Ophélie Meunier

Ophélie Meunier
Ophélie Meunier at the 41st César Awards.
Born (1987-12-17) 17 December 1987 (age 37)
Versailles, Yvelines, France
Occupation(s)Journalist, television presenter
Years active2013–present (television)
Notable credit(s)Le Petit Journal
Zone Interdite
TelevisionCanal+ (2013–16)
M6 (2016–present)

Ophélie Meunier (born 17 December 1987) is a French television presenter and former model.

Early life and education

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

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

  1. ^ a b Clément Boutin (23 January 2016). "Qui est Ophélie Meunier, l'ex-mannequin chargée d'incarner le nouveau Canal ?". Les Inrockuptibles (in French).
  2. ^ Florian Guadalupe (23 November 2016). "Ophélie Meunier à 4 ans dans "L'école des fans" : Bertrand Chameroy a déniché les images !". PureMédias (in French).
  3. ^ "Ophélie Meunier : Son passage dans "C'est mon choix" à 12 ans refait surface !". Pure People (in French). 14 November 2016.
  4. ^ Marie Adam (15 March 2014). "Ophélie Meunier - Pop modèle". Madame Figaro (in French).
  5. ^ Benjamin Meffre (24 November 2013). "Le casting raté d'Ophélie Meunier (Le Petit Journal) pour devenir Miss Météo du Grand Journal". PureMédias (in French).
  6. ^ Damien Mercereau (10 October 2013). "Le Petit Journal" : Qui es-tu Ophélie Meunier ?". Le Figaro (in French).
  7. ^ Thibaud Michalet (11 March 2014). "Ophélie Meunier : "Je n'ai pas envie de faire du cinéma"". GQ (in French).
  8. ^ "Ophélie Meunier décroche une nouvelle promotion sur Canal +". Public (in French). 12 June 2015.
  9. ^ Julien Bellver (23 May 2016). "Ophélie Meunier quitte Canal+ pour "Zone Interdite" sur M6". PureMédias (in French).
  10. ^ Alexis Delcambre; Joël Morio (23 May 2016). "Ophélie Meunier quitte à son tour Canal+". Le Monde (in French).
  11. ^ "M6 : Ophélie Meunier sera également joker du "19.45"". ozap.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-23.