Caroline Dhavernas
Caroline Dhavernas | |
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San Diego Comic Con | |
Born | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1990–present |
Partner(s) | Maxime Le Flaguais (2016-present) |
Children | 1 |
Caroline Dhavernas (
She also starred as Lily Brenner in the ABC medical drama Off the Map. From 2017 to 2019, she portrayed the titular character in the Canada-produced and Canadian- and American-distributed medical drama-black comedy Mary Kills People.
Early life
Dhavernas was born in
Career
She began her career at the age of 8,
Dhavernas portrayed swimmer Marilyn Bell in the television film Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (1999). She trained for two months with the Pointe-Claire Swim Club to convincingly portray Bell, who was the first to cross 32-mile Lake Ontario in 1954. Other notable films have included a leading role in Edge of Madness (2002), and supporting roles in Out Cold (2001) and Lost and Delirious (2001). She also had a notable role on Law & Order as a closeted, gay teenager who killed her girlfriend in the episode "Girl Most Likely" (season 12, episode 17).
Dhavernas portrayed Jaye Tyler, the central character in
Since the cancellation of Wonderfalls, Dhavernas has continued to appear in Canadian-made features in 2004, such as Niagara Motel and These Girls. In early 2006, she played Isabella Marie, who lived in love, tragedy, and ugliness with suggesting her family, winding up being pregnant, and haunting her dark vengeance with luciferin of fallen agony, in The Beautiful Beast and the follow-up The Diary Of Isabella. She also appeared in Black Sheep (2006 New Zealand film), produced by Jonathan King and directed by Eli Roth, as Nikki, Hollywoodland (2006) as Barbara about the death of actor George Reeves, and Juliana O'Neill, the wife of Eric O'Neill, on Breach (2007).
Dhavernas also took the lead role in
It's a beautiful film and I'm really, really happy to be part of it. It's about battle of Passchendaele, which was a very important battle for Canadians and it's a big part of our history. It was just so amazing to be privileged to live a little part of that history. A piece of our history.[1]
Other projects include The Cry of the Owl, a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name, and the popular Quebec comedy Father and Guns (De père en flic). In 2009, she played Bethany in the romance action drama In Heat. She also appeared in the first and last episodes of HBO's miniseries The Pacific, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, and a guest role on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where she played Maya in the episode "Love Sick" in May 2010. In 2011, she played Emily in the rare appearance in the HS reading hit The Awakening.
In 2012, audiences saw her in
In 2013, she was cast as Alana Bloom, the female lead in Hannibal, reuniting her with Wonderfalls creator Bryan Fuller.
Dhavernas starred in the
She also voiced the narrator in the video game from Ubisoft titled Child of Light.[7]
In November 2021, CDPQ Infra announced that Dhavernas was selected to become the official voice announcer of the Réseau express métropolitain, following in the footsteps of her mother, Michèle Deslauriers, who has been the voice of the Montreal Metro since 2003.[8]
Personal life
Dhavernas has been in a relationship with actor Maxime Le Flaguais since 2016.[9] In September 2018 she gave birth to their daughter, named Françoise.[10][11]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Cap Tourmente | Valerie Huot | |
1996 | L'oreille de Joé | Short film | |
1999 | Sable Island (L'Île de Sable) | Manou | |
1999 | Running Home | Jessica | |
2001 | Lost and Delirious | Kara | |
2001 | Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story | Marilyn Bell | |
2001 | Out Cold | Anna | |
2002 | Les moutons de Jacob | Caroline | |
2002 | Edge of Madness | Annie Herron | |
2002 | The Baroness and the Pig | Emily | |
2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story | Passion Hockmeister | |
2003 | The Tulse Looper Suitcases: Antwerp | Passion Hockmeister | |
2003 | Red Nose (Nez rouge) | Nathalie Lachance | |
