Danielle Proulx (born October 12, 1952 in Montreal, Quebec) is a

French Canadian French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadiens), refers to either an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to Fren ...

actress. She is a two-time

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

winner for Best Supporting Actress, for her roles in '' Love Crazy (Amoureux fou)'' in 1991 and ''

C.R.A.Z.Y. ''C.R.A.Z.Y.'' is a 2005 Canadian coming-of-age drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and co-written by Vallée and François Boulay. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia while growing up with four brothers and h ...

'' in 2005. In 2019, she played the regular role of Grand-Mère in a revival of the influential children's series ''

Passe-Partout ''Passe-Partout'' (; ) was a Quebec French-language children's television program produced by Radio-Québec (later Télé-Québec) that was originally in production from 1977 to 1993, and was revived in 2019 with a new cast. It aired on Radio ...

''."Passe-Partout de retour le 25 février"
''

Le Journal de Montréal ''Le Journal de Montréal'' is a daily French-language tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Quebec and is also the largest French-language daily newspaper in North America. ...

'', December 3, 2018. She was married to Raymond Cloutier. Her son,

Émile Proulx-Cloutier Émile Proulx-Cloutier (born 1983) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is most noted for his performance in the film '' We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres)'', for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the ...

, is also an actor, as is her niece,

Catherine Proulx-Lemay Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ...

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* 1952 births Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses French Quebecers Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Living people Actresses from Montreal Best Supporting Actress Jutra and Iris Award winners {{Canada-screen-actor-stub