Catherine Paquin-Béchard completed her acting training at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe theater school in 2011. As soon as she graduated, she took part in several productions at Théâtre de l'Opsis, including Les enfants de la pleine lune and Commedia (Luce Pelletier), Le Vertige (Luce Pelletier), and Il Campiello (Serge Denoncourt). She also acted under the direction of Frédéric Dubois in À quelle heure on meurt? and was part of the last edition of Poésie, sandwichs et autres soirs qui penchent, Loui Mauffette's poetry show at Place des Arts.
During the summers of 2016 and 2017, she presented, at Zoofest, the musical horror comedy La Gardienne in collaboration with Véronique Pascal and took to the stage at Théâtre Jean Duceppe in En cas de pluie aucun remboursement, directed by Simon Boudreault. She also played in J'accuse at Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui and on tour under the direction of Sylvain Bélanger.
In 2018, she toured in Manifeste de la jeune fille, directed by Olivier Choinière, in addition to founding her own creative company, Les compagnons baroques, which is particularly interested in genre theater. In 2019, Catherine was very active on the Montreal scene. She played in Rouge Speedo (Louis-Philippe Tremblay) at Prospéro, in ICI (Gabrielle Lessard) at Espace Libre, and in Chansons pour filles et garçons perdus (Loui Mauffette) at Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui and Place des Arts. She returned to Théâtre de l'Opsis with Les Serpents, produced at Espace Go.
Since 2020, she has been part of the cast of Sherlock Holmes et le signe des quatre (TAQP). In 2022, she created the play L'amour au 21e siècle (according to Wikihow) with her company, followed by Couper in 2023 at Prospéro. She was part of the cast of the comedy Silence, on tourne! in summer 2023 (Charles Dauphinais) and returned to Encore Spectacle the following summer at Théâtre de la Marjolaine in Peut contenir des traces d'égo. In 2024, she performed in Le sang appelle le sang, directed by Sébastien David at Théâtre de l’Opsis, and played the Princess in Orlando, directed by Lorraine Pintal with the Orchestre Métropolitain.
On the small screen, she landed the role of receptionist Mégan in Complexe G (TVA) and brilliantly embodied the role of Marilou in the series Mon ex à moi, earning her a Gémeaux nomination in 2016. From 2015 to 2019, she played the character of Josée Tessier in Unité 9 (SRC). She then slipped into the skin of Alexa for the series Lâcher prise (SRC). Since 2020, her character Guylaine has been developing in 5e rang.
In 2023, she played Roxanne in the series À coeur battant and the voluptuous Denise in the spy series Ixe-13. The same year, she received her second Gémeaux nomination in the “Best Leading Role: Dramatic Series” category for her role as Corine in the drama series Mégantic (ALSO Productions). She will soon be seen in Emprises, directed by Yannick Savard and produced by Duo Productions, scheduled for release in 2025.
Her film credits include Chasse-Galerie: la légende, directed by Jean-Philippe Duval, Denys Arcand's The Fall of the American Empire, and Miryam Bouchard's Mon cirque à moi. On the web, she has appeared in Polyvalente and Terreur 404.
