Geneviève Bujold
Geneviève Bujold (born
July 1,
1942 in
Montréal,
Quebec) is a
Canadian actress.
Related to famous 19th Century
Québécois strongman/weightlifter
Louis Cyr, Geneviève Bujold was raised by strict
Roman Catholic French-Canadian parents who sent her to a
convent school for her full twelve years of education. She disliked the school and its strict discipline, and escaped the bleak world she was raised in to pursue an acting career.
Dramatically trained at Montreal's Conservatory of Dramatic Art, she got her big break while on tour with a theatrical company in
Paris,
France when prominent French director
Alain Resnais selected her for a role opposite
Yves Montand in
La Guerre est finie (
1966). This led to her staying in France for a time where she made more films with noted French directors such as
Louis Malle.
Bujold appeared in a variety of film roles for Canadian and
U.S. television earning a
1967 Emmy Award nomination for her performance as
Joan of Arc in an
NBC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation. That year, she married Canadian film director
Paul Almond, who directed her in
Isabel (1968), and
Act of the Heart (1970), opposite Donald Sutherland. The had a son in 1968 and were divorced in 1972. (Also in
1968, she was awarded the
Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as the most promising young actress in French film).
In
1969, she starred opposite
Richard Burton in the film,
Anne of the Thousand Days. For her powerful performance, she won the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a motion-picture drama as well as a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Actress.
Her considerable acting skills had the media touting her to become one of the brightest stars but Bujold's temperament led to run-ins with her employer
Universal Studios and she walked away from her contract, resulting in a lawsuit (which was settled when she agreed to appear in the 1974 disaster film "
Earthquake"). In the ensuing years she gave many sterling performances (in films such as
The Trojan Woman (1971), Brian De Palma's
Obsession (1972),
Kamouraska (1973), the medical thriller
Coma (1978, opposite a youthful Michael Douglas), and
Tightrope (1984, directed by Clint Eastwood), but never reached the heights of movie stardom which many believed to be her due. She won the
Best Actress in a Leading Role Genie Award for
Murder by Decree in
1980.
In 1994, she signed on to play the lead character, Captain Nicole Janeway, in the American
television series Star Trek: Voyager. However she dropped out after filming just a few scenes of the series' first episode, stating that a TV series work schedule was too demanding.
Kate Mulgrew replaced her and the character's name was changed to
Kathryn Janeway.
Bujold - who spent several years away from her acting career after giving birth to a second son in 1980 (she re-emerged in the Alan Rudolph film
Choose Me (1984) - continues to work in film, primarily with independent production companies.
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Finding Home (2003) ... as Katie
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Jericho Mansions (2003) ... as Lily Melnick
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Alex in Wonder (2001) ... as Natalie
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Eye of the Beholder (1999) ... as Jeanne Brault
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Last Night (1998) ... as Mrs. Carlton
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The House of Yes (1997) ... as Mrs. Pascal
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Dead Innocent (1996) ... as Suzanne St. Laurent
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The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) ... as Leona, Gepetto's Assistant
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Mon amie Max (1994) .... as Marie-Alexandrine Brabant
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An Ambush of Ghosts (1993) .... as Irene Betts
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Oh, What a Night (1992) .... as Eva
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The Dance Goes On (1992)
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Rue du Bac (1991) .... as Marie Aubriac
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False Identity (1990) .... as Rachel Roux
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Les Noces de papier (1989) .... as Claire Rocheleau
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Red Earth, White Earth (1989)
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Dead Ringers (1988) .... as Claire Niveau
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The Moderns (1988) .... as Libby Valentin
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Trouble in Mind (1985) .... as Wanda
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Choose Me (1984) .... as Nancy
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Tightrope (1984) .... as Beryl Thibodeaux
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Monsignor (1982) .... as Clara
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Mistress of Paradise (1981) .... as Elizabeth Beaufort
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Final Assignment (1980) .... as Nicole Thomson
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The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980) .... as Bernadette Lafleur
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Murder by Decree (1979) .... as Annie Crook
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Coma (1978) .... as Dr. Susan Wheeler
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Un autre homme, une autre chance (1977) .... as Jeanne Leroy
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Alex & the Gypsy (1976) .... as Maritza
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Obsession (1976) .... as Elizabeth Courtland/Sandra Portinari
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Swashbuckler (1976) .... as Jane Barnet
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L'Incorrigible (1975) .... as Marie-Charlotte Pontalec
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Earthquake (1974) .... as Denise Marshall
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Antigone (1974) .... as Antigone
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Kamouraska (1973) .... as Élisabeth
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Journey (1972) .... as Saguenay
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The Trojan Women (1971) .... as Cassandra
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Act of the Heart (1970) .... as Martha Hayes
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Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) .... as Anne Boleyn
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Isabel (1968) (1968) .... as Isabel
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Le voleur (1967) .... as Charlotte
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Entre la mer et l'eau douce (1967) .... s Genevieve
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Le roi de coeur (1966) .... as Coquelicot
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La Guerre est finie (1966) .... as Nadine Sallanches
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Geneviève (1965) .... as Geneviève
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La fin des étés (1964)
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La terre à boire (1964) .... as Barbara
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La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes (1964) .... as Genevieve
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Amanita Pestilens (1963) .... as Sophie Martin
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Ti-Jean caribou (1963)
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Les Belles histoires des Pays-d'en-Haut (1956) .... as Julie Fourchu
