Angèle Coutu Explained

Angèle Coutu
Birth Date:6 February 1946
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Nationality:Canadian
Occupation:actress
Years Active:1970s-present
Notable Works:Two's a Crowd, Borderline

Angèle Coutu (born February 6, 1946) is a Canadian actress from Quebec.[1] She is most noted for her performance in the film Borderline, for which she won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009,[2] and her long-running television role in the series Two's a Crowd (Jamais deux sans toi).[3]

The daughter of actor Jean Coutu, she graduated from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal in 1966.[4]

Her other credits have included the films Sex in the Snow (Après-ski), Françoise Durocher, Waitress, O.K. ... Laliberté, In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan), Deaf to the City (Le Sourd dans la ville), You're Beautiful, Jeanne (T'es belle, Jeanne), In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon), The Party, Family History (Histoire de famille), The Legacy (La Donation), Wetlands (Marécages), A Place to Live (Pour vivre ici), Saint-Narcisse and The Sticky Side of Baklava (La Face cachée du baklava).

Notes and References

  1. Yves Leclerc, "Angèle Coutu se cherche du boulot". Le Journal de Québec, October 18, 2017.
  2. https://www.journaldequebec.com/2009/03/29/angele-coutu-touchee-par-son-prix "Angèle Coutu touchée par son prix"
  3. https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2001/03/15/angele-coutu-rend-hommage-a-son-ami "Angèle Coutu rend hommage à son ami"
  4. Sandra Godin, "Le parcours d’une combattante". Le Journal de Montréal, January 23, 2016.