Biography

Born and raised in Montreal, Québec, Johanne's interest towards music and acting starts at a very young age when at only 6 years old, she is awarded the lead in the school play "The Little Red Riding Hood".

At 14, she makes it to the top 10 finalists of a personality contest organized by the French Quebecer magazine, "Filles d'Aujourd'Hui" . In High School, she joins the Improv & Theater group which will keep her creativity and performance needs in shape. After graduating, she takes a break from acting and complete a 2 year pre-university program at Collège St-Laurent in Social Sciences. She follows with 4 years in Special Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at the Université du Québec à Montréal. After years of being away from acting, she joins the popular Montreal's acting school Les Ateliers Danielle Fichaud with renowned actress-writer-director-teacher Danielle Fichaud.

The next 4 years at Fichaud's studio will change her life; she gets to learn and work on her craft in depth. It will open the door to her first commercial for Musique Plus, Quebec's French version of MuchMusic. Her resume and head shot in hands, she then shows up at Match TV production office and gets the attention of writer-director Louis Saia (Les Voisins, Le Sphinx, Les Boys), who casts her as the waitress, a recurring role, on his hit-sitcom "Histoires De Filles". Johanne credits the show as a blessing being a "(...) real learning opportunity being on set with professional actors and performing in front of a live audience".

In between filming, she works as a fit-in model for the clothing company "Rampage" and as a model for the famous Montreal's "Harley Davidson Show". She participates as a semi-finalist on the personality contest "Miss Personalité", appearing in front of an impressive panel of judges made of members from the television and fashion industry.

Since then, Johanne Marie has had the privilege of working on multiple projects and expressing her love for music by working with local music artists in both Canada and the US.
- IMDb mini biography by: JMD