Actor
Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin
Born 3 July 1981 · Montréal, Québec, Canada
Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin (born 1981, Montréal) is a Québécois actress. She is best known as Jeanne Marwan in Denis Villeneuve's Incendies (2010), a film that brought wide international attention to Quebec cinema. She has continued to work in Québec film since.
Key films
Incendies (2010)
Her best-known role: Jeanne Marwan in Denis Villeneuve's acclaimed drama, which reached audiences worldwide.
Gabrielle (2013)
A well-regarded Québec drama that placed her in a prominent supporting role in the 2010s.
Beyond the Walls (2012)
An early-2010s feature that followed Incendies and widened her work beyond Québec's mainstream.
Through the Mist (2009)
A Québec feature from the year before Incendies, showing her rise in local cinema.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 11
- 2007Taking the Plunge · as Gaby RobergeActor
- 2009Through the Mist · as SophieActor
- 2009Taking the Plunge 2 · as Gaby RobergeActor
- 2010Incendies · as Jeanne MarwanActor
- 2012Beyond the Walls · as AnkaActor
- 2012Omertà · as Roxanne GauthierActor
- 2013Gabrielle · as SophieActor
- 2014MaternelActor
- 2017Threesome · as Estelle LegrandActor
- 2019The Far Shore · as CatherineActor
- 2022Et maintenant? · as SelfActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.