Sara Montpetit

Sara Montpetit (born 2001 or 2002) is a French Canadian actress and environmental activist from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the 2021 film Maria Chapdelaine, for which she won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards.

Career In 2021, she garnered acclaim for her performance in the film Maria Chapdelaine, winning the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards.

Falcon Lake film was shot in mid-2021 in and around Gore, Quebec, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film debuted in the Director's Fortnight program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2022. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2022, she was cast as Sasha, a teenage vampire who befriends Paul (Félix-Antoine Bénard), a boy with suicidal tendencies, in Ariane Louis-Seize's Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant), planned for release in 2023. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2023. The film had its Canadian premiere in the Centrepiece program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2021 Maria Chapdelaine Maria Chapdelaine 2022 Falcon Lake Chloé White Dog (Chien blanc) Madeleine 2023 The Flower Darkens (À la fontaine) Alice Short film Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) Sasha My Girl (Ma poule) Madeleine Short film 2025 Where Souls Go (Où vont les âmes?) Anna 2026 Toy Gun Bandit (Faux gun bandit) TBA 2024, Une Année Quelconque Lomane

Accolades For her performance in the film Maria Chapdelaine, Montpetit won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards. and a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actress at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards.

In 2024 she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards, and a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actress at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards, for Humanist Vampire.