Nolwenn Leroy
Biography
Nolwenn Le Magueresse, known professionally as Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. Born on September 28, 1982, in Saint-Renan, Finistere, France, she is classically trained in the violin and opera singing. She rose to fame by winning the second season of the French television music competition Star Academy in 2002. Since then, she has recorded eight studio albums and achieved two number one singles on the French charts with Casse and Nolwenn Ohwo!. Her 2012 album Bretonne was certified two times diamond for surpassing one million sales. Fluent in English from spending a year as an exchange student in the United States, she sings in French, Breton, English, and Irish.
Career overview
Nolwenn Le Magueresse, known professionally as Nolwenn Leroy, is a French actor, singer-songwriter, and musician. Born on September 28, 1982, in Saint-Renan, Finistere, France, she is originally classically trained in violin and opera singing. Her rise to fame followed her victory in the second season of the French television music competition Star Academy in 2002.
Over the course of her career, Leroy has recorded eight studio albums and achieved two number one singles on the French charts, titled Casse and Nolwenn Ohwo! In 2012, her album Bretonne achieved two times diamond certification for surpassing one million copies in sales. Fluent in English after spending a year as an exchange student in the United States, she performs vocally in multiple languages, which include French, Breton, English, and Irish. On the Movie Database, she is credited with seventy known credits in her career.
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- Summer '36 (2026) as Giulia Vincent
- Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés (2026) as Self
- 11e edition de La Nuit de la Deprime aux Folies Bergère (2026)
- Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Chez Lolo (2025)
- Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés (2025)
- Merci Dorothée ! (2025) as Self
- Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2025 (2025) as Self
- Brocéliande (2024) as Fanny Legoff
- Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2024 (2024) as Self
- Ycare, le live (2024)
- Unis pour Mayotte (2024) as Self
- Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! (2024)
- Ici Nougaro ! Le concert évènement (2024) as Self
- On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel (2023) as Self - Guest
- Chemins de Traverse (2023) as Self
- Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs (2023) as Self
- Welcome Back (2022) as Self - Guest
- Les Héros de notre enfance (2022) as Self
- Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés (2022)
- Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement (2022) as Self
- Gaëtan Roussel au festival interceltique de Lorient (2022) as Chanteuse
- Abers Road (2021) as Self
- Un soir à Monaco avec Laurent Gerra (2021) as Self - Guest
- Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous (2021)
- Camille & Images (2021) as Self
- Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime (2021) as Self
- Les 30 chansons de Céline Dion que vous n'oublierez jamais (2021) as Self
- Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille (2021) as Self
- Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés (2020)
- La Boîte à secrets (2019) as Self
- Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo (2019)
- Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés (2019)
- The Secret Song (2018) as Self
- L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc (2018) as Self
- Michel Sardou – Dernier show (2017) as Self
- Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés (2017)
- Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith (2017) as Self
- Quotidien (2016) as Self - Guest
- Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés (2016) as Self
- Capitaine Marleau (2015) as Déborah Fourrier
- Le concert de Noël avec Roberto Alagna et l'orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo (2015) as Self : Guest
- The Voice Kids (2014) as Coach Nolwenn
- Les stars chantent Disney (2014) as Self
- Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés (2014)
- Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
- Les plus beaux airs celtes (2014) as Self
- The Pink Soldier 2 (2013)
- Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme (2013) as Self
- Toute la télé chante pour le Sidaction (2013) as Self
- Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés (2013)
- The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix (2012) as Self - Coach
- Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs (2010)
- N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels (2008) as Self
- Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés (2008)
- Salut les Terriens ! (2006) as Self - Guest
- Star Academy - La saga des clips (2006) as Self
- Star Academy - La saga des clips (2) (2006) as Self
- Nolwen Leroy Histoires Naturelles Tour (2005) as Self
- La chanson de l'année (2004) as Self
- Star Academy 1, 2 & 3 en concert au Parc des Princes (2004) as Self
- La Méthode Cauet (2003) as Self - Guest
- Star Academy 2 - En concert (2003) as Self
- Star Academy (2001) as Self
- Who Wants to Win Millions? (2000) as Self - Contestant
- Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
- Taratata (1993) as Self
- Victoires de la musique (1985) as Self
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self