Marie Tifo
- Actress
Marie Tifo (French pronunciation: [maʁi tifo]; born September 26, 1949, in Jonquière, Quebec)[1] 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 Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras).[2]
She played the recurring role of Mathilde Garland in the TVA series Les Sœurs Elliot.[3]
Tifo starred in La Déraison d'amour at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal from 2–13 June 2009, portraying beatified nun Marie de l'Incarnation.[4] This stage biography of Marie Guyard, a widowed mother who crossed the Atlantic to establish the Ursuline order of nuns, had premiered that past fall in Quebec City as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations, then toured France.[5] The script was written by filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond for his film Folle de Dieu (Madwoman of God) which also starred Tifo, and premiered in Quebec City in 2008.[5]
Family
Tifo is married to actor and politician Pierre Curzi,[6] with whom she costarred in the films Red Eyes (Les Yeux rouges), Lucien Brouillard, Le jour S... and Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime).
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 - Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) - Nominated
- 1987 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan) - Nominated
- 1984 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Lucien Brouillard - Nominated
- 1984 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) - Nominated
- 1981 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) - Won
- Prix Denise-Pelletier, 2023[7]
References
- ^ "Marie Tifo". Northernstars.ca.
- ^ Lacey, Liam (November 30, 2007). "A masterpiece? Maybe not, but it's a fine". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Les Soeurs Elliot". QuiJoueQui? (in French).
- ^ Donnelly, Pat (June 4, 2009). "Screening of Folle de Dieu with director Jean-Daniel Lafond at TNM". Montreal Gazette.
- ^ a b Donnelly, Pat (June 12, 2009). "For the love of God, she knows it". Montreal Gazette.
- ^ Perrin, Catherine (September 5, 2017). "Marie Tifo et Pierre Curzi : des planches à la politique". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French).
- ^ Jean Siag, "Québec dévoile les lauréats des Prix du Québec". La Presse, October 26, 2023.
External links
- Marie Tifo at AllMovie
- Marie Tifo at IMDb
- Watch Madwoman of God at NFB.ca
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- Gerard Parkes (1968)
- No award (1969)
- Doug McGrath and Paul Bradley (1970)
- Jean Duceppe (1971)
- Gordon Pinsent (1972)
- Jacques Godin (1973)
- No award (1974)
- Stuart Gillard (1975)
- André Melançon (1976)
- Len Cariou (1977)
- Richard Gabourie (1978)
- Christopher Plummer (1980)
- Thomas Peacocke (1981)
- Nick Mancuso (1982)
- Donald Sutherland (1983)
- Eric Fryer (1984)
- Gabriel Arcand (1985)
- John Wildman (1986)
- Gordon Pinsent (1987)
- Roger Lebel (1988)
- Jeremy Irons (1989)
- Lothaire Bluteau (1990)
- Rémy Girard (1991)
- Tony Nardi (1992)
- Tom McCamus (1993)
- Maury Chaykin (1994)
- David La Haye (1995)
- William Hutt (1996)
- Ian Holm (1997)
- Roshan Seth (1998)
- Bob Hoskins (1999)
- Tony Nardi (2000)
- Brendan Fletcher (2001)
- Luc Picard (2002)
- Rémy Girard (2003)
- Roy Dupuis (2004)
- Michel Côté (2005)
- Roy Dupuis (2006)
- Gordon Pinsent (2007)
- Natar Ungalaaq (2008)
- Joshua Jackson (2009)
- Paul Giamatti (2010)
- Mohamed Fellag (2011)
- James Cromwell (2012)
- Gabriel Arcand (2013)
- Antoine Olivier Pilon (2014)
- Jacob Tremblay (2015)
- Stephan James (2016)
- Nabil Rajo (2017)
- Théodore Pellerin (2018)
- Mark O'Brien (2019)
- Michael Greyeyes (2020)
- Liam Diaz (2021)
- Geneviève Bujold (1968)
- No award (1969)
- Geneviève Bujold (1970)
- Ann Knox (1971)
- Micheline Lanctôt (1972)
- Geneviève Bujold (1973)
- No award (1974)
- Margot Kidder (1975)
- Marilyn Lightstone (1976)
- Monique Mercure (1977)
- Helen Shaver (1978)
- Kate Lynch (1980)
- Marie Tifo (1981)
- Margot Kidder (1982)
- Rae Dawn Chong (1983)
- Martha Henry (1984)
- Louise Marleau (1985)
- Margaret Langrick (1986)
- Martha Henry (1987)
- Sheila McCarthy (1988)
- Jackie Burroughs (1989)
- Rebecca Jenkins (1990)
- Pascale Montpetit (1991)
- Janet Wright (1992)
- Sheila McCarthy (1993)
- Sandra Oh (1994)
- Helena Bonham Carter (1995)
- Martha Henry (1996)
- Molly Parker (1997)
- Sandra Oh (1998)
- Sylvie Moreau (1999)
- Marie-Josée Croze (2000)
- Élise Guilbault (2001)
- Arsinée Khanjian (2002)
- Sarah Polley (2003)
- Pascale Bussières (2004)
- Seema Biswas (2005)
- Julie Le Breton (2006)
- Julie Christie (2007)
- Ellen Burstyn (2008)
- Karine Vanasse (2009)
- Lubna Azabal (2010)
- Vanessa Paradis (2011)
- Rachel Mwanza (2012)
- Gabrielle Marion-Rivard (2013)
- Anne Dorval (2014)
- Brie Larson (2015)
- Tatiana Maslany (2016)
- Sally Hawkins (2017)
- Émilie Bierre (2018)
- Nahéma Ricci (2019)
- Michelle Pfeiffer (2020)
- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (2021)
(2022–present)
- Lamar Johnson (2022)
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.