Sophie Desmarais

Sophie Desmarais
Born (1986-07-24) July 24, 1986 (age 38)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor

Sophie Desmarais (born July 24, 1986 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role in the 2013 film Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course), written and directed by Chloé Robichaud.[1]

Career

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Desmarais began her career with a small roles in John Duigan's Head in the Clouds in 2004.

In 2010 she had a small role in Heartbeats, directed by Xavier Dolan, followed by Benoît Pilon's Trash (Décharge) in 2011.

In 2013 she played the lead role in Sarah Prefers to Run which went on to play in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The following year, she appeared in Julie Hivon's film What Are We Doing Here? (Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ici ?).[3]

Awards

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For Sarah Prefers to Run, she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013.[4]

She was named a Rising Star at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

She has been a two-time Jutra Award and Prix Iris nominee for Best Supporting Actress, receiving nods at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014 for The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement)[6] and at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021 for Vacarme.[7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Head in the Clouds Élodie
2008 Barbe et charisme Joannie
Honey, I'm in Love (Le Grand départ) Myriam
Sans titre (La jeune fille au matelas) Captive
Victoria Suzanna
2009 Heat Wave (Les Grandes chaleurs) Naomie
Polytechnique Female student, 3rd floor corridor
2010 Curling Isabelle
L'Épitaphe Patricia
Exit 67 (Sortie 67) Lola
Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) Rockabill
Nature morte Maryline
Vodka canneberge Marilyn
2011 Funkytown Kiki
Trash (Décharge) Eve
2012 For Shakespeare with Love (Pour le meilleur et pour Shakespeare) Juliette
Wintergreen (Paparmane) Camille
2013 The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement) Frédérique Gagnon
Hunting the Northern Godard (La Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi) Marie
Je ne suis pas un grand acteur Florence
Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course) Sarah
La tête en bas
2014 Gurov and Anna Mercedes
Henri Henri Hélène Guérin
Un parallèle plus tard Eve
La trilogie du canard (Élise, Gédéon, Sofia) Mia
What Are We Doing Here? (Qu’est-ce qu’on fait ici ?) Lily
2015 The Forbidden Room Jane Lanyon
2018 My Boy (Mon Boy) Marilyn
To Live Here (Pour vivre ici) Sylvie
La Version nouvelle
2019 Be Yourself Noémie
2020 Don't Read This on a Plane Jovana Fey
Pink Lake Sophie
Vacarme Karine
2022 Nut Jobs (Les pas d'allure) Angie
The Switch (La Switch) Julie
2023 Days of Happiness (Les Jours heureux) Emma
2024 Who by Fire Émilie Premiere at 74th Berlin International Film Festival[8]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Stan et ses stars Véro-Nat
2009 Un tueur si proche Friend of Jeremy One episode
La galère Chanel Five episodes
2010 Dakodak Laura Valiquette Six episodes
2011-15 Yamaska Suzie Castonguay 18 episodes
2015-16 Mon ex à moi Amélie Boutet 32 episodes
2016 Prémonitions Liliane Jacob 10 episodes
2016-17 L'Imposteur Gaïa Maheux 18 episodes
2018-19 District 31 Charlène Baribeau 28 episodes
2018-20 Can You Hear Me (M'entends-tu?) Amélie 10 episodes
2018-20 En tout cas Sophie 27 episodes
2020 Happily Married (C'est comme ça que je t'aime) Marie-Josée Bolduc 20 episodes
2022 Pour toi Flora Sister Émilie Five episodes

References

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  1. ^ Chloé Robichaud is heading to Cannes with Sarah préfère la course - Concordia grad lives the dream By T'Cha Dunlevy, GAZETTE Film Critic 18 April 2013
  2. ^ http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/tag/sarah-prefere-la-course Cannes 2013 Review: ‘Sarah Prefers to Run’ Cannes Film Festival By Shaun Munro on 22 May 2013
  3. ^ Brendan Kelly, "Review: Qu’est-ce qu’on fait ici?". Montreal Gazette, September 25, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Dirties cleans up in Vancouver; Film critics give top prizes to Matt Johnson, 12 Years a Slave". Edmonton Journal, January 9, 2014.
  5. ^ Parker, Odessa Paloma (4 September 2014). "TIFF Rising Star Sophie Desmarais on stylists, red carpets and Canadian design". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  6. ^ Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir, March 23, 2014.
  7. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021.
  8. ^ Economou, Vassilis (18 January 2024). "Berlin unveils the entirety of its Generation line-up". Cineuropa. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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