Marie Tifo
Encyclopedia
Marie Tifo is a Canadian actress, and a major star in French-speaking Canada. She won a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
for her performance in the 1980 drama film
Les Bons Débarras
.
She will star in La Déraison d'amour at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
in Montreal from 2–13 June 2009.
Tifo will play the beatified nun, Marie de l'Incarnation, in the play from a script written by filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond
for his film Folle de Dieu (Madwoman of God]]. This theatrical biography of Marie Guyard, a widowed mother who crossed the Atlantic to found the Ursuline
order of nuns, premiered last fall in Quebec City
as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations, then toured France
. Lafond's film, Folle de Dieu, also starred Tifo, and premiered in Quebec City in 2008.http://www.montrealgazette.com/Ramping+production/1161815/story.html
Tifo is married to actor and politician Pierre Curzi
, now the Parti Québécois
critic for culture, communications and language.
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
The Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian actress.-1st Genie Awards:* Kate Lynch, Meatballs* Louise Portal, Cordélia...
for her performance in the 1980 drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
Les Bons Débarras
Les bons débarras
Good Riddance is a 1980 French-language Canadian drama film. Directed by Francis Mankiewicz and written by Réjean Ducharme, the film concerns Manon , a rebellious young girl who lives with her mother Michelle and her alcoholic uncle Ti-Guy .-Cast:* Charlotte Laurier - Manon* Marie Tifo -...
.
She will star in La Déraison d'amour at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
The Théâtre du Nouveau Monde is a theatre company and venue located on rue Sainte-Catherine in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in , it launched with the classic play L'Avare by Molière....
in Montreal from 2–13 June 2009.
Tifo will play the beatified nun, Marie de l'Incarnation, in the play from a script written by filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond
Jean-Daniel Lafond
Jean-Daniel Lafond CC is a French-born Canadian filmmaker, and the husband to the former Governor General Michaëlle Jean, making him the Viceregal Consort of Canada during her service.-Biography:...
for his film Folle de Dieu (Madwoman of God]]. This theatrical biography of Marie Guyard, a widowed mother who crossed the Atlantic to found the Ursuline
Ursulines
The Ursulines are a Roman Catholic religious order for women founded at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Angela de Merici in November 1535, primarily for the education of girls and the care of the sick and needy. Their patron saint is Saint Ursula.-History:St Angela de Merici spent 17 years leading a...
order of nuns, premiered last fall in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations, then toured France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Lafond's film, Folle de Dieu, also starred Tifo, and premiered in Quebec City in 2008.http://www.montrealgazette.com/Ramping+production/1161815/story.html
Tifo is married to actor and politician Pierre Curzi
Pierre Curzi
Pierre Curzi is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec, Canada. He is the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Borduas in the Montérégie region south of Montreal...
, now the Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
critic for culture, communications and language.
Recognition
- 1994 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Les Pots cassés - Nominated
- 1987 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Pouvoir intimePouvoir intimePouvoir intime is a 1986 Canadian thriller film.- Plot :A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy figure, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armoured truck...
- Nominated - 1987 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting RoleGenie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting RoleThe Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best supporting Canadian actress.-1st Genie Awards:* Geneviève Bujold, Murder by Decree...
- Les Fous de Bassan - Nominated - 1984 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Lucien BrouillardLucien BrouillardLucien Brouillard is a 1983 French Canadian film of the drama genre. It was directed by Bruno Carrière and shot in Montreal. The film was nominated for many Genie Awards in 1984.-Plot:...
- Nominated - 1984 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Rien qu'un jeux - Nominated
- 1981 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Les Bons Débarras - Won