Nationality Canadian Role Film actress Name Evelyne Brochu | Years active 2006–present Occupation Actress Height 1.70 m | |
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Full Name Evelyne Marie Lea Cassandre Brochu Born November 17, 1983 (age 40) ( 1983-11-17 ) Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Movies Cafe de flore, Tom at the Farm, Inch\' Allah, Pawn Sacrifice, Frisson Des Collines Similar People Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, Dylan Bruce, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Francois Arnaud Profiles | ||
Actress evelyne brochu speaks about her role in les loups
Évelyne Marie Léa Cassandre Brochu (born November 17, 1983), is a Canadian film, television and theatre actress. Some of her most prominent French-speaking roles include: Chloé in Inch'Allah, Rose in Café de Flore, Sara in Tom at the Farm, and Stéphanie in Polytechnique.
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- Actress evelyne brochu speaks about her role in les loups
- Interview with Evelyne Brochu an actress and singer RDI Morning Cultural calendar May 12 2019
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References
In 2013, she became well known for her English-speaking role as Delphine Cormier, a French scientist and love interest of Cosima Niehaus, one of the many characters portrayed by fellow Canadian Tatiana Maslany on the hit TV series Orphan Black. Brochu currently portrays Aurora Luft in CBC Television's spy thriller X Company.
Interview with Evelyne Brochu, an actress and singer - RDI Morning Cultural calendar, May 12, 2019
Early life
Brochu was born Évelyne Marie Léa Cassandre Brochu. She grew up in Pointe-Claire, a suburb of Montreal, Canada. Her native language is French, but she also spoke English from an early age. Growing up she had anglophone friends and learned English at Jean XXIII High School in Dorval, Quebec.
She says a key turning point in learning English was when she became an avid viewer of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air as a child. Her father left when she was 1 1/2 years old and, when her father later remarried, she found herself with a step-sister. Brochu has stated that she has a good relationship with her stepmother. Her mother is a violoncello teacher and her father worked as a taxi driver.
While out cycling, she was hit by a truck and was told by her doctors that to keep her knee in good shape she could no longer run or dance. She stopped both and took up yoga and acting.
In 2005, Brochu graduated from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique in Montreal.
Career
Some of her most prominent French-speaking roles include: Chloé in Inch'Allah, Rose in Café de Flore, Sara in Tom at the Farm, and Stéphanie in Polytechnique.
In 2013, she became well known for her English-speaking role as Delphine Cormier, a French scientist and love interest of Cosima Niehaus, one of the many characters portrayed by fellow Canadian Tatiana Maslany on the hit TV series Orphan Black.
Brochu currently portrays Aurora Luft in CBC Television's spy thriller X Company.
Personal life
She dated Canadian actor Francois Arnaud but in a May 2014 interview she stated that they were no longer together. Her cousin is Xarah Dion, a French-Canadian singer.
In February 2015, Brochu stated in an interview that she is a feminist and that she struggled when portraying Aurora Luft in X Company:
There was a moment in Episode 2 when I was with [co-star Dustin Milligan], when I have to give him orders, I don’t want to do that, and he doesn’t want me to do that, and my first instinct, as a woman, was to smooth it out for him. The director was like, no, you’re a sergeant now. You have to give orders. You have authority. I'm a feminist, it’s 2015.
She resides in Montreal, Quebec.