Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress. Her credits include Sonatine (1984), Eldorado (1995), When Night Is Falling (1995), August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) (1998), Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) (2004), Afterwards (2008), (Les Démons) (2015), Death of a Ladies' Man (2020), Bootlegger (2021), and Frontiers (Frontières) (2023).
Life and work
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, She played the role of a prim-and-proper mythology teacher who discovers her lesbian desires in Patricia Rozema's When Night Is Falling.
Other credits include (Les Démons) (2015),
Filmography
Film
thumb|Pascale Bussières in [[Afterwards (2017 film)|Afterwards (Après coup) 2017]]
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1984
|Sonatine
|Chantal
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|1992
|Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme)
|Laure
|
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|1993
|Two Can Play (Deux actrices)
|Solange
|
|-
|1995
|When Night Is Falling
|Camille Baker
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|-
|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 (L'Âge de braise)
|Nathalie
|
|-
|1998
|Streetheart (Le cœur au poing)
|Marianne
|
|-
|1998
|August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre)
|Simone
|
|-
|1999
|Set Me Free (Emporte-moi)
|Hana's Mother
|
|-
|1999
|'
|Gail
|
|-
|1999
|Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes)
|Lucie
|
|-
|2000
|Pandora's Beauty (La beauté de Pandore)
|Pandore
|
|-
|2000
|Girls Can't Swim
|Céline
|
|-
|2000
|Between the Moon and Montevideo
|Juta
|
|-
|2000
| (La Bouteille)
|Léa
|
|-
|2001
|Xchange
|Madeleine Renard
|
|-
|2001
|Die Probe Replay
|Louise
|
|-
|2002
|Les moutons de Jacob
|Pascale
|
|-
|2002
|Chaos and Desire (La Turbulence des fluides)
|Alice Bradley
|
|-
|2003
|Small Cuts
|Mathilde
|
|-
|2004
|'
|Teresa Carlton
|
|-
|2004
|Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinemascope)
|Alys Robi
|
|-
|2006
| (Guide de la petite vengeance)
|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 (Marécages)
|Marie
|
|-
|2011
|French Immersion
|Sylvie Tremblay
|
|-
|2011
|Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau)
|Élise
|
|-
|2013
|Émilie
|Adrianna
|
|-
|2014
|Love Project (Love Projet)
|Madame Cowboy
|
|-
|2015
|Ville-Marie
|Marie Santerre
|
|-
|2015
|'
|Mrs. Coleville
|
|-
|2015
| (Les Démons)
|Claire
|
|-
|2015
|Anna
|Sophie
|
|-
|2016
| (L'Autre côté de novembre)
|Dr. Louise
|
|-
|2017
|We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres)
|Myriam Lambert
|
|-
|2017
|Afterwards (2017 film) (Après coup)
|Aurélie's mother
|
|-
|2017
|Innocent (Innocent)
|Julie
|
|-
|2020
|Death of a Ladies' Man
|Sarah Savard
|
|-
|2021
|Bootlegger
|Laura
|
|-
|2023
|Frontiers (Frontières)
|Diane Messier
|
|}
Television
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1990-91
|Chambres en ville
|Marie Vincent
|Regular role
|-
|1991
|Marilyn
|Marie-Michèle St. Jean
|TV series
|-
|1993
|La princesse astronaute
|Noémie
|TV series
|-
|1993
|Blanche
|Blanche Pronovost
|TV series
|-
|1993
|Bye Bye
|Various
|TV series
|-
|1996
|Marguerite Volant
|Eléonore Volant
|TV miniseries
|-
|1997
|Platinum
|Michelle Michaud
|TV film
|-
|1997
|Paparazzi
|Valérie Morin
|TV series
|-
|1998
|Thunder Point
|Jenny Baker
|TV film
|-
|2000
|'
|Adrianna Locke
|"Dust to Dust"
|-
|2005-07
|Le cœur a ses raisons
|Becky Walters
|Regular role
|-
|2006
|René Lévesque
|Louise L'Heureux
|TV miniseries
|-
|2007
|Rallye Müvmedia
|Pascale Bussières
|TV series
|-
|2007
|Race to Mars
|Jackie Decelles
|TV miniseries
|-
|2008
|René Levesque - Le destin d'un chef
|Louise L'Heureux
|TV miniseries
|-
|2008-09
|Belle-Baie
|Margot Paulin
|TV series
|-
|2010-11
|Mirador
|Véronique Laplace
|TV series
|-
|2012
|En thérapie
|Marie
|TV series
|-
|2014
|Complexe G
|Sarah
|TV series
|-
|2016
|Premonitions
|Clara Jacob
|TV series
|-
|2021
|Sortez-moi de moi
|Julie Mathieu
|TV series
|}
See also
- List of Quebec actors
- Cinema of Quebec
- Culture of Quebec