Biography
Monique Mercure, also credited as Marie Lise Monique Émond, was a Canadian stage and screen actress. Born Marie Lise Monique Émond on 14 November 1930 in Montréal, Québec, she died on 16 May 2020 in Montréal. She trained in music, dance and theatre, studying at institutions including the École Jacques-Lecoq in Paris and the Montreal Drama Studio, before beginning her professional career in the late 1950s.
She appeared in over one hundred theatre roles in French and English, working with companies such as the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. On screen she is known for performances in Mon oncle Antoine (1971), J.A. Martin photographe (1977), for which she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, Naked Lunch (1991) as Fadela, and The Red Violin (1998). She received a Genie Award for Naked Lunch, a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award and was appointed Companion of the Order of Canada.
