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    Jacob Tierney

    Jacob Daniel Tierney, actor, director, writer, producer (born 26 September 1979 in Montreal, QC). Jacob Tierney began acting at the age of seven. He established a long and successful career before transitioning to writing and directing with the Genie Award-winning feature film Twist (2003). He is perhaps best known for the comedy The Trotsky (2009), starring Jay Baruchel and Emily Hampshire, and the TV series Letterkenny (2016–23), for which he has won six Canadian Screen Awards.

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    Jacob Tremblay

    Jacob Tremblay, actor (born 5 October 2006 in Vancouver, BC). Child actor Jacob Tremblay shot to fame at the age of eight following his acclaimed performance in the award-winning film Room (2015), based on the book by Emma Donoghue. He won at least 20 awards for the role, including a Canadian Screen Award for best lead actor and a National Board of Review award for Breakthrough Performance. He has also appeared in such films as The Book of Henry (2017), Wonder (2017), Luca (2021) and The Little Mermaid (2023).

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    Jacques L'Heureux

    Jacques L'Heureux, actor (b at Sillery, Qc 10 Feb 1953). Jacques L'Heureux was propelled to stardom on the small screen in his role as Passe-Montagne in the children's cult classic Passe-Partout.

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    Jim Carrey

    Jim Carrey has been compared to Jerry Lewis in his willingness - even eagerness - to embarrass himself and others and to enact a manic-depressive crisis of self-worth in hyperkinetic comic terms.

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    Janine Sutto

    Janine Sutto, actor (born 20 April 1921 in Paris, France; dead 28 March 2017 in Montréal, Québec). An autodidact, she came to the stage very early, and brilliantly personified countless roles in all genres of theatre, radio and television.

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    Jason Priestley

    Jason Bradford Priestley, actor, director, producer (born at Vancouver 28 Aug 1969). Jason Priestley, who graduated from Argyle Secondary School in North Vancouver, is best known for his work in American film and television.

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    Jean L'Italien

    ​Jean L’Italien, actor (born 16 March 1958 in Montréal, QC). A popular actor on Québec television, he has also made a name for himself in film and on the stage.

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    Jeff Barnaby

    Jeff Barnaby, writer, director, editor, composer (born 2 August 1976 in Listuguj Reserve, QC; died 13 October 2022 in Montreal, QC). Jeff Barnaby was a multitalented Mi’kmaq filmmaker who worked mainly in the horror genre. His award-winning films, such as Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013) and Blood Quantum (2019), are notable for incorporating gritty portrayals of Indigenous characters into stories with elements of science fiction, body horror and magic realism. Barnaby was a rising talent in Canadian and Indigenous cinema. He died of cancer at the age of 46.

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    Jennifer Podemski

    Jennifer Podemski, actor, producer, writer, director (born 3 May 1973 in Toronto, ON). Jennifer Podemski established herself as an actor in Bruce McDonald’s Dance Me Outside (1994) and CBC’s The Rez (1996–97). She then became one of the leading Indigenous film and television producers in Canada. At the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards, she received the Academy Board of Directors’ Tribute Award in recognition of “her extraordinary impact on the growth of the Canadian media industry.”

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    Norman Jewison

    Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, film director, producer, author (born 21 Jul 1926 in Toronto, ON; died 20 January 2024 in Malibu, California). One of the most acclaimed and successful filmmakers Canda has produced, Norman Jewison had an international reputation as an artist of talent and integrity. Best known for balancing popular appeal with serious social commentary, his films include the Oscar winners In the Heat of the Night (1967), Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and Moonstruck (1987), as well as The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), A Soldier’s Story (1984) and The Hurricane (1999). He also had a renowned career in television in both Canada and the US and founded the Canadian Film Centre. Jewison received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada's Walk of Fame, as well as the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for lifetime achievement.

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    Joe Bocan

    ​Joe Bocan (née Johanne Beauchamp), Québécoise actress and singer (born 8 September 1957 in Montréal, QC).

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    Jonny Harris

    Jonny Harris, comedian, actor, writer, producer (born 22 September 1975 in Pouch Cove, NL). Newfoundland comedian Jonny Harris is best known for his roles in two long-running CBC TV series: he plays constable George Crabtree on Murdoch Mysteries (2008–present) and is the host, producer and writer of Still Standing (2015–present), for which he has won six Canadian Screen Awards.

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    Joshua Jackson

    Joshua Jackson, actor (b at Vancouver 11 Jun 1978). Joshua Jackson attended Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver and had appeared onscreen as a very young child, deciding at age 11 to make acting his career.

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    Julien Poulin

    Julien Poulin, Québec actor (born 20 April 1946 in Montréal, Québec).

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    Juliette Huot

    Juliette Huot, actress (born 9 January 1912 in Montreal, QC; died 16 March 2001 in Brossard, QC). Huot was a pioneer in Québec radio, theatre and television.

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