Micheline Lanctôt

Micheline Lanctôt

Micheline Lanctôt (born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician. Lanctôt was born in Frelighsburg, Quebec. Her post-secondary education was in music, fine arts, and theatre at Collège Jésus-Marie in Outremont, and in art history at the Université de Montréal and the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; she later studied film animation at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and then at Gerald Potterton's studios, Potterton Productions, where she remained for four years. Lanctôt began her acting career in 1972, winning a Canadian Film Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Gilles Carle's The True Nature of Bernadette (La vraie nature de Bernadette). Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of film and television roles, such as Carle's The Heavenly Bodies (Les Corps Célestes), Ted Kotcheff's award-winning The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Claude Chabrol's Blood Relatives and Guy Fournier's Radio-Canada TV series Jamais deux sans toi. She has directed for the theatre also, directing Oleanna by David Mamet for the Théâtre de Quat'Sous in Montreal in 1994, and in 1999, Bousille et les justes by Gratien Gélinas for the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. She began her live-action film-directing career with The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) (1980), nominated for best direction and for best film at the Genie Awards in 1981. This success was followed by Sonatine (1984), which launched the career of Pascale Bussières and won both the Genie Award for Best Director at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, and the now-defunct Silver Lion for Best First Film (1983-1987) at the 41st Venice International Film Festival. Since 1982, Lanctôt has been a part-time instructor in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University. Lanctôt defended Gaétan Soucy's novel The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) in the 2004 edition of Le Combat des livres, broadcast on Première Chaîne. In 2016 she was the curator of the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup. She is also a matron of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois, an annual program engaging film studies students in Quebec CEGEPs to present an award for the year's best Quebec film.

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Filmography

2025

À la lumière du soir
À la lumière du soir
Movie - Released: 3/17/2025

2024

You Are Not Alone
You Are Not Alone
as Lucy
Movie - Released: 12/12/2024
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
as Self
TV - Released: 1/14/2024

2023

Frontiers
Frontiers
as Angèle Messier
Movie - Released: 3/3/2023
The Nature of Love
The Nature of Love
as Madeleine
Movie - Released: 9/22/2023
Martin Matte en direct
Martin Matte en direct
as Tireuse de couteaux (Le dernier lien)
TV - Released: 9/28/2023

2022

Arlette
Arlette
as Présidente de la chambre
Movie - Released: 8/5/2022
Arsenault and Fils
Arsenault and Fils
as Irène
Movie - Released: 6/17/2022
Le temps des framboises
Le temps des framboises
as Martha Conley
TV - Released: 4/14/2022

2020

Laughter
Laughter
as Jeanne
Movie - Released: 1/31/2020
L'autre midi à la table d'à côté
L'autre midi à la table d'à côté
TV - Released: 11/28/2020
À tour de rôles
À tour de rôles
as Self - Main Guest
TV - Released: 9/14/2020

2019

Toute la vie
Toute la vie
as Édith Leclerc
TV - Released: 9/10/2019
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Bonsoir bonsoir!
as Self
TV - Released: 4/1/2019
Les invisibles
Les invisibles
as Micheline Lanctôt
TV - Released: 1/7/2019
Zone franche
Zone franche
as Self
TV - Released: 3/28/2019
On va se le dire
On va se le dire
as Self
TV - Released: 9/9/2019
L'effet Wow
L'effet Wow
as Self
TV - Released: 1/11/2019

2018

The Devil's Share
The Devil's Share
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/16/2018
Les poilus
Les poilus
as Self
TV - Released: 5/20/2018
Pour emporter
Pour emporter
as Self
TV - Released: 8/17/2018
Cette année-là
Cette année-là
as Self
TV - Released: 9/15/2018

2017

Ravenous
Ravenous
as Pauline
Movie - Released: 9/23/2017
Claire l'hiver
Claire l'hiver
as Mère de Claire
Movie - Released: 10/11/2017
The Disappearance
The Disappearance
as Lieutenant-Detective Susan Bowden
TV - Released: 10/1/2017
Dans les médias
Dans les médias
as Self
TV - Released: 9/14/2017
Y'a du monde à messe
Y'a du monde à messe
as Self
TV - Released: 5/12/2017

2016

Nitro Rush
Nitro Rush
Movie - Released: 8/31/2016
Les réalisatrices contemporaines:  l'état des choses
Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/18/2016
Boundaries
Boundaries
Movie - Released: 11/18/2016
Fatale-Station
Fatale-Station
as Jean O'Gallagher
TV - Released: 12/20/2016
Esprit critique
Esprit critique
as Self
TV - Released: 1/7/2016
Esprit critique
Esprit critique
as Self - Collaborator
TV - Released: 1/7/2016

2015

Early Winter
Early Winter
as Lucille
Movie - Released: 8/12/2015
My Internship in Canada
My Internship in Canada
as Mairesse de St-Philémon
Movie - Released: 10/2/2015

