Chloé Sainte-Marie
Marie-Aline Joyal, known professionally as Chloé Sainte-Marie, is a Canadian actress, singer, activist, and official spokesperson for a network of natural caregivers in Québec.
Biography
She is equally well known as the companion, muse, and caregiver of renowned Quebec filmmaker Gilles Carle, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease which, over 18 years, progressively reduced his ability to move or speak. Shortly before Gilles Carle's death in 2009, she opened the Maison Gilles-Carle, to accept chronically ill patients looking to live in a family style setting while allowing respite to their primary caregivers by sharing care for the residents amongst the caregivers.In 2005, Charles Binamé and Amazone Film released the documentary Gilles Carle ou l'indomptable imaginaire where, as part of his exploration of the movie's subject, he chronicled Sainte-Marie's life as the companion and muse to Gilles Carle.
In 2009, she released her latest album Nitshisseniten e tshissenitamin, performed in its entirety in the Innu language. The words and music are from author-poet-composer-performer Philippe McKenzie, a fore-runner in the contemporary folk-Innu movement.
In 2012, she was interviewed on the Pénélope McQuade show about the Maison Gilles-Carle and how so many people came together to make the project a reality.
In 2024, she was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada. She lives in Montreal.
Awards
- 2003 : She received the Félix Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for Je marche à toi.
- 2003 : She received the Premier Prix du public.
- 2004 : She received the Révélation du festival prize at the .
- 2006 : For the album Je marche à toi, she received, from the Académie Charles-Cros the prize Coup de cœur chanson - Année de la francophonie pour le Canada.
- 2006 : She once again received a Félix Award, this time for Show of the Year - Performer for her show Parle-moi.
- 2010 : On February 14, 2010, honoured Chloé Sainte-Marie and designated her as Artiste pour la paix de l'année 2009.
Filmography
- 1982 : Scandale
- 1984 : Cinéma Cinéma
- 1984 : Le Parc
- 1985 : O Picasso
- 1985 : Le dernier havre
- 1986 : La Guêpe (film)
- 1987 : Vive Québec
- 1989 : La terre est une pizza
- 1991 : La milliardaire
- 1992 : Miss Moscou
- 1992 : La Postière aka "The Postmistress"
- 1996 : Pudding chômeur aka "Bread Pudding" and "Poor Man's Pudding"
- 1998 : La Penderie
- 2005 : ''Gilles Carle ou l'indomptable imaginaire''
Discography
- 1993 : L'Emploi de mon temps
- 1999 : Je pleure, tu pleures
- 2002 : Je marche à toi
- 2005 : Parle-moi
- 2008 : Mon amour en furie Boxed set containing the 3 albums Je pleure, tu pleures, Je marche à toi and Parle-moi
- 2009 : Nitshisseniten E Tshissenitamin
- 2014 : À La Croisée Des Silences
- 2022 : '' Maudit Silence ''