Geneviève Néron (born 24 July 1974) is a Québécoise actress and musician.

Biography

Career

After studying film and theatre at

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, Néron acted in low-profile stage plays and began to appear on television. She found a broader audience with appearances in the television series ''

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'', ''Tribu.com'' and ''

Les Invincibles ''Les Invincibles'' is a comedy/drama television series from Radio-Canada produced by Casablanca Productions and Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm. The story is about four men in their early thirties signing a pact ordaining the simultaneous break-up of ...

''. She made her breakthrough with programmes for youth, ' and ', receiving a

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in 2004. Between television appearances, Néron appeared in several films including '' Les Boys 3'', ''Soowitch'' and '' La Moitié gauche du frigo''. She was also in the cast of the mini-series ''

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''. Since 2005 Néron has been touring with her country-rock group, , of which she is the lead vocalist and bass guitarist. Their first album, ''Au nom du countr(i)'', was released in 2008. She wrote most of the songs for their second album, ''Génération Passe-Partout'', in support of which they toured France. Néron was part of the environmental project and documentary ''Vu du large II'' () which examined the health of the St Lawrence River. From 15 September 2007 she co-hosted with Christophe Rapin the travel-journalism competition series ''Rallye Müvmedia'' on

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. Néron was set to star in the film ''Hank est en ville'' which looked at two western singers trying to bring Hank Williams to Quebec in the 1950s.

Private life

Néron has a daughter named Marianne. Her younger sister, Gabrielle, is also an actress. Gabrielle appeared with Néron in ''Les Invincibles'' and managed Madame Moustache's first album tour.

Filmography

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'' (1996 TV series) – Agathe Sirois *''Karaoke'' (1999) – Genevieve *'' La Moitié gauche du frigo'' (2000) – Odile *''Soowitch'' (2001) – Karine *'' Les Boys 3'' (2001) – Chantal *''

'' (2002 TV miniseries) – Louise Duceppe *''Réal-IT'' (2002 TV series) – Manu *''Rumeurs'' (2004) – Chloe *''

'' (2005 TV series) – Kathleen Samson *''Les 7'' (2006 musical-comedy) – Jolie Julie *''Et Dieu créa... Laflaque'' (2006) – Voice of Laurence *''

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'' (2022) - Lucie

Discography with Madame Moustache

*''On behalf of the countr(i)'' (2008) *''Génération Passe-Partout'' (2009, various artists) *''Maison mobile'' (2012)

Tribute

A song called "Geneviève Néron" was written and performed by the Quebec pop punk band Le volume était au maximum, which recorded two versions for their album ''Filles de l'espace'' and a single in 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neron, Genevieve 1974 births Living people French Quebecers Actresses from Montreal French-language singers of Canada Singers from Montreal Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses 21st-century Canadian women singers