Camille Lellouche (; born 1986) is a French
actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
,
comedian
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, and
singer
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.
In particular, she became known to the general public with her humorous and musical performances on YouTube
and with her participation on the French version of ''
The Voice''.
Life
Camille Lellouche was born in 1986, to a
Jewish
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family in Île-de-France,
and grew up in
Vitry-sur-Seine
Vitry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris.
Name
Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin ''Vitriacum'', and before that ''Victori ...
, in the suburbs of Paris.
She began learning piano at the age of 4. She then learned viola. In 1997, when she was 10, she said she wanted to become a singer. Later she performed in piano bars
In 2000, and she began taking acting classes. She trained in comedy at Acting International. She tried auditioning from 2005 and got some minor roles. During this time, she worked for ten years in the restaurant business.
In 2012, Camille Lellouche was spotted by director
Rebecca Zlotowski
Rebecca Zlotowski (; born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Zlotowski is of Poland, Polish-Morocco, Moroccan descent. Her father, Michel Zlotowski, is an English-French interpreter, while her Moroccan (born in ...
in a Parisian brewery, where she was employed as restaurant manager. She obtained an important role in the feature film
Grand Central, alongside
Léa Seydoux
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,
Tahar Rahim
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and
Olivier Gourmet
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Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in ''The Son (2002 film), Le Fils'' ...
. The film is selected at the
2013 Cannes Film Festival
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The French film ''Blu ...
.
At the same time, she used the Internet and social media to make herself known, posting videos and videos on YouTube but also on Facebook and Instagram. This experience allowed her to develop various characters and build a fan base, with more than 600,000 followers. On a shoot, she met
Laurent Junca
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and
Dominique Perrin
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, who detected her sense of the show and advised her to do the scene. Her first stage appearance as a humourist will then take place at the
Casino de Paris
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as the first act with
Virginie Hocq
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.
At the same time, she was a candidate in season 4 of ''The Voice'' show on
TF1
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TF1 is part ...
, where she advanced until the semi-final. She joined ''The Voice''
's troupe for the Zenith Tour. It is during the recording of the show that she begins to write her future show.
Camille Lellouche was then engaged in the show ''
Touche pas à mon poste !
' (TPMP), literally "Don't Touch My TV Set!", was a French live television talk show that ran from 2010 to 2025. First broadcast on France 4, it moved to D8 (which became C8) from 2012 until the network lost its license. It was produced by Pr ...
'' on C8 in 2016, but she quickly left the show de Cyril Hanouna, officially to focus on her career as an actress. She developed a one-woman-show, called Camille in real life (at first simply called Camille Lellouche), with which she goes on tour throughout France in 2016. She wrote and directed this show with Laurent Junca. She embodies a wide variety of female characters, with loneliness as a guideline, inspired by the many restaurant guests she met. Between the sketches, Camille Lellouche sings and plays the guitar.
She also continued her career as an actress in the cinema by turning again with
Rebecca Zlotowski
Rebecca Zlotowski (; born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Zlotowski is of Poland, Polish-Morocco, Moroccan descent. Her father, Michel Zlotowski, is an English-French interpreter, while her Moroccan (born in ...
in ''
Planetarium
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'' (2016), alongside
Natalie Portman
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and
Lily-Rose Depp
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, then in ''
The Price of Success'' (2017) by
Teddy Lussi-Modeste
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.
In June 2017, she was the sponsor of the 2nd edition of Festigital in Hyères.
From September 2017, she performs at the
Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse
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In addition to funct ...
. Also in September 2017, she joined
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's ''
Quotidien
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History
On 9 May 2016, Yann Barthès announced that he was leaving Canal+'s '' Le Petit Journal'', a progr ...
'', where she played different characters in a humorous feature called'' Face Cam''.
Filmography
Film
* 2013 : ''
Grand Central'' de
Rebecca Zlotowski
Rebecca Zlotowski (; born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Zlotowski is of Poland, Polish-Morocco, Moroccan descent. Her father, Michel Zlotowski, is an English-French interpreter, while her Moroccan (born in ...
: Géraldine
* 2016 : ''
Planetarium
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A dominant feature of most planetariums is ...
'' de
Rebecca Zlotowski
Rebecca Zlotowski (; born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Zlotowski is of Poland, Polish-Morocco, Moroccan descent. Her father, Michel Zlotowski, is an English-French interpreter, while her Moroccan (born in ...
: la mariée
* 2017 : ''
Le Prix du succès'' de
Teddy Lussi-Modeste
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: Camille
Television
* 2015 : ''
The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix'',
saison 4 : herself
* 2016 : ''
Touche pas à mon poste !
' (TPMP), literally "Don't Touch My TV Set!", was a French live television talk show that ran from 2010 to 2025. First broadcast on France 4, it moved to D8 (which became C8) from 2012 until the network lost its license. It was produced by Pr ...
'' : herself
* 2017 : ''
Quotidien
''Quotidien'' () is a French television show, first broadcast 12 September 2016 on the channel TMC. It is presented by Yann Barthès.
History
On 9 May 2016, Yann Barthès announced that he was leaving Canal+'s '' Le Petit Journal'', a progr ...
'' : many characters ''Face Cam''
Discography
Songs
*2020: "Mais je t'aime"
(Grand Corps Malade
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& Camille Lellouche) (Peak FR: #9, BEL: #12 SWI: #41)
[LesCharts.com: Camille Lellouche discography]
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*2020: "Et si" (Tayc feat. Camille Lellouche) (Peak FR: #93)
*2020: "Je remercie mon ex" (Peak FR: #200)
*2020: "N'insiste pas" (Peak FR: #129)
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21st-century French actresses
French film actresses
French television actresses
French women comedians
20th-century French women singers
21st-century French women singers
People from Vitry-sur-Seine
Actresses from Île-de-France
1986 births
Living people
Comedians from Île-de-France
Jewish French actresses
Jewish French comedians