Micheline Lanctôt

Biography

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 d…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Ravenous (2017) — Pauline
2. The Barbarian Invasions (2003) — Nurse Carole
3. The Nature of Love (2023) — Madeleine
4. Good Neighbours (2011) — Mme. Gauthier
5. My Internship in Canada (2015) — Mairesse de St-Philémon
6. Blood Relatives (1978) — Mrs Carella
7. Sarah Prefers to Run (2013) — Entraîneure McGill
8. Arsenault and Fils (2022) — Irène
9. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) — Yvette
10. Nitro Rush (2016)
11. The Disappearance (2017) — Lieutenant-Detective Susan Bowden
12. Heads or Tails (1997) — Huissier Saisibec
13. Arlette (2022) — Présidente de la chambre
14. Unite 9 (2012) — Élise Beaupré
15. Boundaries (2016)
16. Familia (2005) — Madeleine
17. STAT (2022) — Josette Harvey
18. Frontiers (2023) — Angèle Messier
19. Early Winter (2015) — Lucille
20. A Scream from Silence (1979) — La monteuse
21. Laughter (2020) — Jeanne
22. The True Nature of Bernadette (1972) — Bernadette
23. Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie (1976) — Odette
24. How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (2003) — Mère
25. The Long Winter (1999) — Rose-Aimee Bouchard
26. Now or Never (1998) — Arlette
27. Child Under a Leaf (1974) — The Friend
28. Streetheart (1998)
29. Noël and Juliette (1973) — Monique
30. Where Souls Go (2025) — Louise
31. Fatale-Station (2016) — Jean O'Gallagher
32. The Heavenly Bodies (1973) — Sweetie
33. The Revenge of the Woman in Black (1997) — The Director
34. Suzie (2009) — Suzie
35. Blood & Guts (1978) — Lucky Brown
36. The Yellows (2014) — Nel
37. Le temps des framboises (2022) — Martha Conley
38. Happiness is a Sad Song (2004) — Chauffeur (Autobus)
39. You Are Not Alone (2024) — Lucy
40. En mode Salvail (2013) — Self

Directed

1. According to Jim (2001) — Director
2. Sonatine (1984) — Director
3. The Handyman (1980) — Director
4. 9 (2016) — Director
5. Suzie (2009) — Director
6. Le Piège d'Issoudun (2003) — Director
7. A Hero's Life (1994) — Director
8. Les Guerriers (2004) — Director
9. Une manière de vivre (2019) — Director
10. Others (2015) — Director
11. A Token Gesture (1975) — Director
12. Pour l'amour de Dieu (2011) — Director
13. Two Can Play (1993) — Director
14. Onzième spéciale (1988) — Director
15. La poursuite du bonheur (1987) — Director