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playwright and screenwriter from
Quebec
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.
A graduate of the
National Theatre School of Canada
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, she won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2006 for her theatrical play ''Voiture américaine''. Her subsequent plays have included ''Opium_37'' (2010), ''Princesses'' (2011), ''J'ai perdu mon mari'' (2015), ''Filles en liberté'' (2017) and ''Baby-sitter'' (2017).
She wrote for the television series ''Au secours de Béatrice'', ''Marche à l'ombre'' and ''Les invisibles'', and wrote the screenplays for the films '' The Little Queen (La petite reine)'' and ''
Slut in a Good Way
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Le Devoir
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'', February 24, 2018. She won the
Canadian Screen Award
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for
Best Original Screenplay
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La Presse
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' was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a newspaper of record in Canada. Its Sunday edi ...
'', March 31, 2019.
She wrote the screenplays for ''
Babysitter
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'',
Monia Chokri
Monia Chokri (born 27 June 1982) is a Canadian actress and filmmaker.
Life and career
Born in Quebec City in 1982, Chokri began her acting career after she completed her studies at Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal in 2005. Her mother i ...
's 2022 film adaptation of Léger's theatrical play of the same name, and ''
Two Women
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Two Women in Gold
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Plot
Fernande Turcot and Violette Lamoureux are two housewive ...