Background and career
Anne Dorval (French pronunciation: [an dɔʁval]) is a French Canadian television, stage, and film actress. She is known for her work with Xavier Dolan that includes appearing in five of his films, I Killed My Mother (2009), Heartbeats (2010), Laurence Anyways (2012), Mommy (2014) and Matthias & Maxime (2019).
Anne Dorval was born in Noranda, Quebec, the daughter of Madeleine (Larouche) and Gaetan Dorval. She received her education at Cégep de Trois-Rivières and the Drama Conservatory of Montreal, beginning her career on the stage in 1984.
Dorval is known in Canada for her appearance in the Quebec television series Le Coeur a ses raisons and Les Parent. She has also appeared in other Quebec series, such as Chambres en ville, Virginie, Paparazzi and Rumeurs, and in the films Montréal vu par... and I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère). She is also known as a premiere French Canadian voice actress for English films. In 2010, at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, she won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Actress for her performance in I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) directed by Xavier Dolan. In 2024, she was announced as one of the judges on Quel talent!, the forthcoming Quebec version of the international Got Talent franchise.
