Karine Vanasse (born 24 November 1983) is a Canadian actress, who had
roles in the films Polytechnique, Séraphin: Heart of Stone
(Séraphin: un homme et son péché), Switch and Set Me Free
(Emporte-moi). Internationally she is best known for her roles as
Colette Valois in Pan Am, Margaux LeMarchal in Revenge and Lise
Delorme in Cardinal.Vanasse was born in Drummondville, Quebec, the
daughter of Conrad Vanasse, a council worker, and Renée (née
Gamache), who was her manager at the beginning of her career. At the
age of nine, Vanasse expressed her desire to sing or to act and she
fulfilled that wish when she appeared in the teen show Club des 100
watts after winning a "lip sync" competition. It was then, with the
help of her mother, that Vanasse began to audition for, and take part
in, TV commercials and to play minor and supporting roles in various
French Canadian TV movies.In 1998, the production company now known as
Motion International asked Vanasse to co-host a Québec-based
children's science show, Les Débrouillards. Producer Lorraine Richard
and director Léa Pool spotted her there, and offered Vanasse her
first big break in the role of Hanna in Set Me Free (Emporte-moi)
(1999), a story of a teenager trying to find her identity in a
tormented family environment. The film was presented at forty
festivals, and shown in twenty countries. Her performance was highly
acclaimed both nationally and internationally and earned her the 2000
Best Actress Jutra Award.
roles in the films Polytechnique, Séraphin: Heart of Stone
(Séraphin: un homme et son péché), Switch and Set Me Free
(Emporte-moi). Internationally she is best known for her roles as
Colette Valois in Pan Am, Margaux LeMarchal in Revenge and Lise
Delorme in Cardinal.Vanasse was born in Drummondville, Quebec, the
daughter of Conrad Vanasse, a council worker, and Renée (née
Gamache), who was her manager at the beginning of her career. At the
age of nine, Vanasse expressed her desire to sing or to act and she
fulfilled that wish when she appeared in the teen show Club des 100
watts after winning a "lip sync" competition. It was then, with the
help of her mother, that Vanasse began to audition for, and take part
in, TV commercials and to play minor and supporting roles in various
French Canadian TV movies.In 1998, the production company now known as
Motion International asked Vanasse to co-host a Québec-based
children's science show, Les Débrouillards. Producer Lorraine Richard
and director Léa Pool spotted her there, and offered Vanasse her
first big break in the role of Hanna in Set Me Free (Emporte-moi)
(1999), a story of a teenager trying to find her identity in a
tormented family environment. The film was presented at forty
festivals, and shown in twenty countries. Her performance was highly
acclaimed both nationally and internationally and earned her the 2000
Best Actress Jutra Award.
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