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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 1, 1942
Place of Birth
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Also Known As
- ژنویو بوژو
Geneviève Bujold
1.3 Popularity
Biography
Geneviève Bujold (born July 1, 1942) is a Canadian stage and screen actress, best known for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the 1969 film Anne of the Thousand Days, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for best actress and was nominated for an Academy Award. She made her TV debut with Le square (1963), a 60-minute TV film based on a play by Marguerite Duras, co-starring Georges Groulx. Her Canadian feature film debut was in Amanita Pestilens (1963). She appeared in Michel Brault's film Between Salt and Sweet Water (1967), then went to New York to play the title role in a production of Saint Joan (1967) for Hallmark Hall of Fame on American TV. Although she said she preferred film most and television least out of all the mediums, she received great acclaim for this including an Emmy nomination. In Canada, she starred in Isabel (1968), written and directed by her then-husband Paul Almond. It was one of the first Canadian films to be picked up for distribution by a major Hollywood studio. International recognition came in 1969, when she starred as Anne Boleyn in Charles Jarrott's film Anne of the Thousand Days, with Richard Burton. Producer Hal B. Wallis cast her after seeing her in Isabel. For her performance, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. It was released by Universal who signed her to a three-picture contract. Her other film credits include The Trojan Women (1971), Earthquake (1974), Obsession (1976), Coma (1978) with Michael Douglas, Murder by Decree (1979), Tightrope (1984) with Clint Eastwood, Choose Me (1984), and Dead Ringers (1988) with Jeremy Irons. She had supporting roles in The Adventures of Pinocchio (1995), The House of Yes (1997), Last Night (1998), You Can Thank Me Later (1998), Eye of the Beholder (1999), The Bookfair Murders (2000), Children of My Heart (2001) and Alex in Wonder (2001). Her later appearances include Jericho Mansions (2003), Finding Home (2004), Downtown: A Street Tale (2004), By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005), Disappearances (2006), Deliver Me (2006), The Trotsky (2009), For the Love of God (2011), Still Mine (2012), Northern Borders (2013), and Chorus (2015). She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in Saint Joan. She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award For her portrayal of Irene in Still Mine. She won three Canadian Film Awards for Best Actress for her roles in the films Isabel, The Act of the Heart, and Kamouraska. She won a Prix Gemeaux Award for Best Actress for her role in the film The Paper Wedding, and was nominated for Best Actress for her role in the film L'Emprise. She won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Murder By Decree, and was nominated for four more Genie Awards for her roles in Final Assignment, Dead Ringers, My Friend Max, and Last Night.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
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Self
Geneviève Bujold: Art = Life
2018
5.9
Gabrielle
Chorus
2015
5.8
Abiah Kittredge
Northern Borders
2015
4.6
Saya (voice)
The Legend of Sarila
2013
6.9
Irene Morrison
Still Mine
2012
3.0
Sœur Cécile (72 ans)
Pour l'amour de Dieu
2011
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0.0
Self
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
6.7
Denise Archambault
The Trotsky
2010
8.0
Self (archive footage)
The Memories of Angels
2008
Credits
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
as Self (archive footage)
2024
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Geneviève Bujold: Art = Life
as Self
2018
0.0
Chorus
as Gabrielle
2015
5.9
Northern Borders
as Abiah Kittredge
2015
5.8
The Legend of Sarila
as Saya (voice)
2013
4.6
Still Mine
as Irene Morrison
2012
6.9
Pour l'amour de Dieu
as Sœur Cécile (72 ans)
2011
3.0
🎬
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
as Self
2010
0.0
The Trotsky
as Denise Archambault
2010
6.7
The Memories of Angels
as Self (archive footage)
2008
8.0
Disappearances
as Cordelia
2007
4.7
Délivrez-Moi
as Irène
2006
4.8
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
as Rose Evangelista
2005
6.2
Downtown: A Street Tale
as Aimee Levesque
2004
1.0
🎬
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Claire Niveau (archive footage)
2004
5.0
Finding Home
as Katie
2003
4.5
Jericho Mansions
as Lily Melnick
2003
4.7
Viens voir les comédiens
as Self
2002
0.0
Chaos and Desire
as Colette Lasalle
2002
5.1
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
as Self
2002
6.0
'Obsession' Revisited
as Self
2001
6.3
Alex in Wonder
as Natalie
2001
3.9
The Bookfair Murders
as Margaret Dourie Cantor
2000
4.3
Eye of the Beholder
as Dr. Brault
1999
4.9
Last Night
as Mrs. Carlton
1998
6.6
You Can Thank Me Later
as Joelle
1998
5.1
The House of Yes
as Mrs. Pascal
1997
6.1
Dead Innocent
as Suzanne St. Laurent
1997
5.4
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Leona
1996
5.3
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self
1994
7.4
Mon amie Max
as Marie-Alexandrine Brabant
1994
5.3
An Ambush of Ghosts
as Irene Betts
1993
3.0
Oh, What a Night
as Eva
1992
4.3
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The Dance Goes On
as Rick's Mother
1992
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Rue du Bac
as Marie Aubriac
1991
4.3
False Identity
as Rachel Roux
1990
5.0
🎬
Snake Treaty
as Madeline
1989
0.0
A Paper Wedding
as Claire Rocheleau
1989
3.9
Dead Ringers
as Claire Niveau
1988
7.1
The Moderns
as Libby Valentin
1988
5.7
Trouble in Mind
as Wanda
1985
5.7
Choose Me
as Nancy
1984
6.0
Tightrope
as Beryl Thibodeaux
1984
6.1
Monsignor
as Clara
1982
4.2
Mistress of Paradise
as Elizabeth Beaufort
1981
5.0
Final Assignment
as Nicole Thomson
1980
4.0
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
as Bernadette Lafleur
1980
5.5
Murder by Decree
as Annie Crook
1979
6.4
Coma
as Dr. Susan Wheeler
1978
6.8
Christmas Lace
as Narrator
1978
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Another Man, Another Chance
as Jeanne Leroy
1977
6.0
Alex & the Gypsy
as Maritza
1976
4.0
Obsession
as Elizabeth Courtland / Sandra Portinari
1976
6.6
Swashbuckler
as Jane Barnet
1976
6.1
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Cleopatra
1976
6.0
Incorrigible
as Marie-Charlotte Pontalec
1975
6.2
Earthquake
as Denise Marshall
1974
6.1
Antigone
as Antigone
1974
0.0
Kamouraska
as Élisabeth
1973
5.8
Journey
as Sagueney
1972
0.0
The Trojan Women
as Cassandra
1971
6.2
Great Performances
as Antigone
1971
5.8
Act of the Heart
as Martha Hayes
1970
3.3
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Marie-Christine
1970
6.0
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Anne Boleyn
1969
7.1
Isabel
as Isabel
1968
4.8
Saint Joan
as Saint Joan of Arc
1967
0.0
Between Sweet and Salt Water
as Geneviève
1967
5.6
The Thief of Paris
as Charlotte
1967
6.7
King of Hearts
as Coquelicot
1966
6.9
The War Is Over
as Nadine Sallanches
1966
6.4
Dim Dam Dom
as Self
1965
6.0
La terre à boire
as Barbara
1964
0.0
Geneviève
as Geneviève
1964
6.5
That Tender Age
as Geneviève
1964
0.0
La Fin des étés
1964
0.0
Amanita Pestilens
as Sophie Martin
1963
6.0
🎬
Le Temps des amours
1961
0.0
French Cancan
as Woman (uncredited)
1955
7.2