Pascale Bussières

Born: June 27 1968
Where: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Bussières first attracted attention as a suicidal 13-year-old in Micheline Lanctôt's bleak Canadian film Sonatine.

Roles followed in George Mihalka's Chemin de Damas, Jacques Leduc's La Vie Fantome but it was the television series Blanche where she really made her mark.

Bussieres followed this up with a roller-blading cokehead in Eldorado and her English language debut as a repressed lesbian in When Night is Falling.

Extensive TV work and a series of French Canadian movies, including Emporte-moi, Girls Can't Swim and the sci-fi thriller X Change followed.

Recent work has included The Replay and the French movie Petites Coupures opposite Kristin Scott Thomas and Daniel Auteuil.