Acting
Josée Deschênes
Born
1961-08-09 (65)
Place of birth
Jonquière, Québec, Canada
Known for
Acting
Credits
47 titles
Josée Deschênes (born August 9, 1961 in Jonquière (now Saguenay, Quebec)) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performances in the films Polygraph, for which she was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996 and Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues), for which she was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Actress at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019.
Known for
4.0Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but also, and most importantly, on their passions, interests and opinions.
Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019
5.6This daily quiz show puts strategy front and centre, as five celebrities answer general-knowledge questions to win money for their favourite charity. But here’s the catch: one of the five participants is cheating, because they’re secretly being fed the answers. The cheater’s mission is to play it smart so they can fool the other players and win the game without getting caught.
Le Tricheur
2012
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfants de la télé
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Des squelettes dans le placard
2006
3.6In a friendly atmosphere, two teams consisting of two celebrities and a contestant face off in a variety of clever, fun games where they win points for their quick wit, powers of logic, and general knowledge.
Silence, on joue!
2015
NRA unique all-access pass to your favourite Quebec stars in a friendly, timely and entertaining format that matches the hosts’ personalities.
Ça finit bien la semaine
2010
Film credits
2020s · 5 titles
5.7Emerging Montreal drag queen Simon must deal with two impossible loves: a passionate, yet destructive affair with Olivier and a cold relationship with his mother, who's just returned after fifteen years.
Solo
2023
3.7In a countryside house where they are meant to explore the troubles in their sexuality, three women spend days and nights apprehending their inner demons. A serene German therapist and a kind-hearted social worker supervise them, help them and try to maintain the fragile balance of the group. During 26 days, in the midst of summer, Geisha, Léonie and Eugénie will have to refrain from breaking down, tame the whispers from present times and consider the future.
That Kind of Summer
2022
7.2For more than 25 years, Marc Côté, street chaplain and parish priest, has lived with the poor and the homeless. Today, Marc is a worn-out man. Exhausted from running his church, which serves as a shelter, and overwhelmed by the bills they can no longer pay, Marc must face the facts: he will have to shut down his church. Like a call from Providence, he inherits a property in the Bas-du-Fleuve region and decides to take a group of homeless people with him, who, like himself, need a vacation.
One Summer
2023
10.0Mathilde, a troubled teenage girl who moves to the countryside with her family, finds out her new home is haunted by Isabeau, an amnesiac 19th-century ghost. The two form an unexpected friendship and team up to uncover Isabeau's past.
Haunted
2026
6.2A comedy drama about the fall, mourning and rebuilding of oneself around three brothers in their fifties who will have to reconnect after the death of their father who died prematurely from an unfortunate Ice Bucket Challenge.
Niagara
2022
2010s · 3 titles
6.2It is a small village somewhere in Quebec with only 215 inhabitants. When young Simon Dubé dies in a car accident, the villagers’ tranquil and regulated existence is thrown out of step. People are decidedly reluctant to talk about the accident. Time seems to lose all meaning. Snowy, frosty winter days stretch out into infinity. Mysterious figures emerge from the fog and commit strange acts. But what seems strange is sometimes more familiar than one might suspect.
Ghost Town Anthology
2019
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Émilie
2013
6.0Julie, star cyclist, is two races away from winning the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. Her entourage too. Encouraged by her coach and doctor, she has been doping since the age of 14. When her doctor denounces her, she manages to hush up the case, but the extent of the mess leads to abuse, lies, and treason. Caught in a gear that goes beyond her, will she succeed in finding a way out?
The Little Queen
2014
2000s · 4 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Noël Story
2009
4.5Catherine, a rebellious pre-teen who has been deeply affected by her parents’ divorce, plays a game which involves crossing a dangerous road with her eyes closed. She becomes friends with the girl next door, the quiet Ariane, to the consternation of Ariane’s father, David. Although he appears to be a model father, David is in fact obsessed by the need to protect his daughter. As such, he tries – unsuccessfully – to prevent Ariane from coming under Catherine’s bad influence. Ariane takes up smoking, starts telling lies, and begins to explore her sexuality. While Catherine’s mother attempts to seduce the handsome, and single, David, he sets a trap for Catherine. For Catherine, living dangerously is no longer a game, and she has to summon all her strengths in order to survive.
Suburban Bliss
2002
At the Paré household, Christmas is part of a long tradition of squabbles, depressing gift exchanges and dubious feasts. This year, determined not to let her children spoil her turkey dinner yet again, Moman does everything in her power to bring back a Christmas of warmth and sharing. Popa puts in his two cents’ worth with his twin cousin Sti-Mé.
Noël chez les Paré
2002
6.4Back in Montréal after spending five years in Guatemala, Julie moves in with her elder sister, Jeanne, a chronic liar and woman of rather loose sexual morals... Disillusioned with love, Jeanne is nevertheless engaged to Noël. However, Jeanne and Noël lead separate lives, and only communicate by leaving each other messages on the fridge.Everything suddenly becomes very complicated. Jeanne compels Julie to take up with Noël so she can have a fling with a passionate musician. Noël, meanwhile, sets Julie up with Michel -- without Jeanne's knowledge. Julie mixes things up even further. Egged on by her friend Marie-Ève, she alters the contents of the messages on the fridge in an attempt to breathe new life into Jeanne and Noël's relationship. Along the way, she also begins to fall for the seductive Michel. The tables are turned on everyone... In the game of love and truth, illusion leads to betrayal, but love conquers all.
Love and Magnets
2004
1990s · 3 titles
5.6In this French Canadian thriller, an actress wins the role of a murder victim in a film based on the true story of an unsolved crime. She discovers her neighbor was the lover of the woman who was murdered in real life -- and is still a suspect.
