Florence Blain Mbaye, sometimes credited as Florence Blain, is a
Canadian
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actress
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,
singer and
dancer
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. She is most noted for her role in the 2013 film ''
Another House
''Another House'' (french: L'autre maison) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Mathieu Roy and released in 2013. The film stars Roy Dupuis and Émile Proulx-Cloutier as Gabriel and Éric Bernard, estranged brothers struggling to cope with their ...
(L'autre maison)'', for which she garnered a
Canadian Screen Award
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nomination for
Best Supporting Actress at the
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
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(Il n'y a pas de faux métier)'', ''
Bungalow
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The first house in England that was classified as a b ...
'', ''
This House (Cette maison)'', ''
Invincible'' and ''
Making Babies (Faire un enfant)''. She has also had roles in television and theatre,
, agency profile at Agence artistique Karine Lapierre. and is an oboist and singer who has performed with the UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra, the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España,
Les Violons du Roy
Les Violons du Roy is a French-Canadian chamber orchestra based in Quebec City, Quebec. The orchestra's principal venue is the Palais Montcalm in Québec City. The orchestra also performs concerts in Montréal at the Place des Arts, the Montreal ...
, the Metropolitan Orchestra of Montreal,
Philippe B
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Biography
Born Philippe Bergeron in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada, Philippe B is the former lead vocalist for Gwenwed. He was also a session guitarist for Pierre Lapointe on his e ...
and
Avec pas d'casque
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, among others.
She was one of the narrators of the 2021 animated documentary film ''
Archipelago
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(Archipel)''.
She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for
Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama at the
12th Canadian Screen Awards
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in 2024, for ''Making Babies''.
"BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations"
''Northern Stars'', March 6, 2024.
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Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
Canadian stage actresses
Canadian oboists
Black Canadian actresses
Black Canadian musicians
Actresses from Quebec
Musicians from Quebec
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian people of Ghanaian descent
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