Between popular muses and straightforward tragedies, elegant orators and unparalleled banter, one would be hard-pressed to find the equivalent of a romantic comedy heroine in France: deft in cardiac pirouettes, quick in the ping-pong of words, familiar enough for us to recognize ourselves in them, smooth enough for us to be in them to project. When this heroine suddenly appears on the screen, she has the face of Magalie Lépine-Blondeau in Simple comme Sylvain by Monia Chokri and comes to us from Quebec, fully armed with the momentum of North American gaming culture. In the role of Sophia, a forty-year-old disturbed by an adulterous desire, an intellectual city dweller suddenly attracted to a rural archetype (the famous Sylvain, thick beard, open verb, lumberjack shirt), she even allows herself to do so flood romance on the side of parody.
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In Quebec, the actress already has the status of a public figure, known for her appearances as a presenter on television and, in particular, for her role as a detective lieutenant in the first two seasons of the police series District 31 (2016-2022). great public success. “It’s a little less isolated at home than in France,” she admits. An actor can go from television to film to theater. It is viewed as an opportunity to learn all aspects of the job. This diversity is celebrated, there is not so much snobbery. »
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau was born in Quebec in 1982, with both feet in the media world, from her mother Manon Lépine, a radio presenter, and her father Marc Blondeau, a man in the media and cultural institutions. His preference was primarily for the theater. “When I was ten,” she says, “my mother, who loved Paris very much, took me there for the first time and we went to the Palais de Chaillot.” A play by Marivaux was being performed there [Les Fausses Confidences], with Nathalie Baye, the biggest shock of my life. » She studied at the National Theater School of Canada in Montreal, graduating at the age of 22. On stage she works mainly under the direction of director Serge Denoncourt. “We did twelve pieces together,” she remembers, “he believed in me a lot and was like my mentor. We met at a Goldoni production. Together we created pieces by Michel Marc Bouchard that have become classics in our home. And then he gave me the chance to play Roxane [dans Cyrano de Bergerac, d’Edmond Rostand], Miss Julie, Electra. » So many great heroines in the repertoire that allow you to go to a good school.
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