Dorothée Berryman (born April 28, 1948) is a Canadian actress and singer from
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
.
Career
Berryman appeared on stage while she was still a student at
Laval University
Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of:
People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxemb ...
. Active since 1971, she pursued a career in musical theatre and television as a character actress and singer. She began to appear in films in the mid-1970s, her first significant role being the wife of the philandering husband played by
Rémy Girard
Rémy Girard (born August 10, 1950) is a Canadian actor and former television host from Montreal, Quebec.
Acting career
Girard played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film ''The Barbarian In ...
in ''
The Decline of the American Empire
''The Decline of the American Empire'' (french: Le Déclin de l'empire Américain) is a 1986 Canadian sex comedy- drama film directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Pierre Curzi and Dorothée Berryman. The film follows a group of ...
(Le Déclin de l'empire américain)'', for which she received a
Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...
nomination. She appeared in ''
The Red Violin
''The Red Violin'' (french: Le Violon Rouge) is a 1998 drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang. It spans four centuries and five countries as it tells the story of a mysterious red-col ...
'', and reprised her character from ''Le Déclin'' in ''
The Barbarian Invasions
''The Barbarian Invasions'' (french: Les Invasions barbares) is a 2003 Canadian-French sex comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau and Marie-Josée Croze. The film is a sequel to Arca ...
Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations
''Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations'' (french: Crème glacée, chocolat et autres consolations) is a Canadian romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Julie Hivon and released in 2001. The film centres on Suzie (Isabelle Brouillette), an ...
(Crème glacée, chocolat et autres consolations)'', '' The Comeback (Cabotins)'', ''
French Immersion
French immersion is a form of bilingual education in which students who do not speak French as a first language will receive instruction in French. In most French-immersion schools, students will learn to speak French and learn most subjects s ...
Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Best Supporting Actress at the 13th Jutra Awards for ''The Comeback''.
Fluently bilingual in French and English, Berryman has appeared in American productions, including the role of
Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818July 16, 1882) served as First Lady of the United States from 1861 until the assassination of her husband, President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Mary Lincoln was a member of a large and wealthy, slave-owning ...
in the 2000 television movie, ''Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis''. Berryman is also a
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
singer who has released two albums on
La Tribu
La Tribu is a Canadian independent record label founded in 1999 in Quebec.
Noted artists
* Dorothée Berryman
*Robert Charlebois
* Les Cowboys Fringants
* Dee
* Dumas
* Louise Forestier
* Fred Fortin/Gros Mené
* Jorane
* Juste Robert (fr)
*Ka ...
and hosted jazz programming on the
Espace musique
Ici Musique (stylized as ICI Musique) is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (''Société Radio-Canada''). It is the French equivalent of the English CBC Music, al ...