{{Short description|Canadian actor and director}} '''Lorraine Pintal''' [[Officer of the Order of Canada|OC]], (born September 24, 1951) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] actor, director, producer and playwright.<ref name=ce>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lorraine-pintal/ |title=Pintal, Lorraine |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]}}</ref>
==Biography== The daughter of Jean Pintal and Anne-Marie Bélanger, she was born in [[Plessisville]] and studied at the {{Interlanguage link|Conservatoire Lassalle|fr}}<ref name=who>{{cite book |title=Canadian Who's Who |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianwhoswho00toro |year=2009 |last=Lumley |first=Elizabeth |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-4092-3}}</ref> and the [[Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal]]. She debuted with the [[Théâtre du Nouveau Monde]] in 1973 in ''[[Mistero Buffo]]''. In the same year, she was a co-founder of the Théâtre de La Rallonge. Pintal directed a number of works for the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde as well as for the {{Interlanguage link|Compagnie Jean-Duceppe|fr}}, the [[Théâtre de Quat'Sous]] and for the {{Interlanguage link|Théâtre Denise-Pelletier|fr}}.<ref name=cte/> She wrote and acted in the one woman performance ''Madame Louis 14''.<ref name=ce/>
Pintal has been artistic director for the [[Théâtre du Nouveau Monde]] since 1992.<ref name=cte>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Pintal%2C%20Lorraine |title=Pintal, Lorraine |encyclopedia=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia}}</ref>
As a stage director, she was recognized by the Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre (AQCT) for ''HA ha !...'' in 1990 and ''Hosanna'' in 1991. ''Les oranges sont vertes'' received a Masque Award in 1998 for best staging and best production. She received a [[Gascon-Thomas Award]] in 2001 from the [[National Theatre School of Canada]].<ref name=ce/>
Pintal also produced a number of television series: ''{{Interlanguage link|Le Grand Remous|fr}}'' (1988–90) and ''{{Interlanguage link|Montréal P.Q.|fr}}'' (1990-92), as well as television plays: ''Hosanna'' (1991), ''Tartuffe'' (1997) and ''Bilan'' (2002).<ref name=ce/>
In 2002, she was named to the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=8024 |title=Lorraine Pintal, C.M. |work=Order of Canada |publisher=[[Governor General of Canada]]}}</ref>
In 2014, she was an unsuccessful [[Parti Québécois]] candidate in the Quebec riding of [[Verdun (provincial electoral district)|Verdun]], losing to Liberal [[Jacques Daoust]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/elections/quebecvotes2014/ridings/view/riding-122 |title=Verdun |work=Quebec Votes 2014 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref>
In 2019, she was the recipient of a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award as part of the [[Governor General's Performing Arts Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2019/pintal,-lorraine.aspx|title=Award Recipients - Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA)|website=ggpaa.ca|access-date=2019-12-16}}</ref> In 2021 she received the [[Prix Denise-Filiatrault]] for her body of work.<ref>Luc Boulanger, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/2021-10-29/prix-du-quebec/bouchard-galipeau-pintal-et-rivard-honores.php "Bouchard, Galipeau, Pintal et Rivard honorés"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', October 29, 2021.</ref>
In 2025's Montreal municipal election, she ran for a council seat in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite Patrie, with the Ensemble party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/elections-municipales/2025-09-15/elections-municipales/lorraine-pintal-se-presente-pour-ensemble-montreal.php|title=Lorraine Pintal se présente pour Ensemble Montréal|website=lapresse.ca|access-date=2025-12-06}}</ref> She did not win her election.
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