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# Suzanne Clément

Actor. Born 12 May 1969 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 May 1969, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- **Also known as:** Suzanne Clement

## Fi1m on Suzanne Clément

> Suzanne Clément gives supporting characters lives that seem to continue when they leave the frame. We value that independence in *Mommy*, where her reserved performance helps make an exhausting family drama worth the evening.

In *Mommy* (2014), Suzanne Clément plays Kyla, the neighbour of a mother and son whose arguments threaten to take over the film. Anne Dorval and Antoine Olivier Pilon have the louder work, but Clément gives us another person worth following. Kyla seems entitled to a life beyond this family, even as she becomes important to it. We were moved by the friendship between the three because Clément makes Kyla's concerns matter alongside the family's troubles.

Xavier Dolan's films provide the clearest introduction to her work. Their collaboration began with *I Killed My Mother* (2009), followed by her international breakthrough as Fred Bellair in *Laurence Anyways* (2012). Her flamboyant lead there is some distance from the reserved supporting work in *Mommy*. Dolan has given her room to be demonstrative and room to hold back, and the contrast is a reason to look beyond whichever of those performances we happen to encounter first.

The risk with the quieter work is that it gets overlooked. In *Mommy*, Pilon's intensity sometimes comes close to becoming his whole performance, and the film's 138 minutes contain more shouting than they need. Clément does not make those stretches less tiring. Dorval is superb as the mother, but the film benefits from having someone alongside her who is entitled to take an interest in things other than Steve. Clément makes that independence credible without making Kyla seem indifferent to the people around her.

Her later work includes the French ensemble comedy *Nothing to Hide* (2018), in which she plays Charlotte. Those busier casts seem a sensible place for an actor who makes a supporting part matter without demanding that everybody else stop. The caveat is that she needs enough space for us to notice what her character wants. Start with *Mommy*, provided the shouting is not what you were hoping to escape this evening.

## Biography

Suzanne Clément is a Canadian actress. She was born on 12 May 1969 in Montreal, Quebec.

She began her career in television in 1992 and made her feature film debut in *The Confessional* (1995). Clément is best known for her collaborations with director Xavier Dolan, appearing in *I Killed My Mother* (2009) as Julie Cloutier, *Laurence Anyways* (2012) as Fred Bellair, and *Mommy* (2014) as Kyla. For the latter two films she shared the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and received several Canadian Screen Award and Prix Iris nominations and wins.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mommy* (2014), Fi1m 81, as Kyla — [page](https://film.one/film/mommy.md)

## Also known for

- *C'est la vie!* (2017), Josiane
- *Nothing to Hide* (2018), Charlotte
- *I Killed My Mother* (2009), Julie Cloutier
- *Laurence Anyways* (2012), Fred Bellair
- *Family Pack* (2024), Marie
- *Vampires* (2020), Martha Radescu
- *The Forest* (2017), Virginie Musso
- *Raoul Taburin* (2019), Madeleine

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