Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress. Her credits include Sonatine (1984), Eldorado (1995), When Night Is Falling (1995), August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) (1998), Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) (2004), Afterwards (2008), (Les Démons) (2015), Death of a Ladies' Man (2020), Bootlegger (2021), and Frontiers (Frontières) (2023).
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Pascale Bussières first played a suicidal teenager in Micheline LanctôtâÂÂs 1984 film Sonatine. She starred in Blanche, the 1993 Radio-Canada series directed by Charles Binamé, then landed a lead in BinaméâÂÂs Generation-X picture Eldorado. She played the role of a prim-and-proper mythology teacher who discovers her lesbian desires in Patricia Rozema's When Night Is Falling.
She appeared as an alienated fashion model who wants to conceive a child in Denis Villeneuve's debut feature, August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) (1998), and won Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 7th Jutra Awards, and for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 25th Genie Awards, both in 2004, for her impersonation of Quebec singing star Alys Robi in Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope).
\other credits include (Les Démons) (2015), Death of a Ladies' Man (2020), Bootlegger (2021), Frontiers (Frontières) (2023).
In 2023 she appeared in the music video for Karkwa's single "Parfaite àl'écran".