Ophélie Meunier
Ophélie Meunier | |
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 Ophélie Meunier at the 41st César Awards. | |
| Born | 17 December 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, television presenter |
| Years active | 2013–present (television) |
| Notable credit(s) | Le Petit Journal Zone Interdite |
| Television | Canal+ (2013–16) M6 (2016–present) |
Ophélie Meunier (born 17 December 1987) is a French television presenter and former model.
Early life and education[edit]
Ophélie Meunier was born in Versailles in the department of Yvelines. She grew up in a Mormon household in this town and then in Nice.[1] Her father was a seller of alarm systems.
On 14 June 1992, she participated at the age of four-and-a-half in the television show L'École des fans hosted by Jacques Martin on Antenne 2, and with Julio Iglesias as a guest.[2]
She later appeared in the magazines La Redoute and 3 Suisses. At the age of 12, she participated in the TV show C'est mon choix hosted by Évelyne Thomas.[3]
After graduating with a scientific baccalauréat with distinction,[1] she began a modelling career and travelled for five years around France, Europe, and the United States with the modelling agency Metropolitan.
Television career[edit]
In 2011, she started reading journalism at the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris. The following year, she began her career as an assistant presenter, obtaining an internship on the channel I-Télé.[4] In November 2012, she auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Miss Météo on the channel Canal+.[5]
In 2013, Ophélie Meunier presented the section "La Minute Pop" in Le Petit Journal hosted by Yann Barthès on Canal+.[6][7] In September 2014, she left Le Petit Journal to join La Nouvelle Édition broadcast on the same channel in which the presented a new TV segment.
During summer 2015, she presented the day and evening news on Canal+.[8] From September 2015 to June 2016, she hosted a media show called Le Tube on the same channel. She then joined M6 and hosts the newsmagazine Zone Interdite since September 2016 succeeding to Wendy Bouchard.[9][10] She is also understudy to the evening news Le 19:45[11] usual presenter on the same channel since July 2016.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Clément Boutin (23 January 2016). "Qui est Ophélie Meunier, l'ex-mannequin chargée d'incarner le nouveau Canal ?". Les Inrockuptibles (in French).
- ^ Florian Guadalupe (23 November 2016). "Ophélie Meunier à 4 ans dans "L'école des fans" : Bertrand Chameroy a déniché les images !". PureMédias (in French).
- ^ "Ophélie Meunier : Son passage dans "C'est mon choix" à 12 ans refait surface !". Pure People (in French). 14 November 2016.
- ^ Marie Adam (15 March 2014). "Ophélie Meunier - Pop modèle". Madame Figaro (in French).
- ^ Benjamin Meffre (24 November 2013). "Le casting raté d'Ophélie Meunier (Le Petit Journal) pour devenir Miss Météo du Grand Journal". PureMédias (in French).
- ^ Damien Mercereau (10 October 2013). "Le Petit Journal" : Qui es-tu Ophélie Meunier ?". Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ Thibaud Michalet (11 March 2014). "Ophélie Meunier : "Je n'ai pas envie de faire du cinéma"". GQ (in French).
- ^ "Ophélie Meunier décroche une nouvelle promotion sur Canal +". Public (in French). 12 June 2015.
- ^ Julien Bellver (23 May 2016). "Ophélie Meunier quitte Canal+ pour "Zone Interdite" sur M6". PureMédias (in French).
- ^ Alexis Delcambre; Joël Morio (23 May 2016). "Ophélie Meunier quitte à son tour Canal+". Le Monde (in French).
- ^ "M6 : Ophélie Meunier sera également joker du "19.45"". ozap.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
