Geneviève Schmidt

Acting

Geneviève Schmidt

Born 1978-10-19 · Canada

Geneviève Schmidt (born October 19, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performance in the film Compulsive Liar (Menteur), for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020. She has also appeared in the films Paul à Québec, Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes), Threesome (Le Trip à trois), The Fall of the American Empire (La Chute de l'empire américain), The Time Thief (L'Arracheuse de temps), Bungalow and Nos belles-sœurs - Le film, the television series Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin, Trauma, Unité 9, Mensonges, Lâcher prise, District 31 and La Maison-Bleue, and roles on stage.

Acting credits

The Fall of the American Empire poster
6.6

A shy and insecure delivery driver arrives on the scene of a robbery-gone-wrong and picks up two bags of cash and hides them in his truck. He is interrogated by two tough police detectives and manages to evade suspicion but he is warned that whoever owns the money will be looking for it. Only the help of a prostitute and a former biker recently released from jail might get him out of trouble.

The Fall of the American Empire

2018

Sisters and Neighbors! poster
6.3

The story of Germaine Lauzon, a housewife who wins a million stamps which, she believes, will allow her access to happiness and a new world that she has dreamed of for so long. But her joy will make some people jealous...

Sisters and Neighbors!

2024

François.e poster
NR

A struggling screenwriter falsely claims to be transgender to get funding.

François.e

2026

My Very Own Circus poster
5.6

A girl who comes from a long line of circus performers tries to fulfill her dream of going to private school.

My Very Own Circus

2020

125, rue des Malaises poster
5.5

Before leaving, Laurent Perrier wants to settle his affairs and ensure nothing is left unresolved.

125, rue des Malaises

2026

Threesome poster
5.7

Estelle, 34, wife and mother of the family without history, sinks into a tidy, predictable life. But a series of events puts her identity in question. Worse, she realizes that the crux of the crisis is sexual. She decides to organize a "threesome". Challenge away from his comfort zone. She plunges into this mad quest, resulting with her spouse who feels just as incompetent.

Threesome

2017

Testament poster
6.8

A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that glorifies colonialism.

Testament

2023

Family First poster
5.6

JP lives with his brother Vincent, his mother Joe and his girlfriend Mel in a small appartement of Verdun. Constantly walking a tightrope, JP tries to maintain a proper balance between the numerous needs of his family of which he feels responsible for, the collecting job he is doing with his brother and his involvements in his uncle’s drug cartel who he sees as a father figure.

Family First

2018

The Time Thief poster
6.9

In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the extraordinary people from the village in 1927 who, by using rocambolesque tricks, will eliminate Death that threatens them. From now on, Death will coincide with the birth of legends.

The Time Thief

2021

Compulsive Liar poster
6.8

Simon Aubert runs his entire life on lies. An executive at an aviation company, he lies about everything… Simon’s self-serving lies are so abundant that the universe (governed by a handful of Buddhist monks, it seems) decides to right a wrong by teaching him a lesson and making all of the lies reality on the eve of his company’s crucial meeting with a Russian businessman that Simon absolutely needs to impress in order to prevent the closure of the small-town plant where his twin brother Phil works.

Compulsive Liar

2019

Toopy and Binoo The Movie poster
8.0

After an escalation of blunders, Toopy and Dorothy, a comical genie, accidentally make Binoo’s beloved stuffed animal, Patchy-Patch, disappear. The trio immediately set out to find the fabulous land of “The Lost and Found” where Patchy-Patch is surely to be found. Along the way, the group meets twin seagulls looking for their father, and a magnificent Princess who has lost her dance partner. Together, and despite Toopy’s bumbling ways, they will try to find Patchy Patch and their lost loves.

Toopy and Binoo The Movie

2023

Kiss Me With All Your Love poster
4.0

Montreal, 1940. The Second World War is raging in Europe. Pierre Sauvageau, 22, would like to enlist, but he has to take care of his twin sister, crippled from birth. This proximity awakens the sensuality of Berthe who tries to seduce her brother. Pierre rejects her advances, but when he falls in love with Marguerite, his best friend's girlfriend, he is haunted by the fantasy of his sister.

Kiss Me With All Your Love

2016

The Greatest Country in the World poster
7.0

In a province not so distant from ours, now controlled by a far-right government, the borders are closed and immigrants, now under threat, are desperate to get out. A Haitian woman hands over her young son to a thirty-something Quebec man before fleeing. With help from a Vietnamese former refugee, they try to solve the mystery.

The Greatest Country in the World

2021

Paul à Québec poster
6.9

In 1999, Paul and his partner Julie experienced beautiful moments with their young daughter. They are looking for a house in Montreal and frequently see their family, notably Julie's parents who live in St-Nicolas, a suburb of Quebec City. But the illness has hit Roland hard, the proud and generous patriarch of the family, who tries as best he can to hide the ultimatum he is suffering from his children. Life being what it is, Roland will have to be admitted to a palliative care center while his loved ones, including Paul, will have to come to terms with the idea of ​​his death. In the process, Paul will take up drawing.

Paul à Québec

2015

Bungalow poster
6.3

A young couple buys a rotten house with the intention of turning it into their dream home. But the more the renovations progress, the more their life turns into a nightmare. Bungalow is a comedy-drama about the financial, social and sexual anxieties that millennials experience in our performance society.

Bungalow

2023

La Dump - Deuxième saison poster
NR

A family of dysfunctional puppets!

La Dump - Deuxième saison

2022