Isabelle Cyr is a Canadian actress and singer from

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. She is most noted for her performance as the title character in the 1996 film ''

Karmina Karmina is an American indie pop music duo of sister singer-songwriters Kelly Adams (Rudisill) (lead vocals, harmonies, keyboards) and Kamille Rudisill (lead vocals, harmonies, guitars). Their name is derived from ''carmina'', which means “song� ...

'', for which she received a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 1997. Cyr first became widely known for her ongoing role in the television drama series ''

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''. Her other credits have included roles in the films ''

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'', '' Nelligan'', ''Karmina 2'', '' Savage Messiah (Moïse, l’affaire Roch Thériault)'', ''

Love and Magnets ''Love and Magnets'' (french: Les Aimants) is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Yves P. Pelletier and released in 2004. The film's original French title is a pun on its themes, as the word "aimant" means magnet when used as a noun, but ...

(Les Aimants)'', ''

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'', ''

My Aunt Aline ''My Aunt Aline'' (french: Ma tante Aline) is a 2007 Canadian comedy film directed by Gabriel Pelletier. Plot Geneviève Saint-Louis ( Sylvie Léonard) is a successful career woman who does nothing but work. One day, her aunt Aline (Béatrice Pica ...

(Ma tante Aline)'' and '' Fear of Water (La peur de l'eau)'', and the television series ''Ramdam'', ''Rumeurs'', ''Nos étés'', ''30 vies'' and ''Conséquences''. As a singer, she released her self-titled debut album in 2008 on Les Disques Spectra. She followed up in 2011 with ''Pays d'abondance'', an album recorded as a duo with her husband Yves Marchand, and in 2019 with ''Brûle sur mes lèvres''. She is the sister of actress

Myriam Cyr Myriam Cyr is a Canadian actress and writer. As an actress she is best known for her roles as Claire Clairmont in the 1986 horror film ''Gothic'' and Ultra Violet in the 1996 biopic '' I Shot Andy Warhol''. In 2006 she published the non-fiction ...

.Normand Provencher, "'Le Secret de Jérôme': le premier film de fiction de l'Acadien Phil Comeau". ''

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'', September 23, 1994.

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