Le Polygraphe
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Le bogue de l'an 2000
1999
7.2This Canadian science-fiction film takes place at the beginning of the 20th Century in an unnamed city where eager Jules is a member of a scientific team researching the secrets of immortality. The scientists uncover a buried pyramid containing an embalmed body with a heartbeat -- but minus a soul. Heading into the city at night, Jules hopes to locate the soul. He encounters Sophie who seems to have some answers to the mystery.
The Seat of the Soul
1997
Series credits
4.0Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but also, and most importantly, on their passions, interests and opinions.
Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019
5.6This daily quiz show puts strategy front and centre, as five celebrities answer general-knowledge questions to win money for their favourite charity. But here’s the catch: one of the five participants is cheating, because they’re secretly being fed the answers. The cheater’s mission is to play it smart so they can fool the other players and win the game without getting caught.
Le Tricheur
2012
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfants de la télé
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Des squelettes dans le placard
2006
3.6In a friendly atmosphere, two teams consisting of two celebrities and a contestant face off in a variety of clever, fun games where they win points for their quick wit, powers of logic, and general knowledge.
Silence, on joue!
2015
NRA unique all-access pass to your favourite Quebec stars in a friendly, timely and entertaining format that matches the hosts’ personalities.
Ça finit bien la semaine
2010
NRAnnie-Soleil Proteau and Patrick Langlois spend an hour with a beloved and well-known figure to find out as much about them as possible and discover new aspects of their personality, in an entertaining mix of interviews and wackiness!
Ménage à trois
2014
1.0A variety show with a twist: a celebrity guest get to attend their own memorial service – an entertaining send-off filled with eulogies and some gentle ribbing.
In Lieu of Flowers
2012
9.3Patrice Bélanger and his team are here to give Quebecers a little boost to their lives with this show where fun and pleasure prevail. With a front row seat to events happening across the province, the show is the reference for summer culture. Above and beyond the artists featured, the show puts our entire province in the spotlight.
Sucré salé
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tic tac show
2013
Dany Turcotte invites celebrities to discover a small rural towns in unexpected and surprising ways. Events are carefully planned cater to the celebrity’s tastes, desires and passions.
La petite séduction
2006
A dance-off where stars learn, prepare and present dance routines that they must show to a select panel of judges.
Le match des étoiles
2005
NRViens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.
Viens voir les comédiens
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ça fait la job
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Je viens vers toi
2023
NRA general knowledge quiz show that brings together a group of 100 very smart high-school students. At every stage of the competition, the Geniuses play together, compete against one another, and also help each other out.
100 Geniuses
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
On passe à l'Histoire
2013
2.0No synopsis available yet.
Le fabuleux printemps de Marie-Lyne
2022
NRFlorence Champagne is a therapist who has very little patience for her patients. She’d had enough of listening to their problems for 50 interminable minutes at a stretch, so she invented a new kind of therapy: 3-minute online video sessions (where she usually ends up becoming the subject, by the way). If you choose her as your therapist, something’s definitely not right…
Web thérapie
2016
8.8La petite vie was first a stage sketch of the comedy duo Ding et Dong, formed by Claude Meunier and Serge Thériault, and later a hit Quebec television sitcom aired by Radio-Canada from 1993 to 1999. In total, 59 episodes were created plus 3 specials, two for Christmas and one for New Year's 2000. It is to date the only Canadian TV show to ever gather more than 4 million viewers, a performance it achieved twice in 1995.
La Petite Vie
1993
7.8Suzanne, a former criminologist turned psychiatrist, starts a new job at the Mont-Royal Psychiatric Institute, where she meets Mortimer, an intriguing intervention officer with whom she strikes up a friendship, and fascinating patients.
Empathie
2025
NRThe series demonstrates that it's possible to make sustainable tourism family, think outside the box in interesting young and older children.
Partir autrement en famille
2014
NR“Au suivant!” hosted by Stephane Bellavance, is a quiz show about general culture that highlights the competitors’ lively personalities. In this format, there isn’t just one contestant, but a whole line-up - competing for the same goal. They want to join the host on the game dot (on stage). The host asks the first contestant four questions. He or she must answer at least three out of four questions correctly or the next contestant is called up to the dot. Nature, history, music, sports, geography, cinema, science, miscellaneous, it’s all up for grabs. Questions on every imaginable topic are asked and answered in this fast-paced game show. Tons of surprises, twists and turns await!
Au suivant!
2016
8.0Adam and Mounir, two actors from the Maghreb, are recruited to infiltrate various criminal circles thanks to their acting talent.
Playing Both Sides
2025
NRGETTING UNDER YOUR SKIN tells the story of an unlikely friendship between Gaspard, a queer 16-year-old in search of empowerment, and Dave, a 25-year-old police officer who infiltrates Gaspard’s high school to flush out drug dealers with possible organized crime connections.
Getting Under Your Skin
2026
No synopsis available yet.
Une chance qu'on s'aime!
2003
NRDesigner Marie-Christine Lavoie organize, with the helping hand of a well-known accomplice, a major event for a local personality. Design, decoration, creative direction, gifts and other surprises come together to create an atmosphere that’s tailor made to charm the guest of honour.
Party V.I.P.
2016
8.117-year-old Audrey slips into a coma when she is found unconscious on the road of a small town, in the middle of the night. 16 years later, the impossible happens: she wakes up. Everything has changed around her, and her friends and family are no exception. She must relearn to live again in a time she no longer understands.
Audrey's Back
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Le Phoenix
2020
NRSimon is a young man in his thirties who relies on dating apps to find the man of his life. His quest takes him to the four corners of Montreal, and each time, he loses a piece of his dignity.
Geomapping Love
2022
No synopsis available yet.
Langevin, tours de ville
2019