2014

Movie
Maternel
Movie - Released: 6/6/2014
The Yellows
The Yellows
as Nel
Movie - Released: 8/3/2014
TV
Beauté fatale
as Self
TV - Released: 12/9/2014
Viens-tu faire un tour?
Viens-tu faire un tour?
as Self
TV - Released: 5/25/2014

2013

Sarah Prefers to Run
Sarah Prefers to Run
as Entraîneure McGill
Movie - Released: 5/21/2013
Deux hommes en or
Deux hommes en or
as Self
TV - Released: 9/13/2013
En mode Salvail
En mode Salvail
as Self
TV - Released: 10/28/2013
On passe à l'Histoire
On passe à l'Histoire
as Self
TV - Released: 9/16/2013
The Yellows
The Yellows
as Nel
TV - Released: 7/29/2013

2012

Unite 9
Unite 9
as Élise Beaupré
TV - Released: 9/11/2012

2011

Score
Score
Movie - Released: 4/21/2011
Pour l'amour de Dieu
Pour l'amour de Dieu
as Léonie (62 ans)
Movie - Released: 9/2/2011
Good Neighbours
Good Neighbours
as Mme. Gauthier
Movie - Released: 6/3/2011

2010

Ça finit bien la semaine
Ça finit bien la semaine
as Self
TV - Released: 9/24/2010
Les Enfants de la télé
Les Enfants de la télé
as Self
TV - Released: 9/15/2010

2009

Suzie
Suzie
as Suzie
Movie - Released: 4/17/2009
Les Appendices
Les Appendices
as Self
TV - Released: 1/6/2009

2008

TV
Club social
as Self
TV - Released: 9/25/2008

2007

Happiness Bound
Happiness Bound
Movie - Released: 9/28/2007
Curieux Bégin
Curieux Bégin
as Self
TV - Released: 9/14/2007
TV
Les p'tites vues
as Self
TV - Released: 4/4/2007

2005

Familia
Familia
as Madeleine
Movie - Released: 9/15/2005
A Year in the Death of Jack Richards
A Year in the Death of Jack Richards
as Julie Duceppe
Movie - Released: 10/2/2005
Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery
Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery
Movie - Released: 5/19/2005

2004

Happiness is a Sad Song
Happiness is a Sad Song
as Chauffeur (Autobus)
Movie - Released: 5/11/2004

2003

How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause
How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause
as Mère
Movie - Released: 2/7/2003
The Barbarian Invasions
The Barbarian Invasions
as Nurse Carole
Movie - Released: 9/24/2003

2002

Bunker, le cirque
Bunker, le cirque
as Lise Langlois
TV - Released: 9/9/2002
Viens voir les comédiens
Viens voir les comédiens
as Self
TV - Released: 9/20/2002

2000

Heaven
Heaven
as Veuve #1
Movie - Released: 3/15/2000

1999

The Long Winter
The Long Winter
as Rose-Aimee Bouchard
Movie - Released: 3/13/1999
Le Polock
Le Polock
as : Aurore Langlois
TV - Released: 2/21/1999

1998

Now or Never
Now or Never
as Arlette
Movie - Released: 9/16/1998
Streetheart
Streetheart
Movie - Released: 9/14/1998

1997

The Revenge of the Woman in Black
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
as The Director
Movie - Released: 3/27/1997
Heads or Tails
Heads or Tails
as Huissier Saisibec
Movie - Released: 3/14/1997

1996

L'oreille d'un sourd
L'oreille d'un sourd
Movie - Released: 5/28/1996

1995

Les héritiers Duval
Les héritiers Duval
TV - Released: 1/3/1995

1994

Ruth
Ruth
Movie - Released: 8/31/1994

1980

The Coffin Affair
The Coffin Affair
Movie - Released: 9/10/1980

1979

A Scream from Silence
A Scream from Silence
as La monteuse
Movie - Released: 9/14/1979

1978

Blood Relatives
Blood Relatives
as Mrs Carella
Movie - Released: 2/1/1978
Blood & Guts
Blood & Guts
as Lucky Brown
Movie - Released: 9/15/1978

1976

Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie
Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie
as Odette
Movie - Released: 10/8/1976

1974

Voyage to Grand Tartarie
Voyage to Grand Tartarie
Movie - Released: 3/6/1974
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
as Yvette
Movie - Released: 4/11/1974
Child Under A Leaf
Child Under A Leaf
as The Friend
Movie - Released: 10/11/1974

1973

The Heavenly Bodies
The Heavenly Bodies
as Sweetie
Movie - Released: 9/20/1973
Noël et Juliette
Noël et Juliette
as Monique
Movie - Released: 12/26/1973
Souris, tu m'inquiètes
Souris, tu m'inquiètes
Movie - Released: 1/1/1973

1972

The True Nature of Bernadette
The True Nature of Bernadette
as Bernadette
Movie - Released: 5/6/1972

Unknown

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