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{{short description|French Canadian actress (born 1952)}}
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| name                      = Danielle Proulx
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| birth_date                = {{birth date and age|1952|10|12}}
| birth_place               = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| other_names               = 
| years_active              = 1970s-present
| spouse                    = [[Raymond Cloutier]] (1973-1987)
| partner                   = 
| children                  = [[Émile Proulx-Cloutier]]
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'''Danielle Proulx''' (born October 12, 1952) is a [[French Canadian]] actress.

== Early life ==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=January 2025}}
Danielle Proulx was born on October 12, 1952 in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

== Career ==
She is a two-time [[Genie Award]] winner for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], for her roles in ''[[Love Crazy (1991 film)|Love Crazy]] (Amoureux fou)'' in 1991<ref>"List of Genie Award winners". ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'', November 27, 1991.</ref> and ''[[C.R.A.Z.Y.]]'' in 2005.<ref>"C.R.A.Z.Y. wins big at Genies: Vallee's gay coming-of-age movie takes 10 awards". ''[[Welland Tribune]]'', March 14, 2006.</ref>

In 2019, she played the regular role of Grand-Mère in a revival of the influential children's series ''[[Passe-Partout]]''.<ref>[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/12/03/passe-partout-de-retour-le-25-fevrier "Passe-Partout de retour le 25 février"]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', December 3, 2018.</ref>

== Personal life ==
She was married to [[Raymond Cloutier]] from 1973 to 1987. Her son, [[Émile Proulx-Cloutier]], is also an actor,<ref>[https://www.noovomoi.ca/en-vedette/emile-proulx-cloutier-mere-danielle-proulx-tapis-rouge-starmania.html "Émile Proulx-Cloutier pose avec sa mère célèbre sur le tapis rouge"]. [[Noovo]], August 10, 2024.</ref> as is her niece, [[Catherine Proulx-Lemay]].<ref>Sophie St-Laurent, [https://fr.chatelaine.com/mode/tendances/catherine-proulx-lemay-et-david-savard-lentrevue-en-deux-temps/ "Catherine Proulx-Lemay et David Savard : L’entrevue en deux temps"]. ''[[Châtelaine]]'', March 11, 2014.</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 1978
| ''Au bout du doute''
|
| Short film
|-
| 1979
| ''Histoire vécue''
| 
| Short film
|-
| 1982
| ''Bleue Brume''
|
| Short film
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Looking for Eternity]] (Portion d'éternité)''
| Marie Lemieux
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Love Crazy (1991 film)|Love Crazy]] (Amoureux fou)''
| Judith
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[The Sex of the Stars]] (Le sexe des étoiles)''
| Singer
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Water Child]] (L'enfant d'eau)''
| Pauline
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[C.R.A.Z.Y.]]''
| Laurianne Beaulieu
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''Pourquoi le dire?''
|
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Family History (2006 film)|Family History]] (Histoire de famille)''
| May Gagné
| 
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Truffles (film)|Truffles]] (Truffe)''
| Mme Tremblay
|
|- 
| 2008
| ''[[The Deserter (2008 film)|The Deserter]] (Le Déserteur)''
| Léda Couture
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Stay with Me (2010 film)|Stay with Me]] (Reste avec moi)''
| Maggie
| 
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Monsieur Lazhar]]''
| Mme Vaillancourt
|
|-
| 2012
| ''Les jours qui suivront''
| Nurse
|
|-
| 2015
| ''12 Weeks (12 semaines)''
| Woman in kiosk
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[The Far Shore (2018 film)|The Far Shore]] (Dérive)''
| Mme Dubois
| 
|-
| 2019
| ''In the Dark''
| Grandmother
| 
|-
| 2024
| ''[[A Christmas Storm]] (Le Cyclone de Noël)''
| Louise
| 
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 1985
| ''L'Agent fait le bonheur''
| Carmen Côté
| 
|-
| 1989-91
| ''Super sans plomb''
| Margot Dumont
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Anna's Garden]] (Le jardin d'Anna)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Two's a Crowd (TV series)|Jamais deux sans toi]]''
| Isabelle Bégin
| 
|-
| 1993-96
| ''Zap''
| Michelle Viau
|
|-
| 1993-95
| ''Les Intrépides''
| Claire Boileau
| 
|-
| 1994-96
| ''[[Two's a Crowd (TV series)|Les héritiers Duval]]''
| Isabelle Bégin
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''Scoop IV''
| Diane Cardinal
| 
|-
| 1997-2001
| ''[[Sous le signe du lion]]''
| Annette Julien
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''Jamais sans amour: L'Obsession''
| Madeleine
|
|- 
| 1999
| ''La Femme du boulanger''
| Angèle
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Cornemuse''
| Cornemuse
|
|-
| 2001-03
| ''Mon meilleur ennemi''
| Claire Lebeau
|
|-
| 2003
| ''Les aventure tumultueuses de Jack Carter''
| Mariette Benoit
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Chartrand et Simonne]]''
| Hospital director
|
|-
| 2006
| ''Casino''
| Marianne Dumas
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[He Shoots, He Scores|Lance et compte: La revanche]]''
| Marie-Ève Charest
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[He Shoots, He Scores|Lance et compte: Le Grand duel]]''
| Marie-Ève Charest
|
|-
| 2009
| ''Aveux''
| Pauline Laplante
|
|-
| 2014-19
| ''[[Unité 9]]''
| Henriette Boulier
|
|-
| 2018-20
| ''[[Fugueuse]]''
| Manon
| 
|-
| 2018-20
| ''[[Lâcher prise]]''
| Rachel
| 
|-
| 2019 
| ''[[Passe-Partout]]''
| Grandmother
|
|-
| 2019-22
| ''Une autre histoire''
| Lise Beauregard
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Way Over Me]] (Sortez-moi de moi)''
| Louise Courteau
| 
|-
| 2022-24
| ''L'Œil du cyclone''
| Louise
| 
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|name=Danielle Proulx|id=0698921}}

{{ACCT Best Supporting Actress}}
{{Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actress}}
{{VFCC Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film}}
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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian film actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian television actresses]]
[[Category:Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses from Montreal]]
[[Category:Best Supporting Actress Jutra and Iris Award winners]]