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Anik Jean (born April 11, 1977 in Bonaventure, Quebec) is a Canadian pop and rock singer, actress and screenwriter. She is most noted for her 2005 album Le Trashy Saloon, which was a shortlisted Juno Award finalist for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2006.
Career
In her early career, Jean spent four years living and working in Los Angeles, performing at venues such as The Viper Room. Upon returning to Montreal, she reconnected with longtime friend Jean Leloup, with whom she collaborated on the songs that would become Le Trashy Saloon. Within a few months of the album's release, she was selected to open for The Rolling Stones at their 2006 show at the Bell Centre. In addition to the album's Juno Award nomination, she received a Prix Félix nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 2006 Gala de l'ADISQ, and a MuchMusic Video Award nomination for Best French Video for the song "Tendre sorcière".
Her second album, Le Ciel saigne le martyre, was released in 2008. She received two Prix Félix nominations at the Gala de l'ADISQ in 2008, for Rock Album of the Year and Single of the Year for "Oh mon chéri (Le ciel saigne le martyre)".
In 2010 she had her first acting role, playing Mylène in Patrick Huard's film File 13 (Filière 13). She married Huard in 2011.
Her self-titled third album was released in 2010, and her fourth, Schizophrène, was released in 2013.
In 2015 she created the multimedia project Lost Soul, which included both her first English-language album and a film based on the songs which she wrote, acted in and co-directed. She composed the score for the 2017 film Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2.
In 2018, it was announced that Jean's second screenplay, Top coiffeuse, will be directed by Huard.