Gabrielle Marion-Rivard Explained
Gabrielle Marion-Rivard |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Occupation: | film actor, singer |
Known For: | Gabrielle |
Gabrielle Marion-Rivard is a Canadian actress and singer, who won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in 2014 for her performance in Gabrielle.[1]
Marion-Rivard, who has Williams syndrome,[2] plays a young woman with Williams syndrome who is part of a choir of developmentally disabled people.[3] She participates in a similar choir, based in Montreal, Quebec, in real life.[4]
Notes and References
- http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/orphan-black-gabrielle-big-winners-at-canadian-screen-awards-1.1721030 "'Orphan Black,' 'Gabrielle' big winners at Canadian Screen Awards"
- https://www.straight.com/movies/573536/gabrielle-director-achieves-perfect-pitch "Gabrielle director achieves perfect pitch"
- Web site: Gabrielle: coming-of-age search for love and freedom . . January 10, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140111022908/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/gabrielle-coming-of-age-search-for-love-and-freedom-1.2489387 . 11 January 2014.
- http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/09/more-than-ordinary "More than ordinary"