Cécile Bois

Cécile Bois
Cécile Bois in April 2016
Born
Cécile Bois

(1971-12-26) December 26, 1971
Lormont, France
Alma materConservatoire de Bordeaux
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present
Spouse
Jean-Pierre Michaël
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(m. 2016)​
Children2

Cécile Bois (born 1971)[1] 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.[2]

Early life and education

Cécile Bois was born in Talence[3] and grew up in Lormont,[3] Bassens,[3] and Bordeaux.[1] 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.[1]

Bois wanted to be an actress since she was 4.[1] While at school, Bois joined an amateur theatre troupe.[1] The following year, she entered the Conservatoire de Bordeaux,[1][3] which she subsequently left to join another theatre group named "Le théâtre en vrac".[1]

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.[1]

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.[1][4]

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,[5] as the female lead in the 2007 TV film Agatha contre Agatha.[6] 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,[7] which aired from 2013 to 2023.[8] 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.[9] In 2025, she started starring in the new France 2 TV comedy drama, Made in France.[2]

Personal life

Since 2016, Bois had been in a relationship with fellow actor Jean-Pierre Michaël, with whom she has two daughters. [10][11][12]

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 [13]
  • 2000: Le roi danse [14]
  • 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[2][3]
  • 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[9]
  • 2023: Drops of God
  • 2023: Goût du Crime (Taste of Crime)[15]
  • 2025: Made in France.

Stage

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mathieu, Clément (1 January 2020). "Quand Robert Hossein lançait Cécile Bois" [When Robert Hossein launched Cécile Bois]. Paris Match (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c AlloCine (15 January 2025). "Made in France : Cécile Bois (Candice Renoir), un triangle amoureux et de la haute couture, c'est la nouvelle série de France 2 et elle commence ce soir !". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Tournages TV en Gironde : dans le Top 10 des séries et des acteurs préférés des Français". SudOuest.fr (in French). 2 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  4. ^ Cauhapé, Véronique (16 April 2014). "Cécile Bois : l'apprentissage du doute" [Cécile Bois: learning to doubt]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Navarro TV Series1989–2006". IMdB. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Cécile Bois | Actress". IMDb. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Le désamour TV Movie 2010". IMdB. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Candice Renoir TV Series 2013–". IMdB. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  9. ^ a b Gloria at IMDb
  10. ^ Média, Prisma. "Jean-Pierre Michaël - La biographie de Jean-Pierre Michaël avec Voici.fr". Voici.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Candice Renoir : Cécile Bois amoureuse d'un autre acteur" (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Cécile Bois (Candice Renoir) : ses filles n'ont pas le droit de regarder la série" (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments". Allociné.fr.
  14. ^ "Le roi danse". Allociné.fr.
  15. ^ Meffre, Benjamin (20 March 2025). "Cécile Bois imbattable sur France 2, même en rediffusion" [Cécile Bois unbeatable on France 2, even in reruns]. leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
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