Alison Wheeler (born 22 July 1986) is a French comedian and actress. Wheeler initially earned recognition as a member of the French cooperative Studio Bagel, a website that was later acquired by the television channel

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. She has an established cinematic career and is known for creating and performing musical parodies on

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. She currently works as a weekly humorist for the French Talk show “Quotidien”, on the private television channel

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Biography

Biography and early television

Of French-Irish origin, Alison Wheeler was born on 22 July 1986, in Enghien-les-Bains in

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to Ruth Algar a former Irish track athlete from Co. Westmeath. Her mother left Ireland at the age of 23 to work as an au-pair in France. After graduating with a

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diploma in humanities at Notre-Dame-de-Bury High School, (

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), she took comedy classes at

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and Studio Pygmalion. She also studied at the university Paris-Sorbonne IV. After having participated in several television series and co-hosted the show ''Kawai'' on Filles TV alongside

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, Wheeler won a role in the Saphia Azzeddine's adaption of Azzeddizine's novel ''Mon père est femme de ménage''. Her performance as the big sister who dreams of becoming a musical star earned her a nomination for the 2012 Césars as "most promising actress". She continued on to earn a small role in the biopic ''

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'', by

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, also released in 2012. During the same year, Wheeler established her internet presence: first on the site MadmoiZelle.com and later through the internet cooperative Studio Bagel, which she joined in season 2, and which provided her with a wider audience. When Studio Bagel was acquired by the television channel

, Wheeler became one of television's most prominent faces. She took part in the show ''Le Dézapping du Before'', broadcast during ''le Before du Grand Journal'', on the programme ''Carte de Presque'' and occasionally on the '' Grand Journals JT de l'invité on Canal+. However, Wheeler's most recognizable work began on 9 September 2014, as a presenter for the ''Grand Journal'' weather on Canal + with Monsieur Poulpe. She left ''Le Grand Journal'' in spring of 2015 to focus on cinema.

Transition to cinema and musical parodies

After a few small roles in popular comedies - ''

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'', by Isabelle Doval and ''À toute épreuve'' by Antoine Blossier - Wheeler acted in the dramedy ''

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, released in 2014. However, Wheeler's new focus on cinema did not signal a total depart from news media, and in October 2015 she founded the column (''Journal intime fictif'') in the Antoine de Caunes's weekly show ''L'émission d'Antoine'', broadcast on Canal+. On 23 May 2016, she launched her first video on her YouTube channel, "La chanteuse de salle de bain". The next fall Wheeler joined the

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show ''La Bande originale'' on

as a comedic commentator, with her column ''La Drôle d'humeur d'Alison Wheeler'', where she is recognized for her imitations and musical parodies. This garnered her a widespread audience and landed her further cinematic roles, first for the Patrick Mille comedy ''Going to Brazil'', and then as

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's co-star in the romantic comedy ''Loue-moi !'', directed by Coline Assous and Virginie Schwartz. Both films received poor public reception and were deemed flops in 2017, despite significant media coverage for the first. The same year, the actress won the role Mademoiselle Jeanne in ', an adaptation of the eponymous cartoon by

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. In 2019 she published a book, ''Ma vie est mieux que la vôtre'' (Harper Collins).

Filmography

Web videos

Audio fiction

*2017: ''L'Épopée temporelle'': Aliénor

Television

*2013: ''

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'' (season 3, episodes 2 and 3): Laura *2015: ''Objectivement'' (

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): la lampe

Cinema

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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