Nolwenn Leroy

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Born: September 28, 1982
From: Saint-Renan, Finistère, France
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Biography

Nolwenn Le Magueresse (born 28 September 1982), known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter, musician and Actor. Originally classically trained (violin and opera singing), she rose to fame after winning the second season of the French television music competition Star Academy in 2002. She has since recorded eight studio albums and scored two number one singles, "Cassé" and "Nolwenn Ohwo!", on the French charts. In 2012, her album Bretonne was certified two times diamond for sales exceeding one million copies. Leroy is fluent in English, having spent a year in the US as an exchange student. She sings in many languages, including French, Breton, English and Irish. Leroy has received numerous awards and nominations. In January 2015, she was ranked 17th on Le Journal du Dimanche's 50 Most Loved Celebrities in France, making her the top female singer on the list since December 2012. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture in 2021. Leroy was born in Saint-Renan in 1982. Leroy's parents left Saint-Renan (Finistère) when she was four years old. After living in Paris, Lille, and Guingamp, her mother, Muriel Leroy, and her younger sister, Kay, settled with Leroy's grandparents in Saint-Yorre. Her mother divorced from her father, professional footballer Jean-Luc Le Magueresse, in 1993. Nolwenn studied at the "Collège des Célestins" in Vichy. When Leroy was eleven, her music teacher noticed her musical talents and encouraged her to learn the violin. At the age of thirteen she won "Les écoles du désert", a contest sponsored by the Cora supermarket chain, which allowed her to travel with a humanitarian mission from Gao to Timbuktu, Mali; she later claimed this had a profound influence on her. In July 1998, Leroy was awarded a scholarship by the Vichy Rotary Club to travel to Hamilton, Ohio, United States, as an exchange student. While attending Hamilton High School, she took music lessons at the Performing Arts School and became fluent in English. When she returned to France, she began classical singing classes at the Vichy music conservatory. In 2001, she enrolled in the University of Clermont-Ferrand to study law for a potential alternative career to music. After watching the first season of Star Academy broadcast on TF1 in 2001, Leroy was impressed by Armande Altaï, a singing teacher and one of the show's judges. She subsequently joined Altaï's singing classes in Paris for over six months. In 2002, Nolwenn was selected for the second season of Star Academy, but she was also given the part of Scarlett O'Hara in the French stage musical Autant en emporte le vent (Gone with the Wind) by Gérard Presgurvic. Leroy ended up choosing Star Academy over the musical. As a contestant on the show, Leroy spent four months in a castle located in Dammarie-lès-Lys, and followed acting, dancing and singing classes. On 21 December 2002, she was declared the winner ahead of fellow finalist, Houcine Camara. ... Source: Article "Nolwenn Leroy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Works

47 films

Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans

2012

Le concert de Noël avec Roberto Alagna et l'orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

2015

Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés

20268.0

Nolwen Leroy Histoires Naturelles Tour

2005

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

20257.0

Michel Sardou – Dernier show

2017

Star Academy - La saga des clips

2006

Les Héros de notre enfance

2022

Merci Dorothée !

20257.2

Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés

20087.2

The Pink Soldier 2

20136.5

Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme

201310.0

Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith

20178.0

Les stars chantent Disney

2014

11e edition de La Nuit de la Deprime aux Folies Bergère

20265.0

Unis pour Mayotte

2024

Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous

20217.6

Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés

20207.7

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

20148.0

Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés

20177.5

Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !

20247.3

Taratata numéro 600

2025

L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc

2018

Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés

20167.2

Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés

20227.3

Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés

20257.5

Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime

20216.7

Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés

20136.9

Un soir à Monaco avec Laurent Gerra

20218.0

Ici Nougaro ! Le concert évènement

2024

Star Academy 1, 2 & 3 en concert au Parc des Princes

2004

Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés

20197.0

Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2024

202410.0

Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés

20147.8

Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2025

20259.0

Ycare, le live

2024

Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs

20107.0

Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs

20238.0

Star Academy 2 - En concert

20038.0

On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel

20238.0

Les plus beaux airs celtes

2014

Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille

20219.0

Toute la télé chante pour le Sidaction

20131.0

Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement

2022

Les 30 chansons de Céline Dion que vous n'oublierez jamais

20217.5

Gaëtan Roussel au festival interceltique de Lorient

2022

Star Academy - La saga des clips (2)

2006