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Geneviève Bujold (born July 1, 1942 in Montréal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress.

Related to famous Québécois strongman, Louis Cyr, Geneviève Bujold was raised by strict Roman Catholic French-Canadian parents who sent her to a convent school for her full twelve years of education. She disliked her school and its strict discipline and escaped the bleak world she was raised in to pursue a career in acting.

Dramatically trained at Montreal's Conservatory of Dramatic Art, she got her big break while on tour with a theatrical company in Paris, France when prominent French director Alain Resnais selected her for a role opposite Yves Montand in La guerre est finie (1966). This led to her staying in France for a time where she made more films with noted French directors such as Louis Malle.

Bujold appeared in a variety of film roles for Canadian and U.S. television earning a 1967 Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Joan of Arc in an NBC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation. That year, she married director Paul Almond with whom she had a son. In 1968, she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as the most promising young actress in French film and starred in Isabel, directed by her husband.

In 1969, she starred opposite Richard Burton in the film, Anne of the Thousand Days. For her powerful performance, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a motion-picture drama as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Her considerable acting skills had the media touting her to become one of the brightest stars but Bujold's temperament led to run-ins with her employer Universal Studios and she walked away from her contract, resulting in a lawsuit (which was settled by her appearing in the 1974 film "Earthquake"). In the ensuing years she gave many sterling performances but never reached the heights to which many believed were possible.

In 1995, she signed to play the lead character Nicole Janeway in the American television series Star Trek: Voyager. However, she dropped out after filming just a few scenes of "Caretaker", the series' first episode, stating that the work schedule was too demanding. Kate Mulgrew replaced her and the character's name was changed to Kathryn Janeway.

Geneviève Bujold continues to work in film, primarily with independent production companies.

  Disappearances (2006) .... Cordelia
Mon petit doigt m'a dit... (2005) .... Rose Evangelista
Downtown: A Street Tale (2004) .... Aimee
Finding Home (2003) .... Katie
Jericho Mansions (2003) .... Lily Melnick
Turbulence des fluides, La (2002) .... Colette Lasalle
... aka Chaos and Desire (Canada: English title) (International: English title) (USA: review title)
Alex in Wonder (2001) .... Natalie
... aka Sex and a Girl (USA: video title)
The Bookfair Murders (2000) (TV) .... Margaret Dourie Cantor
Children of My Heart (2000) (TV) .... Older Gabrielle Roy

Eye of the Beholder (1999) .... Dr. Jeanne Brault
Last Night (1998/I) .... Mrs. Carlton
... aka Minuit (Canada: French title)
You Can Thank Me Later (1998) .... Joelle
The House of Yes (1997) (as Genevieve Bujold) .... Mrs. Pascal
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) .... Leona
... aka Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio
... aka Legende von Pinocchio, Die (Germany)
... aka Pinocchio (France)
Dead Innocent (1996) .... Suzanne St. Laurent
... aka Eye (USA: video title)
Mon amie Max (1994) .... Marie-Alexandrine Brabant
An Ambush of Ghosts (1993) .... Irene Betts
The Dance Goes On (1992)
Oh, What a Night (1992) .... Eva
Rue du Bac (1991) .... Marie Aubriac
False Identity (1990) .... Rachel Roux

Red Earth, White Earth (1989) (TV)
... aka Snake Treaty
Noces de papier, Les (1989) (TV) .... Claire Rocheleau
... aka The Paper Wedding (Canada: English title)
Dead Ringers (1988) (as Genevieve Bujold) .... Claire Niveau
... aka Alter ego (Canada: French title)
The Moderns (1988) .... Libby Valentin
Trouble in Mind (1985) .... Wanda
Choose Me (1984) .... Nancy
Tightrope (1984) .... Beryl Thibodeaux
Monsignor (1982) .... Clara
"Disneyland"
... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
- The Last Flight of Noah's Ark: Part 2 (1981) TV Episode .... Bernadette Lafleur
- The Last Flight of Noah's Ark: Part 1 (1981) TV Episode .... Bernadette Lafleur
Mistress of Paradise (1981) (TV) .... Elizabeth Beaufort
Final Assignment (1980) .... Nicole Thomson
... aka Moscow Chronicle (USA: video title)
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980) .... Bernadette Lafleur

Murder by Decree (1979) .... Annie Crook
... aka Sherlock Holmes and Saucy Jack (USA)
... aka Sherlock Holmes: Murder by Decree
Coma (1978) .... Dr. Susan Wheeler
Un autre homme, une autre chance (1977) (as Genevieve Bujold) .... Jeanne Leroy
... aka Another Man, Another Chance (USA)
... aka Another Man, Another Woman (UK)
Alex & the Gypsy (1976) .... Maritza
... aka Love and Other Crimes
Obsession (1976) .... Elizabeth Courtland/Sandra Portinari
Swashbuckler (1976) .... Jane Barnet
... aka Scarlet Buccaneer (UK)
"Hallmark Hall of Fame"
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1976) TV Episode .... Cleopatra
- Saint Joan (1967) TV Episode .... Saint Joan of Arc
Incorrigible, L' (1975) .... Marie-Charlotte Pontalec
... aka Incorrigible (USA)
... aka The Incorrigible
... aka Unverbesserliche, Der
Earthquake (1974) .... Denise Marshall
Antigone (1974/I) (TV) .... Antigone
Kamouraska (1973) .... Élisabeth
Journey (1972/I) .... Saguenay
... aka Détour (Canada: French title)
The Trojan Women (1971) .... Cassandra
Act of the Heart (1970) .... Martha Hayes
... aka Acte du coeur (Canada: French title)
Marie-Christine (1970)

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) .... Anne Boleyn
... aka Anne of a Thousand Days
Isabel (1968) .... Isabel
Entre la mer et l'eau douce (1967) .... Geneviève
... aka Between Sweet and Salt Water (International: English title)
... aka Drifting Upstream (Canada: English title)
Voleur, Le (1967) .... Charlotte
... aka The Thief (UK)
... aka The Thief of Paris (USA)
Roi de coeur, Le (1966) .... Coquelicot
... aka King of Hearts (USA)
... aka Tutti pazzi meno io (Italy)
Guerre est finie, La (1966) .... Nadine Sallanches
... aka Kriget är slut (Sweden)
... aka The War Is Over (USA)
Terre à boire, La (1964) .... Barbara
Fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes, La (1964) .... Genevieve
... aka Adolescenti, Le (Italy)
... aka Adolescents, Les
... aka Fleur de l'âge, La (France: short title)
... aka Shishunki (Japan)
... aka That Tender Age
Geneviève (1964) .... Geneviève
Fin des étés, La (1964)
Amanita Pestilens (1963) .... Sophie Martin
"Ti-Jean caribou" (1963) TV Series

"Belles histoires des Pays-d'en-Haut, Les" (1956) TV Series .... Julie Fourchu
French Cancan (1955) (unconfirmed)
... aka Only the French Can (USA: cut version