A year ago, Anne-Élisabeth separated from the man with whom she had shared her life for several years. Today the interpreter of Marie-Anne in the series Untenable is enjoying his new life in a new apartment and in a new neighborhood to the fullest. She agreed to tell us about her summer of filming and many other things.
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Anne-Élisabeth, how are you going back to school?
I’m doing great and I’m so excited to be going back to school. I feel really spoiled! This may sound cheesy, but the older I got, the more I enjoyed supporting the projects I worked on. It is no longer a necessary step like it was in the beginning. I realize how lucky I am to be able to do a project, to be known and recognized and for people to hear about me. I don’t know if it’s the realization of my 39 years, but I’m really grateful for my job.
Let’s talk about your work. With the finale of the final season of the series, you must have experienced a strange summer Untenable?
In fact, it’s been a pretty crazy summer in that regard. Everywhere I went people asked me what would happen to the character of Maxime (Mathieu Baron). This is the theme that kept coming up. Seriously, even in an interview, it wasn’t easy to talk about the second season. I couldn’t say anything because a lot of things about my character revolve around the fact that Maxime survives.
How does it work on set?
I love this tray! We are closely connected. I’ve had a pretty complicated and emotional life over the past year and everyone has supported me through it. There really is a family spirit in the team. I love my colleagues and what we can say about the season is that we will shed a lot of light on the guest actors who come to play big dramas and very interesting causes. There will also be a nice excursion into the world of juries, which is super interesting.
What does Marie-Anne mean to you?
She touches me very much because this year she will find her place and her happiness. I have a super unstable life, a bit like her. We have many similarities, to varying degrees, and I am very worried about Marie-Anne. I would love it so much if she was happy. I think living with her is hard and I have a lot of compassion for her. Like me, she finds herself at a crossroads in her 40s and has difficult dilemmas to solve. I find myself in it often. I have great affection for her and am excited to play her.
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Do you have the same dilemmas in your life as they do?
I’m the girl who never really knows how to socialize and who, at almost 40, wonders if the job is taking up too much space in her life. I am truly driven by my passion. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever regret it because yes, my work takes up a lot of space.
Too much?
Perhaps. I have worked a lot in the last few years and it is certain that my personal life and my life as a couple have been affected. I’m not saying I wouldn’t make the same choices, but these are sacrifices I had to make. We actors are passionate and this is not an ordinary job. I take responsibility for my decisions, but yes, it takes up a lot of space.
Whoever says quarantine says last call for certain things, like having a child. Are you afraid of regretting not having one?
Having a child was never a certainty for me. I am completely ambivalent and yet it would have been much easier if there had been some certainty. I see people who don’t have one and have complete freedom. Sometimes I see people who have it and it seems so wonderful to them.
Last year you separated from Guillaume Pineault. What is life like a year later?
I’m doing well. This is my first time in a condo and I’m really excited about the decor choice I made. It’s really a new life as I was used to living with a partner, having a routine and even having a beautiful golden retriever. Everything is different there.
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And how do you see the introduction of quarantine?
GOOD. I have a lot of great examples of people around me who are aging really well. Being 40 today is not at all the same as it was 20 or 30 years ago.
Do you have the career you wanted?
In life I’m not a girl of assessments, but an assessment still came to mind. I realize that I have a great career and that I am lucky because I have had extremely varied roles. I also have beautiful dreams that come true, such as the role of Rose Ouimet in the film “Les Belles-sœurs”. (The feature film will be released in July 2024.) I’m a die-hard Michel Tremblay fan and it’s huge to play him. I worked so hard on singing during the audition, and now we’re at dance rehearsals and I’m failing! I think it will be a great film. I’m really proud of how far we’ve come.
What kind of summer did you have?
Especially a summer of filming with a little vacation at the end of spring. Otherwise, I allow myself little moments of peace here and there. I am enjoying my new life to the fullest and spending a lot of time with my friends. I also enjoy my beautiful neighborhood life in Plateau-Mont-Royal.
Are you also a spokesperson for the Quebec Federation of Alzheimer Societies?
Yes, my father has this disease and it is not easy. I have a special family context at the moment and it is important to me to get involved in this cause. I’m currently organizing a softball game to raise money for a good cause. It will take place on September 23rd at the Claude-Robillard Center. Artists such as Michel Laperrière, Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Jean-Thomas Jobin, Guillaume Lambert and several others will be present. I really want to get involved in the cause and take my role as spokesperson very seriously.
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