Mireille Métellus
Mireille Métellus | |
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 Mireille Métellus in 2014 | |
| Born | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
Mireille Métellus is a Haitian Canadian actress based in Montreal, Quebec,[1] who was inducted into the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec in 2025.[2]
Born in Port-au-Prince,[3] she moved to Canada in the late 1960s with her family,[4] becoming a close friend of Michaëlle Jean and Sonya Biddle in the 1970s.[5] She trained as a special education teacher concurrently with launching her acting career,[6] first in Haitian community theatre projects with Montreal's Maison d’Haïti before branching out into the city's mainstream theatre community.[7]
Her first major film role was as Aunt Elide in Raoul Peck's 1993 film The Man by the Shore (L'Homme sur les quais). Her later film roles included On the Verge of a Fever (Le goût des jeunes filles),[8] A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali), and This House (Cette maison).[4]
In 2019 she played Lena in Héritage, a French translation by Mishka Lavigne of A Raisin in the Sun, for Montreal's Théàtre Jean-Duceppe, opposite Frédéric Pierre as Walter, Myriam de Verger as Ruth, and Patrick Emmanuel Abéllard as George.[9]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Man by the Shore (L'Homme sur les quais) | Aunt Elide | |
| 1998 | When I Will Be Gone (L'Âge de braise) | Béatrice | |
| 2001 | The Hidden Fortress (La forteresse suspendue) | Mme Toussaint | |
| 2004 | On the Verge of a Fever (Le goût des jeunes filles) | Fanfan's mother | |
| 2004 | White Skin (La Peau blanche) | Henri's mother | |
| 2006 | A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) | Agathe | |
| 2008 | Afterwards (Et après...) | Haitian woman | |
| 2009 | Moloch Tropical | Rachel Corvington | |
| 2010 | Opening Up (M'ouvrir) | Rita | |
| 2012 | Exile (Exil) | Angeline | |
| 2015 | The Heart of Madame Sabali (Le Cœur de Madame Sabali) | Madame Sabali | |
| 2018 | Three Is a Crowd (Deux sans trois) | Yolette | |
| 2021 | Fanmi | Monique | |
| 2022 | This House (Cette maison) | Mireille | |
| 2022 | No Ghost in the Morgue | Myriam | |
| 2023 | My Mother's Men (Les hommes de ma mère) | Nana | |
| 2024 | The Last Meal (Le dernier repas) | Tati Dado |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Chambres en ville | Mireille | One episode |
| 1994 | Sous un ciel variable | Dr. Lamont | Three episodes |
| 1995-96 | Les Héritiers Duval | Caresse Désir | 12 episodes |
| 2003 | ER | Actress | Episode "Kisangani" |
| 2005 | Un tueur si proche | Ida Saint-Louis | One episode |
| 2011-14 | Trauma | Latoya/Gloria Jean-Baptiste | Four episodes |
| 2012 | Lance et compte: La déchirure | Adéline Beauchesne | Two episodes |
| 2014 | Unité 9 | Oliver's mother | One episode |
| 2017 | Ruptures | Judge Belleau | One episode |
| 2019 | Yidlife Crisis | Doctor | One episode |
| 2019 | Adulthood (L'Âge adulte) | Max's mother | One episode |
| 2020 | Can You Hear Me? (M'entends-tu?) | Nana | Two episodes |
| 2020 | Amours d'occasion | Louise | Seven episodes |
| 2020 | L'Écrivain public | Marité | Five episodes |
| 2021 | Chaos | Khadija | Five episodes |
| 2022-23 | Hôtel | Yvette Dorvil | |
| 2022-25 | L'œil du cyclone | Célucia | Five episodes |
| 2023 | Wipe Me Away (Je voudrais qu'on m'efface) | School director | Two episodes |
| 2023-24 | Un gars, une fille | Nurse | Three episodes |
| 2024 | La candidate | Angélique | Seven episodes |
| 2024 | La terre appelle Mathilde | Marcelline | |
| 2024-present | Lakay Nou | Rose Honoré | 29 episodes |
References
- ↑ "Mireille Métellus, de toutes les premières de spectacle". Ici Radio-Canada Première, February 23, 2024.
- ↑ "The Ordre des arts et des lettres: 10 Compagnes and Compagnons honoured". Canada NewsWire, June 10, 2025.
- ↑ "Cinq minutes avec Mireille Métellus". Le Téléjournal, January 29, 2021.
- 1 2 "La grande scène de Mirelle Métellus". Le Devoir, June 17, 2025.
- ↑ Kate Jaimet and Neco Cockburn, "'Fairy tale' success in a new homeland". Ottawa Citizen, September 26, 2005.
- ↑ "La comédienne d’origine haïtienne Mireille Métellus honorée par l’Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec". Rezo Nodwes, May 21, 2025.
- ↑ "Mireille Métellus : L’orthopédagogue devenue icône de la scène culturelle québéco-haïtienne". Le Territorial, May 15, 2025.
- ↑ Geoff Pevere, "Desire, danger arrive at once". Toronto Star, April 29, 2006.
- ↑ "A Raisin in the Sun signals more diversity at Théâtre Jean-Duceppe". Montreal Gazette, August 23, 2019.
External links
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 20th-century Haitian actresses
- 21st-century Haitian actresses
- 21st-century Canadian actresses
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian stage actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Haitian stage actresses
- Haitian emigrants to Canada
- Black Canadian actresses
- Living people
- People from Port-au-Prince