Marie Gignac is a two-time Genie Award

Genie Award

Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...

–nominated actress. Gignac has been nominated twice in the category of Best Supporting Actress

Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

The 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...

 each for Le Confessional

Le Confessional

The Confessional is a 1994 mystery / drama film directed by Robert Lepage.The film is set in Quebec City, in two distinct time periods. In the present day, Pierre Lamontagne searches for his brother Marc to help unravel a family mystery...

 and La Vie secrète des gens heureux

La Vie secrète des gens heureux

-Plot:Thomas Dufresne is the black sheep of his bourgeois family. One day, he meets a free-spirited waitress named Audrey who changes his life...

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In 2011, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...

"for her contributions to the performing arts as an actress, director, playwright and artistic director of Québec’s Carrefour international de théâtre."

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