Sibylle Blanc

Sibylle Blanc

Sibylle Blanc presenting at the Paleo Festival 2013
Born Sibylle Blanc
(1974-01-03) January 3, 1974
Switzerland Aubonne, Switzerland
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Website Comedien.ch

Sibylle Blanc (born January 3, 1974[1] in Aubonne, Vaud) is a French-speaking Swiss actress and director who is actively involved in theatrical, film, television and radio productions in her native Switzerland as well as in nearby France.

Her first name is easily misspelt and she is sometimes wrongly credited as Sybille Blanc.[2]

Personal life

Blanc is the daughter of Pierre-Alain Blanc who is the current mayor of Aubonne and a teacher of physical education.[3] Sport is important to her father who organises a triathlon in Aubonne every year.[4] As part of her fitness routine she regularly plays badminton with her father.[3]

She lives in a charming sixth floor apartment in a building without an elevator. "C'est pratique, j'ai trouvé un appartement avec fitness intégré! (It's practical, I've found an apartment with fitness built in!)" she said jokingly in an interview with Wladimir Bianchi[5] She first came across her apartment when she went there to read for her first professional theatrical role as Cordélia in King Lear. She fell in love with it immediately. Several years later she saw in a newspaper, next to an article about herself, an advertisement that the apartment was available.[5]

As well as fitness Blanc also takes her diet very seriously and eats primarily fruit and steamed vegetables and tries to drink two litres of tea every day.[1][3]

Career

Blanc studied dramatic arts at the Ecole Supérieure d'Art Dramatique (ESAD) in Geneva graduating in 1996. Early in her professional career she appeared on several children's TV programs produced by the TSR including Smash and Bus et compagnie.[6] Her first major role came with the TSR produced sitcom (French)Bigoudi where she played Laura for 50 episodes from 1996 to 1998. Since that time she has frequently appeared on television programs produced by the French-language Swiss national TV station, TSR.

She has a tremendous ability to play a diverse range of roles which was brought out in her portrayal of the various female characters in Matt Cameron's play Ruby Moon and in the numerous comedy cabaret shows (La Revue 2000, Les nouvelles brèves de comptoir and La Revue de Cuche et Barbezat) which she has performed in. In the latter and in the musical Irma la Douce she was able to display her strong talent for singing and dancing. She has played numerous classical characters in plays by such authors as Shakespeare, Wilde, Miller, Beckett, Labiche and Pagnol as well as more modern roles in plays by authors such as Ruccello, Cameron and Dear. Blanc is fluent in both English and French and has even played an American in Hazanov's film Salade(s) Russe(s).

She was the lead singer in an innovative local Geneva based band, Booty Machine,[7] between 2008 and 2009.

On top of acting and singing she has also co-hosted the morning radio shows Le 6-9 on Radio NRJ in 2001 and Les Matinales on Lausanne FM[8] from 2006 to 2007. Since its formation in 2008 she has been the voice of Lausanne based radio station LFM(French)[9] and she has appeared numerous times on the Radio Télévision Suisse comedy show Les Dicodeurs.

She has hosted many events. Notable amongst these are GRAND (Grand Prix Romand de la Création - an award ceremony for outstanding work in the field of communications in the French part of Switzerland) [10] in 2011 and 2013 and the second largest stage (originally called Le Chapiteau and presently called Les Arches) at the Paleo Festival since 2000.[11]

The following information has been compiled from Blanc's agent's website,[12] the Swiss French actor's website Comedien.ch,[13] the International Movie Database.[2] and from the Swiss Films website.[14]

Theatre

2014

2013

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

Film

2014

2011

2008

2007

2006

2005

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

Television

2009-2010

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2001

2000

1999

1996-1998

Radio

2004-2014

2006-2007

2001

References

  1. 1 2 'L'illustre', Lausanne, N. 21, p. 74, May 25, 2005.
  2. 1 2 Sibylle Blanc at the Internet Movie Database
  3. 1 2 3 'L'illustre', Lausanne, N. 1, pp. 51-53, January 4, 2007.
  4. ↑ Triathlon d'Aubonne
  5. 1 2 'Prestige Immobilier', Plurality Presse SA, Geneva, N. 8, p. 14, June–August 2007.
  6. ↑ 'TVguide' Edipress Publications s.a., Lausanne, N. 22 p. 13 May 27-June 3, 2000.
  7. ↑ www.zzz.ch/bootymachine
  8. ↑ www.lausannefm.ch
  9. ↑ www.lfm.ch
  10. ↑ www.associationgrand.ch
  11. ↑ 'www.journaldemorges.ch' Journal de Morges, N. 30, July 25, 2014.
  12. ↑ Agent of Sibylle Blanc website
  13. ↑ Comedien.ch
  14. ↑ Swiss Films website
  15. 1 2 3 4 Casino-théâtre website
  16. 1 2 Théâtre Confiture website
  17. 1 2 3 Théâtre Pull Off website
  18. 1 2 3 Théâtre de Beausobre website
  19. 1 2 3 4 Théâtre Benno Besson website
  20. ↑ CO2 website
  21. ↑ Théâre de Valère website
  22. ↑ www.onzepetitsnegres.ch
  23. 1 2 Théâtre Pitoeff website
  24. ↑ Théâtre de L'Orangerie website
  25. ↑ Théâtre du Passage website
  26. ↑ Théâtre du Jorat website
  27. ↑ Théâtre Alhambra website
  28. 1 2 3 Théâtre du Grütli website
  29. ↑ Festival de la Côte website
  30. ↑ Théâtre Boulimie website
  31. ↑ La Revue Genevoise website
  32. ↑ NIFFF website
  33. ↑ Théâtre de Carouge website
  34. ↑ Théâtre de Vidy website
  35. ↑ Théâtre du Loup website
  36. ↑ Théâtre Am Stram Gram website
  37. ↑ Love Express at the Internet Movie Database
  38. ↑ The Shadows Company at the Internet Movie Database
  39. ↑ L'adversaire at the Internet Movie Database
  40. ↑ Merci pour le chocolat at the Internet Movie Database
  41. ↑ Salade(s) Russe(s) at the Internet Movie Database
  42. ↑ Les vacances de Sam at the Internet Movie Database
  43. ↑ La famille Zappon at the Internet Movie Database
  44. ↑ ''Vénus et Appolon: Soin passionnel at the Internet Movie Database
  45. ↑ Bien dégagé derrière les oreilles at the Internet Movie Database
  46. ↑ Sauvetage: Le ravin at the Internet Movie Database

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