Evelyne Brochu

Evelyne Brochu (born November 17, 1982)[1] is a Canadian actress. In 2013, she became well known for her English-speaking role as Delphine Cormier, a French scientist on the hit Canadian science fiction thriller TV series Orphan Black.

Evelyne Brochu
Brochu in 2017
Born	November 17, 1982 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present
Partner(s)	Nicolas Schirmer
Children	3
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Early life

Brochu grew up in Pointe-Claire, a suburb of Montréal, Quebec. Her native language is French, but she also spoke English from an early age. Growing up she had anglophone friends and learned English at Jean XXIII High School in Dorval, Quebec.[2] She studied drama at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent. In 2005, Brochu graduated from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique in Montreal.[3]

She says a key turning point in learning English was when she became an avid viewer of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as a child.[4] Her father left when she was ​1 ¹⁄₂ years old and, when her father later remarried, she found herself with a step-sister. Brochu has stated that she has a good relationship with her stepmother. Her mother is a violoncello teacher and her father worked as a taxi driver.

While out cycling, she was hit by a truck and was told by her doctors that to keep her knee in good shape she could no longer run or dance. She stopped both and took up yoga and acting.[5]

Career

Brochu in 2013 (middle)

Some of her most prominent French-speaking roles include: Chloé in Inch'Allah,[6] Rose in Café de Flore,[7] Sara in Tom at the Farm,[8] and Stéphanie in Polytechnique.[9]

In 2013, she became well known for her English-speaking role as Delphine Cormier, a French scientist on the hit TV series Orphan Black.[10]

Brochu has recently finished portraying Aurora Luft in CBC Television's spy thriller X Company.[10]

Brochu also has a successful singing career. She released a duet with Félix Dyotte entitled "C'est l'été, c'est l'été, c'est l'été", in 2016, as well as appearing on Dyotte's 2017 album Politesses on the song "Je cours", and has released a solo single entitled "Quoi".

In September 2019 Brochu, in cooperation with Dyotte, released her first music album called Objets Perdus.[11] In 2020, Dyotte won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in the French category for the album's single "Maintenant ou jamais".

Personal life

She previously dated Canadian actor François Arnaud, however in a May 2014 interview she stated that they were no longer together.[12] Her cousin is Xarah Dion, a French-Canadian singer.[13]

In February 2015, Brochu stated in an interview that she is a feminist and that she struggled when portraying Aurora Luft in X Company:

There was a moment in Episode 2 when I was with [co-star Dustin Milligan], when I have to give him orders, I don’t want to do that, and he doesn’t want me to do that, and my first instinct, as a woman, was to smooth it out for him. The director was like, no, you’re a sergeant now. You have to give orders. You have authority. I'm a feminist, it’s 2015.[14]

She resides in Montréal, Quebec.[15]

Brochu is fluent in English and French but can also speak Spanish well. She can perform contemporary dance and yoga. Brochu also has musical talents which include being able to play the drums, guitar and piano as well as singing mezzo-soprano and alto.[16]

