Anne-Marie Cadieux
A commanding and versatile presence in Canadian cinema, she shapes complex characters with a fearless emotional intensity.
Born 1963 (age 63)·Canadian actress and director·Birthday: September 23·Baby Boomers
Biography
Anne-Marie Cadieux emerged from Quebec's vibrant cultural scene to become a formidable force in front of and behind the camera. Her career, beginning in the 1980s, is marked by a willingness to inhabit challenging, often psychologically dense roles that explore the raw edges of human experience. Cadieux doesn't just perform; she immerses, a quality that has made her a director's muse and a critical favorite. Her transition to directing and screenwriting revealed a complementary artistic vision, one that maintains the same unflinching gaze she brings as an actress. Over decades, she has built a body of work that is less about celebrity and more about a sustained, serious conversation with the art of storytelling, securing her status as a pillar of francophone Canadian film.
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
The largest generation in history at the time. Shaped by postwar prosperity, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, and Watergate. They questioned every institution their parents built — then ran them.
Anne-Marie was born in 1963, placing them squarely in the Baby Boomers. The events that shaped this generation — postwar prosperity, civil rights, Vietnam, and the counterculture — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Anne-Marie Was Born
The biggest hits of 1963
#1 Movie
Cleopatra
Best Picture
Tom Jones
#1 TV Show
Beverly Hillbillies
Anne-Marie's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1963Born
JFK assassinated in Dallas; Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $13,100Min wage: $1.25/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"Sugar Shack" — Jimmy Gilmer & The FireballsBest Picture: Tom Jones
1968Started school
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy assassinated
Gas: $0.34/galHome: $14,950Min wage: $1.60/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"Hey Jude" — The BeatlesBest Picture: Oliver!
1976Became a teenager
Apple Computer founded; US bicentennial
Gas: $0.59/galHome: $29,300Min wage: $2.30/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"Silly Love Songs" — WingsBest Picture: Rocky
1979Could drive
Iran hostage crisis begins; Three Mile Island accident
Gas: $0.86/galHome: $37,900Min wage: $2.90/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"My Sharona" — The KnackBest Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
1981Could vote
MTV launches; first Space Shuttle flight; AIDS identified
Gas: $1.31/galHome: $52,300Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Bette Davis Eyes" — Kim CarnesBest Picture: Chariots of Fire
1984Turned 21
Apple Macintosh introduced
Gas: $1.13/galHome: $59,800Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"When Doves Cry" — PrinceBest Picture: Amadeus
1993Turned 30
European Union officially established
Gas: $1.11/galHome: $86,600Min wage: $4.25/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"I Will Always Love You" — Whitney HoustonBest Picture: Schindler's List
2003Turned 40
US invades Iraq; Human Genome Project completed
Gas: $1.59/galHome: $146,000Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: George W. Bush"In Da Club" — 50 CentBest Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2013Turned 50
Edward Snowden reveals NSA surveillance programs
Gas: $3.53/galHome: $152,800Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Barack Obama"Thrift Shop" — Macklemore & Ryan LewisBest Picture: 12 Years a Slave
2023Turned 60
ChatGPT goes mainstream; Israel-Hamas war begins
Gas: $3.52/galHome: $361,600Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Joe Biden"Flowers" — Miley CyrusBest Picture: Oppenheimer
2026Age 63 today
Gas: $3.91/galPresident: Donald Trump
Key Achievements
- Won a Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film 'Streetheart'.
- Received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her work in 'You (Toi)' in 2008.
- Expanded her creative influence by directing and writing feature films, including 'The Sex of the Stars'.
- Built a prolific career spanning theatre, television, and film, collaborating with major Quebecois directors.
Did You Know?
She is the daughter of renowned Quebec novelist and playwright Claude Jasmin.
Cadieux provided the French-language voice for the character of Trinity in the dubbed version of 'The Matrix' film series.
She has served as a professor at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal.
“The body is a territory of both memory and forgetting, and I am its cartographer.”
