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Jeanne Cherhal

Actor, ComposerBorn February 28, 1978 (47 years)
Jeanne Cherhal is a French singer-songwriter.

After spending her younger years in Erbray near Châteaubriant, Cherhal studied philosophy before moving to Paris. She started her singing career playing piano – solo, or accompanied by her guitarist Éric Löhrer in small concert venues. At the time she sported long, plaited hair. After a six-title CD (edited by Madame Suzie), she released an album entitled "Jeanne Cherhal" with the independent label Tôt ou tard.

Little by little, her renown increased. At the beginning she sang Georges Moustaki, Jacques Higelin, Thomas Fersen and Emir Kusturica; she was invited on by the group les Têtes Raides, sang as a double act with Vincent Delerm and sometimes as a trio with d'Albin de La Simone. She also performed in a series of concerts with Matthieu Bouchet, which culminated in the production of the CD-booklet [en même temps...] (produced in a limited edition of 1500 copies).

Cherhal's second album Douze fois par an (Twelve times a year), released in 2004, was a huge success. Along with this she received recognition not only from the music world, but also from a large and ever-increasing fan base.

Towards the end of 2005, she performed in the French version of "The Vagina Monologues"

In 2006 her third album, L'eau (Water), produced by Albin de la Simone. Musically speaking, it was much more polished and the themes it contained were at the same time more personal and more involved. This album would enable her once more to tour in France and abroad, performing in Belgium and Switzerland; in Berlin, London, Dublin and Beirut; in Canada, Congo, Central African Republic, in Gabon and in Angola.

In February 2008, inspired by "the famous text message", she placed a previously unheard track on her MySpace page: "Si tu reviens, j'annule tout"... (If you come back, I'll cancel everything...).

2008 would also mark Jeanne's first steps in the world of cinema as she would play the main rôle in two short films: La consultation (the consultation): directed by Frédérik Vin in the framework of the French television channel Canal+'s campaign "Ecrire pour un chanteur" (Write for a singer); La copie de Coralie (Coralie's Copy): directed by Nicolas Hengel, nominated at the Cannes Film Festival.

Source: Article "Jeanne Cherhal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

  • A Silence
  • The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
  • Le soldat Rose
  • L'odyssée musicale de Kate Bush

Jeanne Cherhal Filmography

2025
2023
A Silence · as Commissaire Colin
2022
L’odyssée musicale de Kate Bush · as Narrator (voice Ove)
2020
2015
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim · as Emmanuelle (voice)
2014
Captain Marleau (TV Series) · as Violette Lanski
2006
Le soldat Rose · as Betty Quette

2024
2024
2021
2020
2018
The Secret Song (TV Series) · as Self
2018
Passage des Arts (TV Series) · as Self
2018
Basic, most of the music (TV Series) · as Self
2014
No Land's Song · as Self
2009
C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self
2008
La Grande Librairie (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Ce soir (ou jamais !) (TV Series) · as Self
2006
On n'est pas couché (TV Series) · as Self
2005
2004
Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self
2003
20h10 pétantes (TV Series) · as Self
2000
L'invité (TV Series) · as Self
1998
Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self
1993
Taratata 100% Live (TV Series) · as Self
1985
Les Victoires de la Musique (TV Series) · as Self

2024
Spirit World · as Original Music Composer
2021
Tralala · as Original Music Composer
2014
Des lendemains qui chantent · as Original Music Composer

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