Karine Vanasse

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Karine Vanasse
Born (1983-11-24) 24 November 1983 (age 40)
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present
Known for
Children1

Karine Vanasse (/kərin vənæs/, French: [kaʁin vanas]; born 24 November 1983) is a French-Canadian actress, who had roles in the films Polytechnique, Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché), Switch and Set Me Free (Emporte-moi). Internationally she is best known for her roles as Colette Valois in Pan Am, Margaux LeMarchal in Revenge and Lise Delorme in Cardinal.

Life and career

Vanasse was born in Drummondville, Quebec, the daughter of Conrad Vanasse, a council worker, and Renée (née Gamache), who was her manager at the beginning of her career. At the age of nine, Vanasse expressed her desire to sing or to act and she fulfilled that wish when she appeared in the teen show Club des 100 watts after winning a "lip sync" competition. It was then, with the help of her mother, that Vanasse began to audition for, and take part in, TV commercials and to play minor and supporting roles in various French Canadian TV movies.

In 1998, the production company now known as Motion International asked Vanasse to co-host a Québec-based children's science show, Les Débrouillards. Producer

Jutra Award. [citation needed][1]

Vanasse then played Lucie (the teenage love interest of Benoit Langlais's main character, Zac) in the controversial Québec TV series

Ma fille, mon ange, and the Canadian/American/British mini-series Killer Wave
.

In 2009, Vanasse was a producer and a cast member of the film

Best Actress for her performance.[4]

In 2011, Vanasse was cast as the

stewardess, Colette Valois, in the American-produced television series Pan Am, which was later cancelled after one season.[5]

From January to April 2013, Vanasse was cast on the Quebec television series 30 Vies.

En solitaire
.

From 2017 to 2020, Vanasse starred in the television series Cardinal, as detective Lise Delorme. It was the first time she had played a Québécoise character on English-language TV, rather than a character from France.[8] At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards she won the award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Program or Limited Series.[9]

Personal life

She was in a relationship with

Remstar CEO Maxime Rémillard from 2006 to 2014.[10]

On 21 April 2018, Vanasse announced via Instagram that she had given birth to her first child, a boy, with her now ex-boyfriend Hugues Harvey.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) Hanna
2001 Games of the Heart Alice
2002 Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) Donalda Laloge
2004 Head in the Clouds Lisette
2006 Without Her (Sans elle) Camille
2007 My Daughter, My Angel (Ma fille, mon ange) Nathalie Dagenais
2009 Polytechnique Valérie
2010 The Child Prodigy (L'Enfant prodige) Camillette Mathieu
2010 Rhonda's Party Amy Short film
2011 Angle mort Stephanie
2011 Midnight in Paris Belle Époque Couple
2011 Switch Sophie Malaterre
2011 I'm Yours Daphne
2011 French Immersion Julie Tremblay
2013 Scarlet Narrator Short film
2013 Turning Tide Mag Embling
2013 All the Wrong Reasons Kate Ascher
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past French Emergency Nurse
2015 Buddha's Little Finger Anna
2015 The Forbidden Room Florence Labadie
2015 Paul à Québec Nathalie Rouleau Also producer
2017 Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2) Alice
2017 Worst Case, We Get Married (Et au pire, on se mariera) Isabelle Saint-Pierre
2017 Trench 11 Veronique
2021 Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) Morgäa English and French versions
2022 Family Game (Arsenault et fils) Émilie
2022 Bones of Crows Sister Ruth
2023 Ru

Television

Year

Title Role Notes
1999 2 frères Lucie Chaput TV series
2001 Mon meilleur ennemi Franny Anderson TV series
2006 Un homme mort Kim Blanchard TV series
2006 October 1970 Christine TV miniseries
2006 Marie-Antoinette Marie Antoinette TV film
2008 Fred's Head Fabienne Lajoie (voice) French version
2011 Trauma Fannie Comtois Episode: "Plaisir et douleur"
2011 Killer Wave Sophie Marleau TV miniseries
2011–2012 Pan Am Colette Valois Main role (14 episodes)
2012 Scruples Valentine O'Neill TV film
2013–2015 Revenge Margaux LeMarchal Recurring role (season 3)
Series regular (season 4)
2016–2018 Blue Moon Justine Laurier Main role
2017–2020 Cardinal Lise Delorme Main role
2019 God Friended Me Audrey Grenelle Recurring, season 2
2023 Hidden Assets Frances Swann Main role, season 2
2023 Plan B Evelyn Landry
2023
The Traitors Canada
 		Herself Host
2024 Les Traîtres Herself Host. It is a separate series from The Traitors Canada. The main difference between The Traitors Canada and Les Traîtres is that in Les Traîtres the contestants speak French.

References

  1. S2CID 192963865
    .
  2. ^ Lupick, Travis (16 March 2009). "Polytechnique an intense journey for Karine Vanasse". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  3. ^ Wilner, Norman (17 March 2009). "Q&A: Karine Vanasse". NOW. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  4. ^ Howell, Peter (12 April 2010). "Polytechnique sweeps Genie Awards". Toronto Star.
  5. ^ Harnick, Chris (20 June 2012). "'Pan Am' Canceled: ABC Series Officially Grounded". HuffPost. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  6. ^ Dumas, Hugo (22 November 2012). "Karine Vanasse atterrit dans 30 vies". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Karine Vanasse To Guest On 'Revenge'". Deadline Hollywood. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  8. ^ Kelly, Brendan (11 January 2017). "Karine Vanasse investigates new terrain in CTV's Cardinal". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards kick off with comedy sketch and brisk, hostless format". CityNews. 31 March 2019.
  10. ^ Chevalier, Manon (17 December 2010). "Rencontre avec Karine Vanasse". Elle Quebec (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Karine Vanasse a donnée naissance à son enfant". HuffPost (in French). 2 April 2018.

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