Nolwenn Le Magueresse (born 28 September 1982), known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter, musician and Actor.
Nolwenn Le Magueresse (born 28 September 1982), known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter, musician and Actor.
Originally classically trained (violin and opera singing), she rose to fame after winning the second season of the French television music competition Star Academy in 2002. She has since recorded eight studio albums and scored two number one singles, "Cassé" and "Nolwenn Ohwo!", on the French charts. In 2012, her album Bretonne was certified two times diamond for sales exceeding one million copies.
Leroy is fluent in English, having spent a year in the US as an exchange student. She sings in many languages, including French, Breton, English and Irish.
Leroy has received numerous awards and nominations. In January 2015, she was ranked 17th on Le Journal du Dimanche's 50 Most Loved Celebrities in France, making her the top female singer on the list since December 2012. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture in 2021.
Leroy was born in Saint-Renan in 1982. Leroy's parents left Saint-Renan (Finistère) when she was four years old. After living in Paris, Lille, and Guingamp, her mother, Muriel Leroy, and her younger sister, Kay, settled with Leroy's grandparents in Saint-Yorre. Her mother divorced from her father, professional footballer Jean-Luc Le Magueresse, in 1993.
Nolwenn studied at the "Collège des Célestins" in Vichy. When Leroy was eleven, her music teacher noticed her musical talents and encouraged her to learn the violin. At the age of thirteen she won "Les écoles du désert", a contest sponsored by the Cora supermarket chain, which allowed her to travel with a humanitarian mission from Gao to Timbuktu, Mali; she later claimed this had a profound influence on her.
In July 1998, Leroy was awarded a scholarship by the Vichy Rotary Club to travel to Hamilton, Ohio, United States, as an exchange student. While attending Hamilton High School, she took music lessons at the Performing Arts School and became fluent in English. When she returned to France, she began classical singing classes at the Vichy music conservatory. In 2001, she enrolled in the University of Clermont-Ferrand to study law for a potential alternative career to music.
After watching the first season of Star Academy broadcast on TF1 in 2001, Leroy was impressed by Armande Altaï, a singing teacher and one of the show's judges. She subsequently joined Altaï's singing classes in Paris for over six months. In 2002, Nolwenn was selected for the second season of Star Academy, but she was also given the part of Scarlett O'Hara in the French stage musical Autant en emporte le vent (Gone with the Wind) by Gérard Presgurvic. Leroy ended up choosing Star Academy over the musical. As a contestant on the show, Leroy spent four months in a castle located in Dammarie-lès-Lys, and followed acting, dancing and singing classes. On 21 December 2002, she was declared the winner ahead of fellow finalist, Houcine Camara. ...
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Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2025
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Release Date:19/11/2025
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
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Release Date:15/11/2025
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
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Merci Dorothée !
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Release Date:24/01/2025
Ici Nougaro ! Le concert évènement
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Release Date:27/12/2024
Unis pour Mayotte
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Release Date:17/12/2024
Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2024
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Release Date:27/11/2024
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
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Release Date:01/03/2024
Ycare, le live
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Release Date:09/01/2024
On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel
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Release Date:15/12/2023
Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs
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Release Date:03/08/2023
Les Héros de notre enfance
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Release Date:29/12/2022
Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement
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Release Date:06/12/2022
Gaëtan Roussel au festival interceltique de Lorient
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Release Date:10/08/2022
Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
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Release Date:04/03/2022
Un soir à Monaco avec Laurent Gerra
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Release Date:18/12/2021
Les 30 chansons de Céline Dion que vous n'oublierez jamais
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Release Date:09/11/2021
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
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Release Date:14/09/2021
Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille
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Release Date:31/03/2021
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
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Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
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Release Date:06/03/2020
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
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Release Date:08/03/2019
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
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Release Date:08/12/2018
Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith
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Release Date:28/10/2017
Michel Sardou – Dernier show
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Release Date:21/10/2017
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
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Release Date:11/03/2016
Le concert de Noël avec Roberto Alagna et l'orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
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Release Date:24/12/2015
Les stars chantent Disney
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Release Date:19/12/2014
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
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Release Date:13/12/2014
Les plus beaux airs celtes
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Release Date:03/08/2014
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
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Release Date:14/03/2014
The Pink Soldier 2
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Release Date:03/11/2013
Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme
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Release Date:19/10/2013
Toute la télé chante pour le Sidaction
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Release Date:05/04/2013
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
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Release Date:15/03/2013
Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
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Release Date:19/11/2012
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
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Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
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Star Academy - La saga des clips (2)
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Release Date:06/04/2006
Star Academy - La saga des clips
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Release Date:06/04/2006
Nolwen Leroy Histoires Naturelles Tour
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Release Date:05/12/2005
Star Academy 1, 2 & 3 en concert au Parc des Princes
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Release Date:03/07/2004
Star Academy 2 - En concert
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Release Date:15/02/2003
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Chez Lolo
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Chemins de Traverse
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Welcome Back
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Camille & Images
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Abers Road
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Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
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La Boîte à secrets
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The Secret Song
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Quotidien
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Capitaine Marleau
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The Voice Kids
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The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix
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N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
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Salut les Terriens !
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La chanson de l'année
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Star Academy
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Who Wants to Win Millions?
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Vivement dimanche
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Taratata
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Victoires de la musique
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Champs-Elysées
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