Bujold, Geneviève (1942–)

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Bujold, Geneviève (1942–)

French-Canadian actress. Name variations: Genevieve Bujold. Born July 1, 1942, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; schooled in Hochelaga Convent; attended Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique; m. Paul Almond (director), 1967 (div. 1973); children: (1st m.) Matthew James Almond (actor and director).

Came to prominence in France in La Guerre est Finie (1965), followed by Le Roi de Coeur (King of Hearts, 1966), Le Voleur (1967) and title role in Isabel (1968); appeared as Shaw's Saint Joan on tv (1967); made Hollywood film debut as Anne Boleyn in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award; other films include The Trojan Women (1971), Kamouraska (1973), Earthquake (1974), Obsession (1976), Alex & the Gypsy (1976), Coma (1978), Murder by Decree (1979), Final Assignment (1980), Monsignor (1982), Tightrope (1984), Choose Me (1984), Trouble in Mind (1985), The Moderns (1988), Dead Ringers (1988), Rue du Bac (1991), Dead Innocent (1996), Eye of the Beholder (1999), Jericho Mansions (2003) and Downtown: A Street Tale (2004).