Cécile Bois (born 1971) 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.
Early life and education Cécile Bois was born in Talence and grew up in Lormont, Bassens, and Bordeaux. Her father was a teacher and her mother worked as an adviser for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and Bois has a younger sister.
Bois wanted to be an actress since the age of 4. 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. It was during this time that she met her future agent Chafika.
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.
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, as the female lead in the 2007 TV film Agatha contre Agatha. 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 best known for playing the title role in the France 2 detective drama-comedy series Candice Renoir, which aired from 2013 to 2023.
Bois also played the lead role in the television drama series Gloria, a French remake of the 2017 Welsh series Keeping Faith, released on 17 February 2022. In 2025 she started starring in the new France 2 TV comedy drama Made in France.
Personal life Since 2016 Bois has been in a relationship with fellow actor Jean-Pierre Michaël, with whom she has two daughters.
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 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 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 2023: Drops of God 2023: Goût du Crime (Taste of Crime) 2025: Made in France
Stage
1990: Zapping, solitude, parloir 1991: Volpon 1995: Angélique, marquise des anges 2001: La Souricière d'Agatha Christie 2008: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
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