Marie-Christine Lê-Huu is a

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actress and playwright from

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. She is most noted for her stage play ''Jouliks'', which was a shortlisted nominee for the

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at the

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and was adapted into a

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by director

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in 2019.Éric Moreault
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'', October 25, 2019. Born and raised in

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as the daughter of a

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ese immigrant father and a Québécoise mother, she is a graduate of the

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. In addition to ''Jouliks'', her other theatrical plays have included ''Faust, pantin du diable'' (1995), ''Les Enrobantes'' (1998),Catherine Dubeau, "Du cabinet au cabaret : Freud et l'éclairante étrangeté de la marionnette". ''L'Annuaire théâtral: Revue québécoise d'études théâtrales''. Vol. 134 (2002). 10.7202/041492ar. ''Chambres'' (1999), ''Les Disparus, chroniques de la cruauté'' (2002), ''Imago'' (2004), ''Une forêt dans la tête'' (2007), ''Le Voyage'' (2009), ''Ma mère est un poisson rouge'' (2014) and ''Je cherche une maison qui vous ressemble'' (2018). As an actress she has been associated primarily with stage roles, although she has also performed in the television series ''Scoop'' (1995), ''4 et demi...'' (1995), ''Cornemuse'' (1999), ''Toc Toc Toc'' (2007) and ''Victor Lessard'' (2017), and the films ''

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'' (1996) and ''Les mots gelés'' (2009). She is currently an acting teacher at the

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