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

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 ''