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Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold

Actor · b. 1942 · 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.

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  • Movie7.1

    Dead Ringers

    1988 · 1K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Coma

    1978 · 473 votes

  • Movie4.9

    Eye of the Beholder

    1999 · 177 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Earthquake

    1974 · 383 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Obsession

    1976 · 333 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Trojan Women

    1971 · 37 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Tightrope

    1984 · 401 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Murder by Decree

    1979 · 184 votes

  • Movie5.3
  • Movie7.2

    Anne of the Thousand Days

    1969 · 136 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The House of Yes

    1997 · 119 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Choose Me

    1984 · 45 votes

  • Movie5.6
  • Movie5.8

    Trouble in Mind

    1985 · 50 votes

  • Movie4.9

    The Legend of Sarila

    2013 · 26 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Dead Innocent

    1997 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Geneviève

    1964 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Le Roi de cœur

    King of Hearts

    1966 · 86 votes

  • Movie10.0
  • Movie5.9

    The Moderns

    1988 · 37 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Still Mine

    2012 · 80 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Un autre homme, une autre chance

    Another Man, Another Chance

    1977 · 22 votes

  • Movie6.5

    La guerre est finie

    The War Is Over

    1966 · 51 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Swashbuckler

    1976 · 43 votes

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  • TV6.1

    Great Performances

    1971 · 25 votes

  • TV8.0

    Dim Dam Dom

    1965 · 2 votes