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''Cover Girl'' is a Canadian French language television
sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ...
, which aired on Radio-Canada in 2005."Cover Girl is no reality show". ''
Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of t ...
'', January 8, 2005.
Created and written by
Richard Blaimert Richard Blaimert is the stage name and pen name of Richard Tremblay
, the series revolved around three
drag queen A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have usually been gay men, and part of ...
s sharing ownership of Cover Girl, a gay nightclub and drag cabaret in downtown
Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
. The series premiered in the winter of the 2004-05 television season, and was renewed for a second season which aired in fall 2005, for a total of 26 episodes. One of Quebec's most noted drag queens,
Mado Lamotte Mado Lamotte is the stage name of Luc Provost, a Canadian drag queen, author, singer and gay community personality, most noted as the owner of the Cabaret Mado drag club in Montreal, Quebec. Career Provost, who studied theatre at the Université ...
, criticized the show as unrealistic. The series garnered several Gemeaux Award nominations in 2006, including Best Comedy Series and nods for René Richard Cyr and Vincent Bolduc as Best Actor in a Comedy Series."A fine list of Gemeaux nominees". ''
Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of t ...
'', October 20, 2006.


Cast

* René Richard Cyr - Mathieu Picard/Veronica Sinclair *
Vincent Bolduc Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...
- Justin Pearson-Faucher-Brodeur/Joujou Velcro * Frédéric Pierre - Newton da Costa/Lana Brown *
Gilles Renaud Gilles Renaud (born 25 September 1944) is a Canadian actor who has starred in cinema and television in Quebec. In 1983, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor for the film '' A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi)''. He is also a ...
- Cherry Sundae *
Suzanne Clément Suzanne Clément (born 12 May 1969) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her work in Xavier Dolan's arthouse films ''I Killed My Mother'' (2009), '' Laurence Anyways'' (2012), and '' Mommy'' (2014). With Emilie DeQuenne, she shared the Un Ce ...
- Camille Langlois *
Stéphane Demers Stéphane Demers (born 1966) is a Canadian actor best known for having portrayed Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the television mini-series '' Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making''. He also appeared in the television series ''Trauma'', ...
- David * Anne-Marie Cadieux - Brenda Lepine *
Patrick Huard Patrick Huard (born January 2, 1969) is a Quebec-born Canadian actor, writer and comedian. Career Patrick Huard broke into the Quebec show business scene in 1989 as a comedian, actor and television personality. A hard-working multifaceted talen ...
- Norma Champaine


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* Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming 2005 Canadian television series debuts 2005 Canadian television series endings 2000s Canadian LGBT-related comedy television series Television shows set in Montreal 2000s Canadian sitcoms 2000s LGBT-related sitcoms Drag (entertainment) television shows Canadian LGBT-related sitcoms Television shows set in nightclubs {{LGBT-tv-prog-stub