In June 2018, she confirmed her pregnancy with a picture on her Instagram account with her boyfriend Nicolas Schirmer.[17] Their son, Laurier, was born on October 6, 2018. In August 2020, she revealed to be pregnant with twins.[18] She confirmed the birth of the twins, Camille and Matthias, on Instagram on November 16.[19]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Creator	Notes
2008–2012	The Promise (La Promesse)	Mélanie Gauthier	Martin Thibault	Soap opera
2009	Admit (Aveux)	Jolianne Laplante	Claude Desrosiers	TV series (12 episodes)
2010	Mirador	Mylène Émard	Louis Choquette	TV series (7 episodes)
2013–2017	Orphan Black	Delphine Cormier	Graeme Manson John Fawcett	TV series (28 episodes) Recurring cast seasons 1, 4, and 5; Main cast seasons 2 and 3
2014	The Godmother (La Marraine)	Catherine/Valérie	Alain DesRochers	Séries+ five-part drama[20]
2015–2017	X Company	Aurora Luft	Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern	TV series (Main role)
2017–2019	Trop	Isabelle	Marie-Andrée Labbé	TV series (Main role)
2018	Féminin/Féminin	Delphine	Chloé Robichaud	Web series (7 episodes)
2018–2019	Thanksgiving	Louise Mercier	Nicolas Saada	Miniseries (3 episodes)
2021	Paris Police 1900	Marguerite Steinheil	Fabien Nury	TV series (Main role)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2006	Cheech	Pharmacist	Patrice Sauvé
2008	Father Talk (Dire sur mon père)	Evelyne Beauregard-McClean	Gabrielle Tremblay	Short film
2009	Polytechnique	Stéphanie	Denis Villeneuve
	Master Key (Grande Ourse)	Jézabel Garneau	Patrice Sauvé	Sci-Fi
2011	Thrill of the Hills (Frisson des collines)	Hélène Paradis	Richard Roy
	Café de Flore	Rose	Jean-Marc Vallée
2012	The Apartment (L'Appartement)		Michel Lam	Short film alongside Julie Le Breton
	Inch'Allah	Chloé	Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette	Nominated—1st Canadian Screen Awards as Best Lead Actress[21]
	La Trappe		Sophie B. Jacques	Short film
2013	Evelyne's World	Evelyne	Benjamin Lebus Sebastian de Souza	Short film shot in Hungary[22]
	UNTTLD Sun		Dominique Loubier	Short Fashion film for Canadian brand UNTTLD S/S 2013[23]
	Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)	Sara	Xavier Dolan	Nominated – Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress
	An Extraordinary Person (Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire)		Monia Chokri	Short film
2014	UNTTLD Soul		Dominique Loubier
	The Nest	Celestine	David Cronenberg	Short film working as a trailer for Cronenberg's book "Consumed"
	Pawn Sacrifice	Donna	Edward Zwick
2015	The Wolves (Les Loups)	Elie	Sophie Deraspe	Shot in Magdalen Islands[24]
2016	Miséricorde	Mary Ann	Fulvio Bernasconi	Switzerland-Québec production
	Le Passé Devant Nous	Alice	Nathalie Teirlinck
	Rememory	Wendy	Mark Palansky
2019	Cash Nexus (Ca$h Nexu$)	Juliette	François Delisle
	A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère)	Eloise	Monia Chokri

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Director	Theatre
2006	Uncle's Dream	Farpoukhina	Igor Ovadis	Dubunker
2007	Arabian Night	Vanina	Théodor Cristian Popescu	Théâtre de Quat'Sous
	Sacred family	Mylène	Michel Poirier	Beaumont Theatre St Michel
2008	The Lion in Winter	Alix	Daniel Roussel	Jean Duceppe Company
2009	Wake up and sing!	Hennie	Luce Pelletier	Théâtre de l'Opsis
	Room(s)	Evelyne Brochu	Éric Jean	Théâtre de Quat'Sous
2011	Tom à la Ferme	Sara	Claude Poissant	Théâtre d'Aujourd'Hui
2014	Comment s'occuper de bébé	Donna	Sylvain Bélanger	Théâtre la Licorne
2018	L'Idiot	Nastassia Filippovna	Catherine Vidal	Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
2020	Les 3 Sœurs	Macha	René Richard Cyr	Théâtre du Nouveau Monde

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2010	Prix Gémeaux	Best Supporting Actress[25]	Aveux	Nominated
2012	Prix Gémeaux	Best Actress[26]	La Promesse	Won
2013	Canadian Screen Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role	Inch'Allah	Nominated
2014	Canadian Screen Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role	Tom at the Farm	Nominated
2014	Prix Gémeaux	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role	La Marraine	Nominated
2015	Jutra Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role	Tom at the Farm	Nominated
2017	Tiburon International Film Festival	Best Actress[27]	Le Passe Devant Nous	Won
2017	Hamilton Film Festival	Best Actress[28]		Won
2018	Prix Gémeaux	Best Leading Female Role	Trop	Nominated
2020	Prix Gémeaux	Best Leading Female Role	Trop	Nominated
2020	SOCAN Songwriting Prize	SOCAN Songwriting Prize: Francophone	Maintenant ou jamais by Félix Dyotte	Won
2020	ADISQ	Best POP Album of the Year and Best Newcomer of the Year	Objets perdus	Nominated
2020	GAMIQ	Best POP Album of the Year	Objets perdus	Nominated

