Cécile Bois

Cécile Bois (born 1971) is a French TV, stage, and film actress. She came to national attention when she was cast, aged 24, in the title role of Robert Hossein's play ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges.'' In recent years, she is most known for her turn in the title role on the French TV crime drama, Candice Renoir.

Early life and education

Cécile Bois was born in Talence and grew up in Lormont, Bassens, and Bordeaux. Her father was a teacher and her mother worked as an advisor for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and Bois has a younger sister.

Bois wanted to be an actress since she was 4. While at school, Bois joined an amateur theatre troupe. The following year, she entered the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, which she subsequently left to join another theatre group named "".

At age 19, Bois moved to Paris and began training at l' École de la rue Blanche. It was during this time that she met her future agent Chafika.

Career

Bois came to national attention playing Angélique in Robert Hossein's 1995 play ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'', based on the novels by Anne Golon. She performed the role in 130 appearances at the Palais des Sports.

Bois has starred in films such as '' Germinal'', '' Dakan'', ''Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments'', ''Lucky Punch, le montreur de boxe'', and ''Le roi danse'', but she is best known for her television roles. She starred as Agnes in the TV series '' Navarro'', as the female lead in the 2007 TV film ''Agatha contre Agatha.'' ''and'' alongside Bruno Wolkowitch and Florence Pernel in the 2010 television film ''Le Désamour'', which was directed by Daniel Janneau for France 3.

Bois is most known for playing the title role in the France 2 detective drama-comedy series ''Candice Renoir,'' which aired from 2013 to 2023. On the show, Bois plays Renoir, a Police detective who returns to work after a ten-year leave of absence, and resumes work as the head of the small criminal investigations division in Sète, near Montpellier, inadvertently taking the job that had been promised to her deputy. This, the ten-year gap in knowledge of recent police procedures, and her unconventional personality initially creates issues but her unique approach brings results.

Bois has also played the lead role in the television drama series '' Gloria'', a French remake of the 2017 British series ''Keeping Faith'', released on 17 February 2022. In 2025, she started starring in the new France 2 TV comedy drama, ''Made in France''.

Personal life

Since 2016, Bois had been in a relationship with fellow actor Jean-Pierre Michaël, with whom she has two daughters.

Filmography

Cinéma

* 1992: ''Promenades d'été''
* 1993: '' Germinal''
* 1993: ''La Place d'un autre''
* 1995: ''Lucky Punch, le montreur de boxe''
* 1996: '' Dakan''
* 1998: ''Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments''
* 2000: ''Le roi danse''
* 2000: ''Le Roman de Lulu''
* 2001: ''La Grande Vie !''
* 2004: '' Les Mots bleus''
* 2005: ''Une belle histoire''
* 2009: ''Trésor''
* 2023 : '' Like a Prince''

Television

* 1993: ''Le Chasseur de la nuit''
* 1995: '' Navarro''
* 1995: ''Fils de flic''
* 1996: ''Les Alsaciens ou les Deux Mathilde''
* 1997: ''Une soupe aux herbes sauvages''
* 1997: ''La Maison d'Alexina''
* 1998: ''La Femme de l'Italien''
* 1998: Les monos (1 episode)
* 2000: ''Maigret'' as Miss Vague (1 episode)
* 2001: '' Résurrection''
* 2001: Mathieu Corot ''as Diane (1 episode)''
* 2002: ''Femmes de loi'' as Vanessa (1 episode)
* 2003: '' Une place parmi les vivants'' as Sabine
* 2003: ''Je serai toujours près de toi'' as Guilaine
* 2003: ''Joséphine, ange gardien'' as Sandrine (2 episode)
* 2004: Ariane Ferry as Ariane Ferry
* 2005: ''Sauveur Giordano'' as Caroline Lucas (1 episode)
* 2005: ''Une famille formidable'' as Marie-Sophie (1 episode)
* 2006: ''Agathe contre Agathe'' as Agathe Verdier
* 2006: ''Tombé du ciel'' as Florence
* 2006: ''Marie Besnard, l'empoisonneuse'' as Maître Chantal Jacquemin
* 2007: ''Adresse inconnue'' as Isabelle Chanbrier(1 episode)
* 2007: ''La vie à une'' as Elisa Moncea
* 2007: ''Camping Paradis'' as Julie (1 episode)
* 2007: ''Cellule Identité'' as Frédéric
* 2009: ''Vive les Vacances !'' as Cécile (6 episodes)
* 2009: ''Aveugle, mais pas trop'' as Ninon
* 2009: ''Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme'' as Stéphanie Moreau (1 episode)
* 2010: ''Le Désamour'' as Charlotte
* 2010: ''Accusé Mendès France'' as Epouse lepretr
* 2011: ''Merci Patron'' as Nikki
* 2013-present: ''Candice Renoir'' as Candice Renoir
* 2014: ''Richelieu, la Pourpre et le Sang'' as Anne d'Autriche
* 2015: ''Envers et contre tous'' as Audrey
* 2017: ''Meurtres à Sarlat'' as Claire Dalmas (1 episode)
* 2022: '' Gloria''
* 2023: ''Drops of God''
* 2023: ''Goût du Crime'' (Taste of Crime)
* 2025: ''Made in France''.

Stage

* 1990: ''Zapping, solitude, parloir''
* 1991: '' Volpon''
* 1995: ''Angélique, marquise des anges''
* 2001: ''La Souricière'' d'Agatha Christie
* 2008: ''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon''

References

External links

Cecile Bois'
IMdB page

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French actresses
Conservatoire de Bordeaux alumni
1971 births
Living people