Anne-Claire Coudray (born 1 February 1977) is a French

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and

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Early life and education

Anne-Claire Coudray was born in

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

in the department of

Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Ill-e-Vilaenn'', ) is a departments of France, department of France, located in the regions of France, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named a ...

, and spent a part of her childhood in

Locmariaquer Locmariaquer (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies south of Auray by road. Coat of arms This coat of arms was created 30 years ago by the local artist Jean-Baptiste Corlobé. The arms p ...

Morbihan The Morbihan ( , ; ) is a departments of France, department in the administrative region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Gulf of Morbihan, Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton ...

, the native town of her maternal grandparents. Her father is a

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and her mother is an English teacher. She pursued a Catholic education at the Lycée Saint-François-Xavier in

Vannes Vannes (; , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Morbihan, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic ...

and then preparatory classes at the Lycée Guist'hau in

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

for two years in both hypokhâgne and khâgne. She then graduated in both Bachelor of Arts degree and master's degree of history at the

University of Rennes 2 – Upper Brittany Rennes 2 University (UR2; , officially Université Rennes-II Haute-Bretagne) is a public university located in Upper Brittany, France. It is one of the four universities of the List of public universities in France by academy#Academy of Rennes, A ...

Television career

After graduating at the École Supérieure de Journalisme of

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in 2000, Anne-Claire Coudray then worked for the Internep agency of Lille, on reports in France and foreign countries for

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and Arte Info. She also presented a few programs on

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. In May 2000, she joined the news service of TF1, arriving in

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in 2004. She reported the

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, the visit of

Pope Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...

in France in September 2008, the

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, and even the French military parade on 14 July 2009. Since June 2009, she presents the society program ''TMC Reportages'' on

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, a channel of the

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. In summer 2009, she became the replacing presenter of the news on LCI, a continuous news channel of the same group. In 2010, she replaced Bénédicte Le Chatelier after her maternity leave, to present the evening news on LCI. In December 2010, she reported on both TF1 and LCI the Ivorian presidential election opposing

Laurent Gbagbo Koudou Laurent Gbagbo
, FPI website . ( G ...

and

Alassane Ouattara Alassane Dramane Ouattara (; ; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician and economist who has been List of heads of state of Ivory Coast, President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, he worked for the I ...

. In 2011, she reported the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair in May, and the wedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco. In July 2012, she replaced

Claire Chazal Claire Chazal (; born 1 December 1956) is a French journalist, romance writer, and former director of news at a national television station, France 2. She had been the weekend news anchor at TF1 TF1 (; standing for ''Télévision Française 1'' ...

to present the afternoon and evening news on weekends and the program ''Reportages'' on TF1. During autumn 2012, she is a correspondent for TF1 in the United States to report the presidential election of 2012. Since 2013 Anne-Claire Coudray has presented the military parade of 14 July on TF1, with

Gilles Bouleau Gilles Bouleau (born 25 May 1962) is a French journalist. As a journalist and reporter on TF1 and LCI (France), LCI for several years, he spent several years in other countries as a correspondent in London and Washington, D.C., Washington. Head ...

and

Jean-Claude Narcy Jean-Claude Narcy (born 16 January 1938) is a French journalist and news anchor who has presented the daily news in the evening and at night on TF1. Early life and education Jean-Claude Narcy was born in Tours in the department of Indre-et-Loi ...

in 2013 and with Louis Bodin and

Denis Brogniart Denis Brogniart (; born 12 June 1967 in ) is a French people, French sport journalist and television host. He presents the show ''Koh-Lanta'' since 2002 and Formula One racing on TF1 with Marion Jollès Grosjean. Personal life Denis Brogniart was ...

in 2014. During the

2017 French presidential election Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April and 7 May 2017. Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party (PS) was eligible to run for a second term, but declared on 1 December 2016 that he wo ...

, she hosted alongside Bouleau the debate between the top five candidates on 20 March, as well as the program '' Demain Président'' in the lead-up to the first round.

References

External links

Biography of Anne-Claire Coudray
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coudray, Anne-Claire 1977 births Living people French television journalists French television presenters French women journalists French women television presenters Mass media people from Rennes Rennes 2 University alumni