2005 | These Girls | Keira St. George | |
2005 | Niagara Motel | Loretta | Nominated— Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
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2006 | Mr. Average | Claire | |
2006 | Hollywoodland | Kit Holliday | |
2006 | The Beautiful Beast (La Belle bête) | Isabelle-Marie | Nominated— Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song
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2007 | Breach | Juliana O'Neill | |
2007 | Surviving My Mother | Bianca | |
2008 | Passchendaele | Sarah Mann | |
2009 | The Cry of the Owl | Nickie Grace | |
2009 | Father and Guns | Geneviève | |
2010 | One Last Dance | Young Norma | Short film |
2010 | The Switch | Pauline | |
2010 | Devil | Elsa Nahai | |
2010 | Wrecked | Woman | |
2012 | Mars et Avril
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Avril | |
2013 | Goodbye World | Becky | |
2014 | Le vrai du faux | Isabelle Lauzon | |
2015 | The Forbidden Room | Gong | |
2016 | Wild Run: The Legend (Chasse-Galerie: La Légende) | Liza Gilbert | |
2016 | Blind Vaysha | English and French-language narration | animated short film |
2017 | Easy Living | Sherry Graham | |
2017 | Father and Guns 2 | Geneviève | |
2017 | Hochelaga, Land of Souls | Chef d'antenne |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Les filles de Caleb | Rose Pronovost age 8–11 | Episode: "17" |
1991 | Marilyn | Abeille | TV series |
1993 | Zap | Isabelle Daigneault | TV series |
1996 | Urgence | Josianne Villeneuve | TV series |
1997 | Lobby | Roxanne Roy | 8 episodes |
1997-2000 | Freaky Stories | Narrator | French version |
1998 | Réseaux | Christine | TV series |
1999 | Le polock | Camille Langlois | TV series |
2000 | Tag | Stéphanie | TV series |
2000 | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | Angelique Dore | Episode: "The Golem" |
2002 | Law & Order | Alicia Milford | Episode: "Girl Most Likely" |
2004 | Wonderfalls | Jaye Tyler
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13 episodes |
2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Maya Sills | Episode: "Love Sick" |
2010 | The Pacific | Vera Keller | 2 episodes |
2011 | Over/Under | Vicky Harmon-Castle | Pilot |
2011 | Off the Map | Lily Brenner | 13 episodes |
2013–15 | Hannibal | Alana Bloom | 29 episodes Nominated — Golden Maple Award for Best Actress in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2015)
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2016 | Blue Moon | Chloé Vincent | 20 episodes |
2017–19 | Mary Kills People | Mary Harris | Lead role |
Video game
Year | Title | Role |
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2014 | Child of Light | Narrator (voice) |
References
- ^ Brodsky, Katherine. "Interview with Caroline Dhavernas "Bianca" in SURVIVING MY MOTHER". First Weekend Club. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- The Gazette, October 12, 2012
- ^ Mars and April // Mars & Avril, review from Variety, July 16, 2012
- ^ Alexander, Chris (January 23, 2017). "Mary's an elegant mercy killer, ready to thrill people". Metro International. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ "'You' To Move To Netflix For Season 2 As Lifetime Shifts Focus To Original Movies". Deadline. December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Caroline Dhavernas talks about the end of Mary Kills People". Toronto Star. May 12, 2019.
- ^ "Child of Light's creators discuss the birth of Aurora and her fairytale journey". Polygon.com. April 24, 2014.
- ^ "Caroline Dhavernas sera la voix du REM" [Caroline Dhavernas becomes the REM's voice]. La Presse (in French). November 25, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ "Maxime Le Flaguais au coeur d'un malaise important aux Échangistes" [Maxime Le Flaguais in the midst of significant discomfort in Swingers]. Showbizz.net (in French). August 31, 2016.
- ^ "Caroline Dhavernas a accouché!" [Caroline Dhavernas gives birth!]. enVedette (in French). September 13, 2018.
- ^ Dhavernas, Caroline (June 16, 2019). "Interview: Mary Kills People's Caroline Dhavernas" (Interview). Interviewed by Brief Take (published May 12, 2019).
External links
- Caroline Dhavernas at IMDb