Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay au Verre Bouteille

Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay (born July 27, 1990, in

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), formerly credited as Gabrielle Tremblay, is a

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actress and writer, who received a

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nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the

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for her performance as Klas Batalo in the 2016 film '' Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau)''. She came out as

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in 2012. She was the first transgender woman ever nominated for an acting award at the Canadian Screen Awards or their predecessor

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. ''Those Who Make Revolution'' was her first feature film role, although she previously appeared in short films and documentaries. Her poetry collection ''Le ventre des volcans'' was published by Les Éditions de l'étoile de mer in 2015. In 2021 she published the autobiographical novel ''La fille d'elle-même''. ''Dandelion Daughter'', an English translation of the novel by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, was published by Esplanade Books in 2023,"Dandelion Daughter by Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay"

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, February 6, 2023. and was a finalist for the

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for LGBT literature in 2024.

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