Person Details

Birthday: 1980-01-01 18:57:00

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Carcassonne

Homepage: http://www.olivia-ruiz.com/

Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ruiz was born at Carcassonne, daughter of musician Didier Blanc though later taking her grandmother's maiden name Ruiz. In 2001, she was a prominent contestant in the first French edition of Star Academy, a popular TV reality-show and musical contest. She was defeated in the semi-final by eventual winner Jenifer Bartoli but according to an interview on Europe 1 she claimed that she never wanted to win and, following a post-series tour, worked to distance herself from the Star Ac image. For her second studio album La Femme Chocolat, Olivia Ruiz was recognised by the Victoires de la Musique as the Female Artist of the Year in 2007. For the live performances accompanying the record, she also received the prize in the category of Musical Show, Tour or Concert of the Year. The album topped the French chart and was certified as a diamond record for selling more than 750,000 copies in France and made it to the top 50 of the Walloon and Swiss charts. Off the album, the music videos of the tracks "J'traine des pieds" and "La femme chocolat" were placed on rotation on the MCM French TV channel in 2006. The singles made it to the top 50 of the French and Walloon charts. Olivia Ruiz wrote all the lyrics for her third studio album Miss Météores, co-orchestrated the music and employed a crew of guest stars including the rapper Buck 65, the indie band Noisettes and the folk and dark cabaret project Lonely Drifter Karen and featured the styles of nouvelle chanson, punk, folk and Hispanic rock. The record topped the French and Walloon album charts in 2009. Off the album, the single "Elle panique", with the music written by Buck 65 peaked at #2 of the Walloon chart. The music video of the song was placed on rotation on the MCM in May 2009. Her partner is Mathias Malzieu, the lead singer of the band Dionysos. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Ruiz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Star Academy
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6

Star Academy

(2001) Self
Infrarouge
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3

Infrarouge

(2006) Self
Victoires de la musique
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0

Victoires de la musique

(1985) Self (Female Group or Artist of the Year)
Télématin
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0

Télématin

(1985) Self
La chanson de l'année
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0
Amanda
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Amanda

(2016) Self
Téléthon
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0

Téléthon

(1987) Self
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
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7

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

(2014) Miss Acacia (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self
2022 Self
2021 Self
2019 N/A
Justine Rigatti
2018 Self
2017 La Ballerine
2016 Self
Narrator (voice)
2014 Miss Acacia (voice)
2013 Self
2012 Self
Self
Chloé
2010 Self
2009 Self
2007 Self
2006 Self
Self
Self
2004 Self
2002 Self
2001 Self
N/A
1998 Self
1987 Self
1985 Self
Self (Female Artist & Musical Show, Tour or Concert of the Year)
Self (Female Group or Artist of the Year)
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2014 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2014 Writer
2008 Musical
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2010 Music
Year Role Movie/Tv

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