---
name: "Dominique Michel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dominique-michel"
fi1m_id: "dominique-michel"
imdb_id: "nm0584819"
tmdb_id: 67906
wikidata_id: "Q3035334"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 September 1932"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:24:50.528053+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dominique Michel

## Identity

Dominique Michel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dominique-michel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dominique-michel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0584819
- **TMDB ID:** 67906
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3035334
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Michel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3035334, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0584819/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67906

Actor. Born 24 September 1932 in Sorel-Tracy, Québec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 September 1932, Sorel-Tracy, Québec, Canada
- **Active:** 1986–2003
- **Also known as:** Aimée Sylvestre
- **Frequently works with:** [Denys Arcand](https://film.one/person/denys-arcand.md), [Dorothée Berryman](https://film.one/person/dorothee-berryman.md), [Louise Portal](https://film.one/person/louise-portal.md), [Rémy Girard](https://film.one/person/remy-girard.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Michel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3035334, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0584819/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67906

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Decline of the American Empire*](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dominique Michel, born Aimée Sylvestre, is a Canadian comedian, actress and singer from Quebec. She began her career in cabarets in the 1950s, performing songs written by Raymond Lévesque, and later appeared in variety shows and sitcoms on Radio-Canada television.

She is known for her long-running television work, including the successful sitcom *Moi et l'autre* (1966–1972), and for film roles in Denys Arcand’s *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986) and *The Barbarian Invasions* (2003), in which she played Dominique St. Arnaud. Michel received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 1992 and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), Fi1m 72, as Dominique — [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Juste pour rire - Juste le meilleur des Galas 2005* (2005), Actor
- *The Barbarian Invasions* (2003), as Dominique St. Arnaud
- *Laura Cadieux II* (1999), as Mother-in-law
- *Catherine* (1999), series, as Rachel Salvail
- *Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves* (1994), as Aline Jobin
- *Les Tisserands du pouvoir* (1988), as Henriette Fontaine
- *Night Zoo* (1987), as Receptionist at peep-show
- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), as Dominique — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)
- *Le 101, ouest, avenue des Pins* (1984), series, as Sonia
- *The Crime of Ovide Plouffe* (1984), as L'agente de voyage
- *The Crime of Ovide Plouffe* (1984), series, Actor
- *Far Away From You, Darling* (1976), as Rita · Writer
- *Les aventures d'une jeune veuve* (1974), as Hélène
- *There's Always a Way to Find a Way* (1973), as Mother Superior
- *I've Had It* (1973), as Danielle Cartier
- *Hold on to Daddy's Ears* (1971), as Suzanne David
- *Bye Bye* (1968), series, Actor
- *Moi... et l'autre* (1966), series, as Dominique André

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Knight of the National Order of Quebec 2002: Knight of the National Order of Quebec (won)
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award 1992: Governor General's Performing Arts Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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