Cécile Bois is a French actress.
Early life and education
Cécile Bois grew up in Lormont, Gironde, France.
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 "".
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.
Career
Bois has 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.
From 2013, she played the title role in the France 2 series Candice Renoir.
Bois 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.
Personal life
, Bois had been in a relationship with fellow actor Jean-Pierre Michaël, with whom she has two daughters, for several years.
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
2000: Le roi danse
2000: Le Roman de Lulu
2001: La Grande Vie ! 2004: Les Mots bleus 2005: Une belle histoire 2009: Trésor
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 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