Actress Suzanne Clement Honored at Cannes for Performance in Trans Film

Canadian actress Suzanne Clement won Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the film Laurence Anyways.

The film, by 23-year-old director Xavier Dolan of Quebec, is a drama set in the '90s about Laurence (played by Melvil Poupaud) trying to salvage his relationship with his fiancee, played by Clement, after revealing that he is interested in transitioning to physically become a woman.

Clement shares the award with Emilie Dequenne for her performance in Joachim Lafosse's A Perdre la Raison,the CBC reports. The category, Un Certain Regard, focuses on works by new and emerging filmmakers.