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name: "Geneviève Rioux"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/genevieve-rioux"
fi1m_id: "genevieve-rioux"
imdb_id: "nm0727941"
tmdb_id: 83181
wikidata_id: "Q3100688"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 November 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:25:02.453842+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."
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# Geneviève Rioux

## Identity

Geneviève Rioux

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/genevieve-rioux
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** genevieve-rioux
- **IMDb ID:** nm0727941
- **TMDB ID:** 83181
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3100688
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Rioux, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3100688, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83181

Actor. Born 3 November 1961 in Quebec City.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 November 1961, Quebec City
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Rioux, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3100688, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83181

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Geneviève Rioux is a Québécoise actor and television host who works in theatre, film and television. She graduated from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal in 1983 and has been active since that year.

Her film roles include Danielle in *Le Déclin de l'empire américain* (1986), for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and Sonia in *Cruising Bar* (1989). On television she has appeared in series such as *L'Héritage*, *Chartrand et Simonne* and *Toute la vérité*. She has also worked as a host, writer and director, and has received two Prix Gémeaux and the Prix Gascon-Roux for her theatre work.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *A Criminal Affair* (2022), series, as Florence Parenteau
- *Moi, j'habite nulle part* (2019), series, Director, Writer
- *Restless River* (2019), Actor
- *Les invisibles* (2019), series, as Geneviève Rioux
- *It's the Heart That Dies Last* (2017), as Marie-Ève
- *A Sudden Text* (2014), series, as Nicole Préfontaine
- *Les invités* (2012), series, as Madame Nimmer
- *Le camarade* (2012), as Mother
- *Guilt* (2011), as Caroline
- *La lacheté* (2007), as Juliette Tremblay
- *Premier juillet, le film* (2004), as Lise
- *Alice's Odyssey* (2002), as Danielle (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Chartrand et Simonne* (2000), series, as Simonne Monet
- *Un hiver de tourmente* (1998), Actor
- *Les Fleurs Magiques* (1995), Actor
- *Montreal Stories* (1991), as Geneviève Rioux
- *Cargo* (1990), as Alice
- *Le royaume ou l'asile* (1990), Actor
- *Cruising Bar* (1989), as Sonia
- *A Question of Loving* (1986), as Ginette
- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), as Danielle — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)

## Gallery

- ![Geneviève Rioux](https://film.one/media/person/3925159/gallery-5d7bdaad7948.jpg) Geneviève Rioux — Bull-Doser, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Rioux_dehors_le_centre_d%27art_Diane-Dufresne.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Geneviève Rioux](https://film.one/media/person/3925159/gallery-9b030ba5e335.jpg) Geneviève Rioux — Image via TMDB

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