---
name: "Louise Portal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louise-portal"
fi1m_id: "louise-portal"
imdb_id: "nm0691925"
tmdb_id: 17388
wikidata_id: "Q510227"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 May 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:24:52.188480+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."
---

# Louise Portal

## Identity

Louise Portal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louise-portal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** louise-portal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0691925
- **TMDB ID:** 17388
- **Wikidata ID:** Q510227
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Portal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510227, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691925/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17388

Actor. Born 12 May 1950 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 May 1950, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
- **Active:** 1986–2003
- **Also known as:** Louise Lapointe
- **Frequently works with:** [Denys Arcand](https://film.one/person/denys-arcand.md), [Dorothée Berryman](https://film.one/person/dorothee-berryman.md), [Rémy Girard](https://film.one/person/remy-girard.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Portal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510227, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691925/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17388

## 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

Louise Portal is a Canadian actress, singer and writer, also credited as Louise Lapointe. Born on 12 May 1950 in Chicoutimi, Québec, she trained at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Montreal and began her screen career in the 1970s.

She is best known for playing Diane (later Diane Leonard) in Denys Arcand's films *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986) and *The Barbarian Invasions* (2003). She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for the former and received a nomination for Best Actress for *Sous-sol* (Not Me!, 1996). Other film roles include *Cordélia* (1980), *My Best Pals* (1989) and *The Guide to the Perfect Family* (2021).

Her twin sister, actress Pauline Lapointe, died in 2010.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (63)

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

- *Zénith* (2025), Actor
- *The day the dromedary left* (2025), as Lili
- *La dernière communion* (2024), series, as Hélène
- *A Christmas Storm* (2024), as Mémère
- *The Emptiness Within* (2024), Actor
- *Confessions of a Hitman* (2022), as Jacinthe Gallant
- *F*ckin' Coffin!* (2021), as Mrs Desmarais
- *The Cold* (2021), Actor
- *The Guide to the Perfect Family* (2021), as Monique Dubois
- *The Mother Eagle* (2021), as Mère Jouve
- *And the Birds Rained Down* (2019), as Geneviève
- *Roseline like in the movies* (2019), Actor
- *Everything Outside* (2018), as Louise
- *The Natural Sweetness of Skin* (2018), as Margot
- *Nous sommes le Freak show* (2017), Actor
- *Cheval-Serpent* (2017), series, as Odile Gauthier
- *L'odeur après la pluie* (2016), Actor
- *Adrien* (2015), as Marie
- *Paul à Québec* (2015), as Lisette
- *The Wolves* (2015), as Maria
- *Les Beaux Malaises* (2014), series, as Élyse
- *L'appart du 5e* (2013), series, as Justine Pellan (75 ans)
- *Le Chevreuil* (2012), Actor
- *The Happiness of Others* (2011), as Louise
- *He Shoots, He Scores* (2010), as Mireille Bellavance
- *Prozac* (2010), series, as Mirielle
- *Toute la vérité* (2010), series, as Marie-Louise Régimbald
- *A Happy Man* (2009), as Louise
- *Angel at Sea* (2009), as Jacqueline
- *Destinées* (2007), series, as Pauline Fiset
- *From My Window, Without a Home* (2006), as Sana
- *Casino* (2006), series, as Charlotte
- *Heading South* (2006), as Sue
- *Nos étés* (2005), series, as Laure-Lou Meunier (58 ans)
- *H2O* (2004), series, as Marie Lavigne
- *The Five of Us* (2004), as Claire
- *The Barbarian Invasions* (2003), as Diane Leonard
- *Dangerous People* (2002), as Johanne Labelle
- *Séraphin: Heart of Stone* (2002), as Delphine Lacoste
- *Alice's Odyssey* (2002), as Blanche-Neige
- *The Orphan Muses* (2000), as Jacqueline Tanguay
- *Saint Jude* (2000), as Georgie's Mother
- *Romain et Juliette* (2000), Actor
- *The Big Snake of the World* (1999), as Carmen
- *Full Blast* (1999), as Rose
- *Memories Unlocked* (1999), as Pauline
- *Not Me!* (1996), as Reine
- *Les grands procès* (1993), series, as Madame Caron
- *Bye Bye Love* (1993), as Léa
- *My Best Pals* (1989), as Bernadette Legranbois
- *Tinamer* (1987), as Mother
- *Exit* (1986), as Jeanne
- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), as Diane — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)
- *Wild Animals* (1984), as Dany
- *Larose, Pierrot et la Luce* (1982), as Luce
- *Cordélia* (1980), as Cordélia Viau
- *A Scream from Silence* (1979), as La comédienne
- *Angel Life* (1979), Actor
- *Terre humaine* (1978), series, as Isabelle Dantin
- *The Klutz* (1974), as Martine
- *Les beaux dimanches* (1974), as Dominique Primeau
- *Taureau* (1973), as Gigi Gilbert
- *Dream Life* (1972), as Andrée

## Gallery

- ![Louise Portal](https://film.one/media/person/3925155/gallery-336b21fe6fff.jpg) Louise Portal — FriseIntense, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Louise_Portal_en_2026.jpg/1280px-Louise_Portal_en_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Louise Portal au lancement de "Seules - ces femmes que j'aime " en février 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/3925155/gallery-a0ccca9b9e78.jpg) Louise Portal au lancement de "Seules - ces femmes que j'aime " en février 2019. — Elimtl, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Louise_Portal_%282019%29.jpg/1280px-Louise_Portal_%282019%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Louise Portal au Salon international du livre de Québec 2010](https://film.one/media/person/3925155/gallery-9b442b5cc234.jpg) Louise Portal au Salon international du livre de Québec 2010 — Asclepias, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Louise_Portal_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Knight of the Order of La Pléiade 2003: Knight of the Order of La Pléiade (won)

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

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