Émilie Bierre

Émilie Bierre
Bierre in 2018
Born (2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 20)[1]
Quebec, Canada
NationalityFrench-Canadian
OccupationActress

Émilie Bierre (born 12 May 2004) is a French-Canadian actress from Quebec.[2] She is most noted for her performance in the film A Colony (Une colonie), for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[3]

Bierre began modelling for Souris Mini children's clothing at age four.[4] She won a Young Artist Award in 2018 for her performance in the television series Jenny.[5] For A Colony, Bierre won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards,[6] and Best Performance in a Borsos Competition film at the Whistler Film Festival.[7]

She has also appeared in the films Catimini, Genesis (Genèse), The Far Shore (Dérive), Our Own (Les Nôtres) and The Guide to the Perfect Family (Le Guide de la famille parfaite), and in the television series Mémoires vives, Les beaux malaises and Lâcher prise. For Our Own, she received the Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 22nd (B) Quebec Cinema Awards.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Émilie Bierre" (in French). AlloCiné. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Une colonie : les affres de l'adolescence". Voir (in French). January 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "'Anne With an E,' 'Letterkenny' Win Big at Canadian Screen Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. March 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Laurin-Desjardins, Camille (24 January 2020). "Émilie Bierre: l'actrice derrière la petite fille sage". The Huffington Post (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. ^ "La jeune comédienne québécoise Émilie Bierre décroche un prix à Los Angeles" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. July 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Marc-Andre Lussier (2 June 2019). "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l'année". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  7. ^ Mack, Adrian (3 December 2018). "Québécois film A Colony sweeps Whistler Film Fest awards". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  8. ^ "La déesse des mouches à feu triomphe au Gala Québec Cinéma" (in French). Radio-Canada. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.