Music

Studio albums

Year	Title
2019	Objets Perdus

Singles

As lead artist		As featured artist
Year	Title	Year	Title
2019	Copie carbone	2016	C'est l'été, c'est l'été, c'est l'été (Félix Dyotte feat. Evelyne Brochu)
2019	Maintenant ou jamais	2017	Je cours (Félix Dyotte feat. Evelyne Brochu)
2019	Escale à Madrid

Videography

As lead artist		As featured artist
Year	Title	Year	Title
2019	Maintenant ou jamais	2016	C'est l'été, c'est l'été, c'est l'été (feat. Félix Dyotte)
2019	Escale à Madrid (Session live)	2017	Je cours (feat. Félix Dyotte)
2019	Difficile
2020	Sept jours exactement (version officielle avec paroles)

References

1. "Evelyne Brochu introduce herself in the play Chambre(s)". 2009.
2. "Evelyne Brochu expands her acting horizons". The Gazette. Montreal. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
3. "Conservatoir d'art dramatique". IMDb. Retrieved 28 Aug 2012.
4. "A new star bursts onto big screen". The Gazette. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
5. "Evelyne Brochu: 5 Things You Should Know About The 'Orphan Black' And 'X Company' Star". fashionnstyle.com. Fashion & Style. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
6. "Inch'Allah: despair instead of naiveté in the West Bank". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
7. "Virtuosity and passion in 'Café de Flore' - Macleans.ca". Maclean's. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
8. "Five Minutes With: Evelyne Brochu of Tom At The Farm - Flare". Flare. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
9. "Polytechnique: Silent witness | Toronto Star". Toronto Star. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
10. "Evelyne Brochu on Clone Chemistry in 'Orphan Black'". Maxim. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
11. "Evelyne Brochu's 'Objets perdus' Proves That Actors Can Release Good Albums". 34st.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
12. "Five Minutes With: Evelyne Brochu of Tom At The Farm". Flare. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
13. "Évelyne Brochu is the queen of Best of MTL". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
14. http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/02/18/going-undercover-with-the-cast-of-x-company/#__federated=1
15. "Évelyne Brochu is the queen of Best of MTL". Cult MTL. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
16. "Film Talents". Filmtalents.com. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
17. "Évelyne Brochu est enceinte!". mitsoumagazine.com. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
18. "Bonsoir, bonsoir! Épisode du mardi 11 août 2020". Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-12.
19. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHqjspEl_tg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
20. "La Marraine: une nouvelle minisérie québécoise à Séries+". tvqc. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 12 Dec 2013.
21. "Nominees Announced for 1st Canadian Screen Awards". Alliance for Arts and Culture. 16 Jan 2013. Retrieved 30 Jul 2013.
22. Lebus, Benjamin. "Evelyne's World". Retrieved 30 Jul 2013 – via Vimeo.
23. Morin, Isabelle (12 Jul 2013). "UNTTLD: boulimiques de mode". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
24. Parent, Marie-Joëlle (7 Jan 2013). "Évelyne Brochu dans le prochain film de Sophie Déraspe". Journal de Montral (in French). Retrieved 30 Jul 2013.
25. Khoi Do, Anh (17 Jan 2010). "Nominees for the 2010 Gémeaux Awards". The Cultural Post. Retrieved 30 Jul 2013.
26. "27es Prix Gémeaux: Liste des Gagnants" (PDF). The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (in French). 16 Sep 2012. p. 5. Retrieved 30 Jul 2013.
27. "Tiburon International Film Festival". Retrieved 2017-11-17.
28. "Hamilton Film Festival". Hamilton Film Festival. Retrieved 2017-11-17.

External links

• Evelyne Brochu at IMDb