Laurence Charlotte Leboeuf (born December 13, 1985) is a Canadian actress.
Biography
Leboeuf was born on December 13, 1985 in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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. She went to École Notre-Dame-de-Grâce for elementary and later on, she went to Villa Maria for high school.
She made her acting debut as Évelyne Boivin in the
French Canadian
French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadiens), refers to either an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to Fren ...
television series ''
Virginie
''Virginie'' was a French-language Canadian television series that aired Monday through Thursday on Radio-Canada (the French-language CBC television network). It debuted in 1996. The show examined the public and private lives of teachers, stud ...
''. Later, she played Louise Lavigueur in the Quebec television series ''Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire'', and more recently as Apple in '' Turbo Kid''.
She won the
Prix Jutra
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
10th Jutra Awards The 10th Jutra Awards were held on March 9, 2008 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2007.
, and 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 ...
My Daughter, My Angel
''My Daughter, My Angel'' (french: Ma fille mon ange) is a 2007 Canadian French language thriller film, directed by Alexis Durand-Brault and starring Michel Côté and Karine Vanasse.
Plot
Germain Dagenais, a former solicitor (Côté), discov ...
(Ma fille mon ange)''. She has also received
Canadian Screen Award
The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) p ...
nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for '' 19-2'' at the
Québec Cinéma
Québec Cinéma is a Canadian organization based in Quebec, whose mission is to promote and develop the Cinema of Quebec.
The organization's programs include the Prix Iris, the annual film awards for Quebec films; the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, ...
nominations for
Best Actress
Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...
at the
17th Jutra Awards The 17th Jutra Awards were held on March 15, 2015 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2014.The Little Queen
''The Little Queen'' (french: La Petite Reine) is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by Alexis Durand-Brault and released in 2014.T'cha Dunlevy, "Behind the shame; La petite reine is inspired by Quebec cyclist Genevieve Jeanson, who admitted ta ...
CP24
CP24 is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by Bell Media, a subsidiary of BCE Inc. and operated alongside the Bell-owned CTV Television Network's owned-and-operated television stations CFTO-DT (CTV Toronto) and CKVR-DT ( ...