Nolwenn Leroy
Nolwenn Le Magueresse (born 28 September 1982), known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter, musician and Actor.
Originally classically trained (violin and opera singing), she rose to fame after winning the second season of the French television music competition Star Academy in 2002. She has since recorded eight studio albums and scored two number one singles, "Cassé" and "Nolwenn Ohwo!", on the French charts. In 2012, her album Bretonne was certified two times diamond for sales exceeding one million copies.
Leroy is fluent in English, having spent a year in the US as an exchange student. She sings in many languages, including French, Breton, English and Irish.
Leroy has received numerous awards and nominations. In January 2015, she was ranked 17th on Le Journal du Dimanche's 50 Most Loved Celebrities in France, making her the top female singer on the list since December 2012. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture in 2021.
Leroy was born in Saint-Renan in 1982. Leroy's parents left Saint-Renan (Finistère) when she was four years old. After living in Paris, Lille, and Guingamp, her mother, Muriel Leroy, and her younger sister, Kay, settled with Leroy's grandparents in Saint-Yorre. Her mother divorced from her father, professional footballer Jean-Luc Le Magueresse, in 1993.
Nolwenn studied at the "Collège des Célestins" in Vichy. When Leroy was eleven, her music teacher noticed her musical talents and encouraged her to learn the violin. At the age of thirteen she won "Les écoles du désert", a contest sponsored by the Cora supermarket chain, which allowed her to travel with a humanitarian mission from Gao to Timbuktu, Mali; she later claimed this had a profound influence on her.
In July 1998, Leroy was awarded a scholarship by the Vichy Rotary Club to travel to Hamilton, Ohio, United States, as an exchange student. While attending Hamilton High School, she took music lessons at the Performing Arts School and became fluent in English. When she returned to France, she began classical singing classes at the Vichy music conservatory. In 2001, she enrolled in the University of Clermont-Ferrand to study law for a potential alternative career to music.
After watching the first season of Star Academy broadcast on TF1 in 2001, Leroy was impressed by Armande Altaï, a singing teacher and one of the show's judges. She subsequently joined Altaï's singing classes in Paris for over six months. In 2002, Nolwenn was selected for the second season of Star Academy, but she was also given the part of Scarlett O'Hara in the French stage musical Autant en emporte le vent (Gone with the Wind) by Gérard Presgurvic. Leroy ended up choosing Star Academy over the musical. As a contestant on the show, Leroy spent four months in a castle located in Dammarie-lès-Lys, and followed acting, dancing and singing classes. On 21 December 2002, she was declared the winner ahead of fellow finalist, Houcine Camara. ...
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Filmes (48)
Corsu Mezu Mezu - Un soir au Vélodrome avec Patrick Fiori
2026 · Self : Guest
Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés
2026 · Self
11e edition de La Nuit de la Deprime aux Folies Bergère
2026
Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2025
2025 · Self
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Taratata numéro 600
2025 · Self : Guest
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
2025
Merci Dorothée !
2025 · Self
Ici Nougaro ! Le concert évènement
2024 · Self
Unis pour Mayotte
2024 · Self
Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2024
2024 · Self
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
2024
Ycare, le live
2024
On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel
2023 · Self - Guest
Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs
2023 · Self
Les Héros de notre enfance
2022 · Self
Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement
2022 · Self
Gaëtan Roussel au festival interceltique de Lorient
2022 · Chanteuse
Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
2022
Un soir à Monaco avec Laurent Gerra
2021 · Self - Guest
Les 30 chansons de Céline Dion que vous n'oublierez jamais
2021 · Self
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
2021 · Self
Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille
2021 · Self
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
2021
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
2020
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
2019
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
2018 · Self
Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith
2017 · Self
Michel Sardou – Dernier show
2017 · Self
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
2017
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
2016 · Self
Le concert de Noël avec Roberto Alagna et l'orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
2015 · Self : Guest
Les stars chantent Disney
2014 · Self
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Les plus beaux airs celtes
2014 · Self
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
2014
The Pink Soldier 2
2013
Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme
2013 · Self
Toute la télé chante pour le Sidaction
2013 · Self
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
2013
Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
2010
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
2008
Star Academy - La saga des clips (2)
2006 · Self
Star Academy - La saga des clips
2006 · Self
Nolwen Leroy Histoires Naturelles Tour
2005 · Self
Star Academy 1, 2 & 3 en concert au Parc des Princes
2004 · Self
Star Academy 2 - En concert
2003 · Self
Séries (25)
O Verão de 1936
2026 · Giulia Vincent
Chez Lolo
2025
Brocéliande
2024 · Fanny Legoff
Chemins de Traverse
2023 · Self
Welcome Back
2022 · Self - Guest
Camille & Images
2021 · Self
Abers Road
2021 · Self
Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
2019
La Boîte à secrets
2019 · Self
The Secret Song
2018 · Self
Quotidien
2016 · Self - Guest
Inspectora Marleau
2015 · Déborah Fourrier
The Voice Kids
2014 · Coach Nolwenn
The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix
2012 · Self - Coach
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
2008 · Self
Salut les Terriens !
2006 · Self - Guest
La chanson de l'année
2004 · Self
La Méthode Cauet
2003 · Self - Guest
Star Academy
2001 · Self, Nolwenn Leroy
Who Wants to Win Millions?
2000 · Self - Contestant
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Taratata 100% Live
1993 · Self
Victoires de la musique
1985 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Il ne se passe jamais rien ici
· Claire