Évelyne Brochu

Évelyne Brochu
Evelyne Brochu (center) with Cara Gee (left) and Johnathan Sousa (right)
Born	Évelyne Marie Léa Cassandre Brochu (1982-11-17) November 17, 1982 [1] Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]

Évelyne Marie Léa Cassandre Brochu (professionally known as Évelyne Brochu) born November 17, 1982 is a Canadian film, television and theatre actress. Some of her most prominent roles include Chloé in Inch'Allah, Rose in Café de Flore, Sara in Tom at the Farm, and Stéphanie in Polytechnique. In 2013, she became known for playing Delphine Cormier, a French scientist and love interest of one of the many characters portrayed by fellow Canadian Tatiana Maslany on the hit TV series Orphan Black. As of February 2015, Brochu portrays Aurora Luft on CBC Television's spy thriller show X Company.

Early life

Brochu was born Évelyne Marie Léa Cassandre Brochu, she grew up in Pointe-Claire, a suburb of Montreal, Canada. Her native language is French, but she was also speaking English at an early age. 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.^[3]

In 2005, Brochu graduated from Conservatoire d'art dramatique in Montreal.^[4]

Personal life

Brochu has spoken of her personal life being public, stating, "I’m not super-comfortable with it. I feel the less you project of yourself the more you can be believable as a character. I also think it’s just better for your own mental health. Then you can be a human being and change your mind and nobody asks you questions about it!" ^[5] Brochu stated in an interview from February 2015 that she is a feminist and that she struggled when portraying Aurora Luft, "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. But I’m still going a different way, delivering lines that are dictated by my gender. So that struggle that I was having, and I thought, Aurora would have been having it a million times more. So I could draw from reality, and reflect on my own personal reality, as well."^[6]

Despite sharing last name, there is no relation between Evelyne Brochu and American actor and comedian Doug Brochu.

She dated Canadian actor Francois Arnaud. In an interview from May 2014 she stated that they were no longer together.^[7] Her father left when she was 1 1/2 years old and she got a stepsister when her father later remarried, 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. The accident was severe enough that Brochu was told that if she wanted to keep her real knee until she was 40 she couldn't run or continue dancing. When she stopped dancing she moved on to becoming an actress. To not hurt her knee she does yoga to stay fit.

She resides in Montreal, Quebec and lives part time in Toronto, Ontario when filming Orphan Black.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Evelyne Brochu at the Internet Movie Database