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Earlier
in her career, she wrote and produced two one-woman shows - Élucubrations
Féminines and Gaumontville
(in 2000 and 2001 respectively), both of which reflected a desire
to mix social commentary with comedy, and the latter of which
was nominated for the "Chapters" Prize For Best Writing
at the 2001 Montreal Fringe Festival.
Offers
for television writing soon followed. Her first sitcom experience
was writing for SRC’s hugely popular Un Gars, Une
Fille (she also played several characters on the show).
In addition, she has written for SRC’s Et Dieu Créa
Laflaque, several children’s shows and more, including
a series of short, funny interstitials about women in the new
millennium that she also hosted, which aired to critical acclaim
on Canal Vie.
In
her parallel career as an actor, she has played characters on
both the small and big screens, including varied (and varying)
roles in La Galère, Naked Josh,
Détect Inc, Les Hauts Et Les Bas
De Sophie Paquin, Smash, Mystery
Hunters, Horloge Biologique, and about
thirty others.
Meanwhile,
moved by the success of her two one-woman shows, as well as growing
noteriety as a short-story writer, she decided to write a socially-biting,
brutally funny novel about the Quebec acting industry. Published
by Les Éditions Internationales Stanké,
Cousine de Personne
received rave reviews, and was nominated for the prestigious Prix
De La Relève Archambault in April, 2006.
Isabelle
recently completed her second novel (Subordonnée),
published by Hurtubise HMH in September 2007, and is
now working on the feature-film version of Cousine de
Personne. In addition, her first short film (Cinquante)
is currently in pre-production.
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