Catherine Chabot Explained

Catherine Chabot is a Canadian actress, writer and film director.[1] For her performance as Chloé Therrien in the 2019 film Compulsive Liar (Menteur), she received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020.[2]

In 2022, she co-wrote, co-directed and starred in Lines of Escape (Lignes de fuite), a film adapted from her own theatrical stage play.[3] In the same year she was cast in the lead role in La Candidate, a television comedy series about a paper candidate who unexpectedly wins election to public office, which was partially based on the experiences of Ruth Ellen Brosseau.[4]

A 2013 graduate of the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal,[1] she has also appeared in the television series Mon ex à moi, Victor Lessard and Hôtel, and the film The Guide to the Perfect Family (La guide de la famille parfaite).

Notes and References

  1. Maxime Demers, "Catherine Chabot a trouvé sa voie". Le Journal de Montréal, July 11, 2022.
  2. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1696771/nominations-finalistes-gala-quebec-cinema-femmes-realisatrices "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma"
  3. Geneviève Bouchard, "Le film de la semaine : Lignes de fuite". Le Soleil, July 7, 2022.
  4. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1925904/la-candidate-serie-comedie-catherine-chabot-isabelle-langlois-ici-tou-tv-politique "Catherine Chabot en « candidate poteau » dans la série La candidate"