Frédérique Collin (born 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and film director.
[3] Her other acting credits have included the films Françoise Durocher, Waitress, Réjeanne Padovani, Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'est), Gina,[4] The Absence (L'Absence), Lucien Brouillard, To Be Sixteen (Avoir 16 ans), Lessons on Life (Trois pommes à côté du sommeil) and Au fil de l'eau,[5] and the television series Témoignages and Fortier.
Her stage roles included productions of Anne Legault's Conte d'hiver 70[6] and Michel Tremblay's High Mass for a Full Moon of Summer (Messe solonnelle pour une pleine lune d'été).
[7] She was also co-director and co-writer with Paule Baillargeon of the 1980 film La cuisine rouge.
[8] She dropped out of acting after 2003, reemerging in the early 2010s as a mental health and art therapy advocate after going public about her battles with alcoholism, drug addiction and compulsive gambling.