Cécile Bois

Cécile Bois

Born: December 26, 1971
in Talence, Gironde, France
Cécile Bois (born 26 December 1971) is a French actress originally from Lormont, Gironde.

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 "Le théâtre en vrac".

At age 19, Bois moved to Paris and began training at l'École de la rue Blanche. At this time, she met her future agent Chafika. She worked as a stage actor, on films such as Germinal and on television programmes such as Navarro.

She auditioned for the role of Angélique in Robert Hossein's 1995 play, based on the novels by Anne Golon, and subsequently performed 130 times at the Palais des Sports.

Bois starred in films such as Dakan, Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments, Lucky Punch, le montreur de boxe, and Le roi danse, but she has played greater roles on television.

She starred as the female lead in Agathe contre Agathe in 2007; in 2010, she acted alongside Bruno Wolkowitch and Florence Pernel in the television film Le Désamour, which was directed by Daniel Janneau for France 3.

Since 2013, she has played the title role in the France 2 series Candice Renoir.

For several years, Bois has been in a relationship with fellow actor Jean-Pierre Michaël, with whom she has two daughters. The couple married in 2016.

Source: Article "Cécile Bois" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Title: Drops of God
Character: Marianne Léger
Released: April 21, 2023
Type: TV
While the world of wine mourns the death of Alexandre Léger, his estranged daughter, Camille, learns his extraordinary collection is now hers. But before she can claim her inheritance, Camille must best Alexandre's protégé, Issei, in a test of their senses.
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Le Goût du crime
Title: Le Goût du crime
Character: Laure Grenadier
Released: April 15, 2023
Type: Movie
A former starred chef, Laure Grenadier now devotes herself to her activities as a food critic for the channel she created on the Internet. She is also careful to keep her distance from her ex and father of her daughter Amandine, the police captain Nicolas Garnier as Laure has not digested the fact that he left her for a younger woman. However, when a wave of crimes strikes the restaurant owners of Lyon, Laure's resolutions are shattered. Nicolas and his new assistant Baptiste understand that Laure's position in the very closed world of Lyon's restaurant industry and the respect she inspires in the regional chefs are invaluable assets for their investigation. Emotionally involved - her uncle is the first victim - Laure lets herself be convinced to serve as their informant.
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Title: Addict
Character: Elodie
Released: October 27, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Un dimanche à la campagne
Character: Self
Released: October 23, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Gloria
Character: Gloria Meyers
Released: March 18, 2021
Type: TV
In a small Breton town, by the water, in a close-knit community where everyone knows each other, Gloria, a lawyer and mother of three on maternity leave, sees her daily life shattered when her husband disappears from overnight, without explanation.
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Examen de conscience
Title: Examen de conscience
Character: Caroline
Released: October 11, 2019
Type: Movie
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Title: Tu vivras ma fille
Character: Nathalie Elbaz
Released: September 8, 2018
Type: TV
When Nathalie learns that her 3-month-old daughter has a fatal orphan disease, she decides to do everything to save her. Is there no treatment? When she find it, nobody wants to finance it? She will move heaven and earth to find the funds and the authorizations. Bianca must be operated before her 6 year, after it will be too late.
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Title: Nos terres inconnues
Character: Self
Released: April 10, 2018
Type: TV
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Me Against The World
Title: Me Against The World
Character: Audrey
Released: September 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Audrey is an unemployed single mother who lives with her 16-year-old son, Enzo. All is going well for Enzo, a bright kid who loves sports, until he takes a medical drug and is suddenly faced with a critical illness. Even though Audrey has never been a fighter, she discovers a new strength and embarks on a quest to uncover the truth about what happened with the help of pro-bono lawyer Master Tcheuffa.
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Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood
Title: Richelieu: The Purple and the Blood
Character: Anne d'Autriche
Released: March 11, 2014
Type: Movie
In the Kingdom of France from 1640 is the old with his body ailing Cardinal Richelieu, powerful man under Louis XIII, faced with the machinations of his tipped designated successor, the Marquis de Cinq-Mars.
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Title: Murders in...
Character: Claire Dalmas
Released: April 23, 2013
Type: TV
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
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Title: Candice Renoir
Character: Candice Renoir
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: TV
Candice Renoir had put her career on standby for 10 years. When she returns from Singapore to resume service in a port town in the south of France, she feels a bit “rusty”. Despite the obvious defiance of her unit and a cynical superior who doesn’t make her job any easier, she is determined to turn her so-called weaknesses into strengths, solving the most complex cases with her common sense, her acute observation and her practical nature seasoned by a busy daily routine. Only Candice can catch a killer because she knows the chemical composition of a window-cleaning product or determine the hour of a murder from the cooking-time of kebabs… Candice is only naive on the outside, and nobody can resist her!
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Merci patron
Title: Merci patron
Character: Nikki
Released: June 27, 2011
Type: Movie
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Aveugle mais pas trop
Title: Aveugle mais pas trop
Character: Ninon
Released: September 14, 2009
Type: Movie
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Title: Viva Vacations!
Character: Cécile
Released: June 15, 2009
Type: TV
France, summer, seashore, and three families trying to fit in a small vacation house.
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La vie à une
Title: La vie à une
Character: Elisa Monceau
Released: January 11, 2008
Type: Movie
When she asks for a divorce, Elisa knows she's losing everything that made her daily life during ten years of marriage. The worst is that she may lose her children, claimed by her husband. She had only few months to rebuild. Find a job. Prove to the judge she can hold her family... A rebuilding that leads her to push her own limits, to put herself in danger, to learn how to trust people again and to discover a new herself... and, eventually, to fall in love again.
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Agathe contre Agathe
Title: Agathe contre Agathe
Character: Agathe Verdier
Released: February 3, 2007
Type: Movie
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Title: Camping paradis
Character: Julie
Released: November 22, 2006
Type: TV
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One Step Behind You
Title: One Step Behind You
Character: Guilaine
