{{short description|Canadian playwright and actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Rachel Graton | image = Rachel Graton.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = A picture of Rachel Graton standing on a stage. | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|08|29}} | birth_place = Canada | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Playwright and actress | years_active = 2011-present | known_for = {{Hlist|Suzanne et Chantal|Coeur vintage|The Sketch Artist (Portrait - Robot)}} | notable_works = }} '''Rachel Graton''' (born August 29, 1985) is a Canadian playwright and actress from Quebec.<ref>Stéphanie Morin, [http://mi.lapresse.ca/screens/de804e84-3718-4742-9fea-5d775679b03c__7C___0.html "Rachel Graton: Travailleuse sociale dans l'âme"]. ''La Presse'', April 16, 2019.</ref> She is most noted for her play ''La nuit du 4 au 5'', which won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2017<ref>Mario Cloutier, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/spectacles-et-theatre/theatre/201704/19/01-5089732-rachel-graton-recoit-le-prix-gratien-gelinas.php "Rachel Graton reçoit le prix Gratien-Gélinas"]. ''La Presse'', April 19, 2017.</ref> and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 2019 Governor General's Awards.<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/563893/les-finalistes-des-prix-litteraires-du-gouverneur-general-devoiles "Les 70 finalistes des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général dévoilés"]. ''Le Devoir'', October 2, 2019.</ref>
As an actress, she has appeared in the films ''Miraculum'', ''It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier)'', ''Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues)'' and ''Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles)'', and the television series ''Trauma'', ''Karl & Max'', ''Boomerang'', ''Au secours de Béatrice'', ''Les Simone'' and ''Portrait-Robot'' (2021).
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