Catherine Léger (born 1980) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter from Quebec. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, she won the

Prix Gratien-Gélinas The Prix Gratien-Gélinas, originally known as Prime à la création du Fonds Gratien-Gélinas, is a Canadian theatre prize awarded for an original script with the aim of helping bring it to the stage. It was first awarded in 1994. It is presented b ...

in 2006 for her theatrical play ''Voiture américaine''. Her subsequent plays have included ''Opium_37'' (2010), ''Princesses'' (2011), ''J'ai perdu mon mari'' (2015), ''Filles en liberté'' (2017) and ''Baby-sitter'' (2017). She wrote for the television series ''Au secours de Béatrice'', ''Marche à l'ombre'' and ''Les invisibles'', and wrote the screenplays for the films '' The Little Queen (La petite reine)'' and '' Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun)''."«Charlotte a du fun» donne la parole à une ingénue libertine"
'' Le Devoir'', February 24, 2018. She won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for ''Slut in a Good Way''."Cinq prix Écrans canadiens à La grande noirceur"
'' La Presse'', March 31, 2019. She wrote the screenplay for '' Babysitter'', Monia Chokri's 2022 film adaptation of Léger's theatrical play of the same name.

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* 1980 births 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Canadian women screenwriters Canadian television writers Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French Canadian screenwriters in French Screenwriters from Quebec National Theatre School of Canada alumni Living people Best Screenplay Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian women television writers {{Quebec-writer-stub