Released: December 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Anne's ex-husband, a corrupt policeman, breaks one night in this house, in violation of a restraining order. During the discussion, the man accidentally falls down the stairs and dies instantly. But when the police show at home, the body is gone and Anne proves to be the prime suspect in the mysterious disappearance of her ex-husband.
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A Place Among the Living
Title: A Place Among the Living
Character: Sabine
Released: August 28, 2003
Type: Movie
A mediocre pulp novelist is approached by a stranger claiming to be a serial killer with a proposition to chronicle his crimes.
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The High Life
Title: The High Life
Character: Coralie, la peintre
Released: November 28, 2001
Type: Movie
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Le Roman de Lulu
Title: Le Roman de Lulu
Character: Judith
Released: April 18, 2001
Type: Movie
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The King Is Dancing
Title: The King Is Dancing
Character: Madeleine
Released: December 6, 2000
Type: Movie
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Title: Ladies of the Law
Character: Vanessa
Released: June 22, 2000
Type: TV
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La maison d'Alexina
Title: La maison d'Alexina
Character: Alexina
Released: June 11, 1999
Type: Movie
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Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments
Title: Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments
Character: actrice
Released: March 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A former schoolteacher turned film distributor, Jean-Pierre Jackson made his directorial debut with this French comedy about two losers. When alimony payments catch up with Felix (Philippe Chevaillier), his furniture is seized. After a decade-long marriage, Raoul (Regis Laspales) leaves his wife. The two team for a job with Le Gai Vendangeur (The Jolly Vintner) as sales reps, but they score zero while tooling around Brittany in a silly station wagon decorated with an immense wine bottle atop the vehicle's roof. However, when they're joined by friendly, sexy Eliane (Cecile Bois), sales surge. The wine pours, and so does the money. Life is sweet, but it all turns sour when an affair begins between Felix and Eliane, much to Raoul's regret.
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Destiny
Title: Destiny
Released: May 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Though gay-themed stories about "coming out" and accepting one's sexuality are not uncommon in Western countries, such tales are still rare in many conservative African nations. Considered a ground-breaking film in its native Guinea, and filmed amidst a storm of controversy, Mohamed Camara's Dakan is the first of its nations films to directly address issues surrounding homosexuality. The story centers on the romance between two 20-year-old men, Manga and Sory who are first seen making out in a car. The trouble begins when Manga tells his widowed mother about his love for Sory, who is busy contending with his outraged father. The parents insist that the two never see each other again. Manga's mother then uses witchcraft to cleanse her son and change him into a heterosexual. Time passes and eventually Manga begins to date a girl. But it soon becomes apparent that try as he might, Manga's heart belongs to Sory.
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Title: The Alsatians or the two Mathilde
Character: Mathilde
Released: October 11, 1996
Type: TV
The history of four generations of a family in Alsace between 1870 and 1953. Over this time, the family and the villagers live through three wars between France and Germany and their province changes its affiliation between these countries four times. The governors from both sides do not always respect the culture and the feelings of Alsatians.
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Lucky Punch
Title: Lucky Punch
Character: Camille Zecca
Released: July 24, 1996
Type: Movie
Corruption on the boxing circuit at the turn of the century provides the basis of this French drama. The story centers on a talented young fighter, a logger that Abel Ginoux and his Italian partner Zipolino, a crooked doctor, discover during a fight in a woodland town. The logger, Passe Partout, is in a fight with Ginoux's best fighter and ends up accidentally killing the pugilist. Ever the opportunist, Ginoux lures Partout into the ring to replace the late fighter. Partout proves to be the classic provincial innocent with high, rugged ideals and little knowledge about the modern world. Ginoux takes him to town for the first time and the logger is delighted to discover amenities such as electricity and silent films. He soon falls in love with the beauteous Camille who works in her late father's cafe with her mother. Her father made many of the films, most of which are boxing matches, because he believed that the presence of a camera rendered a fight unfixable.
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Title: Les Cordier, juge et flic
Character: Agnès Legarec
Released: February 24, 1994
Type: TV
The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.
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The Place of Another
Title: The Place of Another
Character: Marie
Released: November 17, 1993
Type: Movie
Thomas is an up-and-coming actor. His proud and loving father is watching him in a Shakespeare performance. Not long afterwards, his father dies, Thomas accidentally kills a bicyclist with his car, his girlfriend leaves him, and he develops a disorder of the inner ear. As a consequence of these and other misfortunes, he becomes depressed, attempts suicide, and has a psychotic break which lands him in a mental hospital.
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Germinal
Title: Germinal
Character: Cécile Grégoire
Released: September 29, 1993
Type: Movie
It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.
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Summer Strolls
Title: Summer Strolls
Character: Isabelle
Released: March 11, 1992
Type: Movie
When a group of student actors travel to a workshop in Dordogne to put on a production of Shakespeare's As You Like It as a summer project, they are as lively and high-spirited a group as one could ask for. While they are there, the young man who has the leading role begins casting cow eyes at the director's wife (Valerie Stroh), and soon she and the boy are having an affair. By the end of the summer, the wife is sufficiently charmed to wonder how she could have gotten into this situation where she deeply loves both men.
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Becoming Colette
Title: Becoming Colette
Released: October 17, 1991
Type: Movie
French writer recalls her start as the country wife of a Paris publisher who called her erotic work his own.
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Title: Fort Boyard
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 1990
Type: TV
A game show set and filmed on the real Fort Boyard in France. The contestants have to complete in physical and endurance challenges to win prize money.
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Title: Made In France
Character: Rita
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
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Signalements
Title: Signalements
Character: Laurence Jambu
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie