Catherine Léger

Canadian playwright and screenwriter

Catherine Léger (born 1980) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter from Quebec.^[1]

A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, she won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2006 for her theatrical play Voiture américaine.^[2] Her subsequent plays have included Opium_37 (2010), Princesses (2011), J'ai perdu mon mari (2015), Filles en liberté (2017)^[3] and Baby-sitter (2017).^[4]

She wrote for the television series Au secours de Béatrice, Marche à l'ombre and Les invisibles, and wrote the screenplays for the films The Little Queen (La petite reine) and Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun).^[5] She won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for Slut in a Good Way.^[6]

She wrote the screenplay for Babysitter, Monia Chokri's 2022 film adaptation of Léger's theatrical play of the same name.

References

^ "Quand Chloé Robichaud rencontre Catherine Léger". La Presse, September 24, 2018.
^ "Voiture américaine : L'apocalypse selon Catherine Léger". Voir, September 30, 2015.
^ "Catherine Léger : Féminisme punk". Voir, November 7, 2017.
^ "«Baby-sitter»: jeu de rôle". Le Devoir, April 21, 2017.
^ "«Charlotte a du fun» donne la parole à une ingénue libertine". Le Devoir, February 24, 2018.
^ "Cinq prix Écrans canadiens à La grande noirceur". La Presse, March 31, 2019.