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Geneviève Elverum (née Gosselin; 1981 – 2016), also known as Geneviève Castrée, was a Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician from Quebec.
Geneviève Picot is an Australian stage, film and television actress.
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz (1920 – 2002) was a member of the French Resistance and served as president of ATD Quart Monde. She was also an author. Her uncle was General Charles de Gaulle.
Geneviève Sorya (1912-2008) was a French actress. She was the mother of an even more famous French actress, Anouk Aimée. The name sounds much nicer in French than in English.
Country duo Sugarland have a song called "Genevieve", using the English pronunciation.
The incomparable Catherine Deneuve plays Genevieve in one of the greatest movies ever, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, where the name is pronounced "JEN-vee-ev."
Princess Genevieve is a princess in "Barbie In The 12 Dancing Princesses". Barbie plays Genevieve.
Canadian actress Genevieve Buechner bears the name.
Fascinating that St. Genevieve's parents were German and Gaelic. Being that the name Genevieve is Ancient Germanic, I doubt it's original pronunciation was zhe-ne-VYEV! I find the English pronunciation so much more beautiful, and the name so diverse.
There is a character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events whose full name is Esmé Gigi Geneviève Squalor. She is a very vile woman.
A famous bearer is Canadian actress Genevieve Bujold (born July 1, 1942). She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion-Picture Drama and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1969 movie, "Anne of a Thousand Days".
In the children's television show, Madeline, Genevieve is the talented pet dog.
Genevieve Gaunt plays Pansy Parkinson in the Harry Potter movies.

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