Élise Guilbault (born April 8, 1961) is a

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film and television

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. She won the Genie Award for

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for her role in the film ''

The Woman Who Drinks ''The Woman Who Drinks'' (french: La Femme qui boit) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2001. Written and directed by Bernard Émond, the film stars Élise Guilbault as a woman struggling with alcoholism. Synopsis The film's cast also include ...

(La Femme qui boit)'', and was a nominee for ''

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''. She also starred in several later films by ''The Woman Who Drinks'' director

Bernard Émond Bernard Émond (born 1951) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, novelist and essayist working in the French-language. He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the Inuit Broadcast ...

, also appearing in '' The Novena (La Neuvaine)'', '' The Legacy (La Donation)'' and '' A Place to Live (Pour vivre ici)''. Her television roles have included ''

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'', '' Le Coeur a ses raisons'', '' Annie et ses hommes'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' and ''

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'' (2019).

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* 1961 births Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Best Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners French Quebecers Living people Actresses from Quebec Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian stage actresses Best Actress Jutra and Iris Award winners 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses {{Canada-actor-stub