''Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin'' (''The Highs and Lows of Sophie Paquin'') is a Canadian television

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series, which premiered on Radio-Canada in 2006. The show stars

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 ...

as Sophie Paquin, a single mother and businesswoman who operates her own

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. The cast also includes Éric Bernier,

Élise Guilbault Élise Guilbault (born April 8, 1961) is a Canadian film and television actress. She won the Genie Award for Best Actress for her role in the film ''The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)'', and was a nominee for ''Cap Tourmente''. She also sta ...

, Jean-Nicolas Verreault,

Pauline Martin Pauline Martin (born April 19, 1952) is a Canadian film actress and television personality known for appearing in the 1989 film ''Jesus of Montreal''. She was born in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, with her family moving to Chicoutimi in 1956. In 1976, ...

Isabelle Vincent Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew '' Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popu ...

, Christiane Pasquier,

Catherine De Léan Catherine De Léan (born April 27, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She has been nominated for a 2012 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in the film '' Nuit #1''. She has appeared in other films and televisio ...

Danny Blanco Hall Danny is a masculine given name. It is related to the male name Daniel. It may refer to: People * Danny Altmann, British immunologist * Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer *Danny Baker (born 1957), English journal ...

François Létourneau François Létourneau (born 1974 in Sainte-Foy, Quebec) is a Canadian actor and writer, best known as co-creator and star of the television series '' Les Invincibles'', ''Série noire'' and '' Happily Married (C'est comme ça que je t'aime)''. ...

and

Anthony Lemke Roger Anthony Lemke (born October 7, 1970) is a Canadian television and film actor, best known for portraying Three (Marcus Boone / Titch) on Syfy's science-fiction drama ''Dark Matter.'' In French Canada, Lemke is best known for playing David R ...

. The show was created by

Richard Blaimert Richard Blaimert is the stage name and pen name of Richard Tremblay

and its

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Jocelyn Deschênes Jocelyn is a surname and first name. It is a unisex (male/female) name. Variants include Jocelin, Jocelyne, Jocelynn, Jocelynne, Joscelin, Josceline, Joscelyn, Joscelynn, Joscelynne, Joseline, Joselyn, Joselyne, Joslin, Joslyn, Josselin, Josselyn, ...

. In 2008,

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began airing an English-language adaptation, '' Sophie'', which was also created by Blaimert and produced by Deschênes.

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