Michelle Giroux

Michelle Giroux

Michelle Giroux, 2011
Born c. 1975 (age 40–41)
Education National Theatre School of Canada
Occupation actress
Spouse(s) Graham Abbey

Michelle Giroux (born c. 1975) is a Canadian stage, television and film actress whose credits include numerous productions at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival over nine seasons.

Stage roles

Called "one of the best young talents at Stratford," Giroux had been accepted to the Stratford company immediately upon graduation from the National Theatre School of Canada[1] in 1997.[2]

In his book, Romancing the Bard: Stratford at Fifty, Martin Hunter writes:

Michelle Giroux has shown a particular aptitude for willful, witty, and elegant young women in her portrayals of Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal, Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Olivia in Twelfth Night. "The chance to work with other young actors and at the same time incredibly skilled and experienced players is fantastic," she says. "You absorb so much and at the same time you're out there and doing on that incredible stage. It's work and it's a dream and it's a whole life.[3]

Her featured roles include the 1998 production of The Miser, which also played at the New York City Center,[4] Lady Teazle in a 2001 production of The School for Scandal, which went on to play at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater,[5] a 2003 production of Noël Coward's Present Laughter,[6] a 2005 production of The Brothers Karamazov,[7] as well as Julia in a 2007 production of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance.[8]

Her non-Stratford stage credits include starring in Claudia Dey's Trout Stanley at the Factory Theatre.[1][9] Giroux also starred in the Toronto Fringe Festival production of Kate Hewlett's Humans Anonymous.[10] Her recent stage credits include the 2009 production of Karoline Leach's Tryst at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal,[11] a 2011 adaptation of The Misanthrope at the Tarragon Theatre,[12] and a 2012 return to the Segal Centre in Montreal for Same Time, Next Year, opposite R. H. Thomson.[13]

Screen roles

Giroux stars in the 2013 release Blood Pressure, directed by Sean Garrity.[13][14] A friend of cast member Jonas Chernick, Giroux was originally brought in simply to read with the male actors during pre-production. But she so impressed Garrity that she was chosen for lead role over other actresses with more film experience.[15]

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2010 She Said Lenny Ellen Short film
2010 Impossible Narrator (voice) Short film
2011 Murdoch Mysteries Sarah Conolly Forbes Episode: "Tattered and Torn"
2011 John A.: Birth of a Country Isabella TV movie
2011 Flashpoint Miranda Collins Episode: "Day Game"
2012 L.A. Complex, TheThe L.A. Complex Samantha Episode: "Down in L.A."
2012 King Wendy Stetler Episode: "Wendy Stetler"
2013 Blood Pressure Nicole Feature film

Personal life

A resident of Toronto, she married Stratford colleague Graham Abbey in August 2008.[13][16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fishing around". NOW magazine. 2004-12-30. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Alumni, Acting: 1990-1999". National Theatre School of Canada.
  3. ↑ Hunter, Martin (2001). Ramsay Derry, ed. Romancing the Bard: Stratford at Fifty. Dundurn Press. p. 290. ISBN 1-55002-363-2.
  4. ↑ Wallach, Allan (November 15, 1998). "Stratford Sends Two Classics to New York". CurtainUp. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  5. ↑ Bowen, Joseph (January 21, 2001). "The School for Scandal". Centerstage. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  6. ↑ Ouzounian, Richard (July 10, 2003). "Present Laughter". Variety. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  7. ↑ Ouzounian, Richard (June 19, 2005). "The Brothers Karamazov". Variety. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  8. ↑ "Hutt backs out of Stratford season for health reasons". CBC News. March 26, 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  9. ↑ Berketo, Steven (2005). "This Fish Gets Tangled Up Stream". Torontostage.com. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  10. ↑ Kaplan, Jon. "What's on NEXT". Now. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  11. ↑ Boyce, Neil (March 19–25, 2009). "Defying convention". Montreal Mirror. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  12. ↑ Cushman, Robert (8 January 2011). "The case against anger management". National Post. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  13. 1 2 3 Donnelly, Pat (May 5, 2012). "Mouawad's latest will speak for itself". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  14. ↑ Nayman, Adam (15 March 2013). "Blood Pressure: A Toronto love story, or something more sinister?". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  15. ↑ Skinner, Jesse (March 14, 2013). "SEAN GARRITY'S 'BLOOD PRESSURE'" (Interview with Sean Garrity). Toro. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  16. ↑ Ouzounian, Richard (September 27, 2008). "Border star steady with sword as well as gun". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
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