay: Dans l'univers de Mélissa Désormaux-Poulin . In: Chatelaine of April 25, 2016.
- ^ Brendan Kelly: How Incendies changed Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin's life . In: Montreal Gazette of June 15, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Désormeaux-Poulin, Mélissa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poulin, Mélissa D. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quebec , Canada |