Catherine Brunet (born 30 October 1990 in
Terrebonne,
Quebec) is a Canadian actress. Her breakout role was in the television series ''Le monde de Charlotte''
(1999–2006).
Aside from the title role in ''Le monde de Charlotte'', her extensive list of lead roles includes ''Ramdam'' (2004–2008), ''Légitime dépense'' (2009–2011), and ''Marche à l'ombre'' (2015–2016). She played Catherine in ''Le Chalet'' (2015–2018).
Brunet does extensive dubbing for the French releases of films in Quebec. Her first major dubbing role was as
the title character in
Matilda and she has dubbed
Miley Cyrus,
Emilia Clarke
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,
Jennifer Lawrence
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,
(the
''Harry Potter'' film series),
(''
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children''),
(''
Star Wars: The Force Awakens''),
(''
Suicide Squad''),
and
Emma Stone
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.
She has expressed intent to continue to dub even as her on-screen career increases.
She is a spokesperson for GRIS Montréal (Groupe de Recherche et d'Intervention Sociale),
a group that runs high school programs to educate and bring awareness about issues of sexual orientation and gender identity, a result of her active promotion of
LGBT rights, including on social media.
She is also a spokesperson for ANEB Québec, a group that offers programming related to eating disorders. In the media, she has talked about her body image, suggesting she was more comfortable in front of the camera than at school, where people would taunt her as "grosse" ("fat") and "naine" ("dwarf").
She was a spokesperson for
UNICEF Quebec from 2000–2003, and ambassador from 2003–2008.
She has known director
Xavier Dolan since age 12, working together on-screen and in dubbing, and was with him when he came out to his parents.
She has appeared as an extra in his films ''
Mommy'' and ''
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
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''.
She is in a relationship with actor Antoine Pilon.
"Catherine Brunet: une touchante déclaration d'amour à Antoine Pilon"
Noovo, March 22, 2022.
References
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1990 births
Activists from Quebec
Actresses from Quebec
Canadian child actresses
Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
French Quebecers
People from Terrebonne, Quebec
21st-century Canadian actresses
Living people
Canadian LGBT rights activists