Pascale Bussières
Pascale Bussières is a French Canadian actress. Her credits include Sonatine, Eldorado, When Night Is Falling, August 32nd on Earth , Bittersweet Memories , Afterwards, , Death of a [Ladies' Man (film)|Death of a Ladies' Man], Bootlegger, and Frontiers .
Life and work
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Pascale Bussières first played a suicidal teenager in Micheline Lanctôt’s 1984 film Sonatine. She starred in Blanche, the 1993 Radio-Canada series directed by Charles Binamé, then landed a lead in Binamé’s Generation-X picture Eldorado. She played the role of a prim-and-proper mythology teacher who discovers her lesbian desires in Patricia Rozema's When Night Is Falling.She appeared as an alienated fashion model who wants to conceive a child in Denis Villeneuve's debut feature, August 32nd on Earth , and won Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 7th Jutra Awards, and for Canadian [Screen Award for Best Actress|Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role] at the 25th [Genie Awards], both in 2004, for her impersonation of Quebec singing star Alys Robi in Bittersweet Memories .
\other credits include , Death of a Ladies' Man, Bootlegger, Frontiers .
In 2023 she appeared in the music video for Karkwa's single "Parfaite à l'écran".
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Sonatine | Chantal | |
| 1992 | Phantom Life | Laure | |
| 1993 | Two Can Play | Solange | |
| 1995 | When Night Is Falling | Camille Baker | |
| 1995 | Eldorado | Rita | |
| 1996 | La forêt et le bûcheron | Narrator / Forest | Short |
| 1997 | ' | Sarah | |
| 1997 | Les mille merveilles de l'univers | Lily | |
| 1997 | Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | Juliana Kossel | |
| 1997 | Honeymoon | Louise | |
| 1998 | When I Will Be Gone | Nathalie | |
| 1998 | Streetheart | Marianne | |
| 1998 | August 32nd on Earth | Simone | |
| 1999 | Set Me Free | Hana's Mother | |
| 1999 | ' | Gail | |
| 1999 | Memories Unlocked | Lucie | |
| 2000 | Pandora's Beauty | Pandore | |
| 2000 | Girls Can't Swim | Céline | |
| 2000 | Between [the Moon and Montevideo] | Juta | |
| 2000 | Léa | ||
| 2001 | Xchange | Madeleine Renard | |
| 2001 | Die Probe Replay | Louise | |
| 2002 | Les moutons de Jacob | Pascale | |
| 2002 | Chaos and Desire | Alice Bradley | |
| 2003 | Small Cuts | Mathilde | |
| 2004 | ' | Teresa Carlton | |
| 2004 | Bittersweet Memories | Alys Robi | |
| 2006 | Sandrine | ||
| 2007 | La capture | La mère | |
| 2008 | Nothing Really Matters | Carly | |
| 2008 | Afterwards (2008 film) | Anna | |
| 2009 | Suzie | Viviane | |
| 2011 | Blast from the Past | Véronica | Short |
| 2011 | Wetlands | Marie | |
| 2011 | French Immersion | Sylvie Tremblay | |
| 2011 | Fear of Water | Élise | |
| 2013 | Émilie | Adrianna | |
| 2014 | Love Project | Madame Cowboy | |
| 2015 | Ville-Marie | Marie Santerre | |
| 2015 | ' | Mrs. Coleville | |
| 2015 | Claire | ||
| 2015 | Anna | Sophie | |
| 2016 | Dr. Louise | ||
| 2017 | We Are the Others | Myriam Lambert | |
| 2017 | Afterwards (2017 film) | Aurélie's mother | |
| 2017 | Innocent | Julie | |
| 2020 | Death of a Ladies' Man | Sarah Savard | |
| 2021 | Bootlegger | Laura | |
| 2023 | Frontiers | Diane Messier |