Sibylle Blanc (born January 3, 1974[1] in Aubonne, Vaud) is a French-speaking Swiss actress, writer and director who is actively involved in theatrical, film, television and radio productions in her native Switzerland as well as in nearby France.
She lives in a charming sixth floor apartment in a building without an elevator. "C'est pratique, j'ai trouvé un appartement avec fitness intégré! (It's practical, I've found an apartment with fitness built in!)" she said jokingly in an interview with Wladimir Bianchi[5] She first came across her apartment when she went there to read for her first professional theatrical role as Cordélia in King Lear. She fell in love with it immediately. Several years later she saw in a newspaper, next to an article about herself, an advertisement that the apartment was available.[5]
As well as fitness Blanc also takes her diet very seriously and eats primarily fruit and steamedvegetables and tries to drink two litres of tea every day.[1][3]
Career
Blanc studied dramatic arts at the Ecole Supérieure d'Art Dramatique (ESAD) in Geneva graduating in 1996. Early in her professionalcareer she appeared on several children's TV programs produced by the TSR including Smash and Bus et compagnie.[6] Her first major role came with the TSR produced sitcom(in French)Bigoudi where she played Laura for 50 episodes from 1996 to 1998. Since that time she has frequently appeared on television programs produced by the French-language Swiss national TV station, TSR.
She has a tremendous ability to play a diverse range of roles which was brought out in her portrayal of the various female characters in Matt Cameron's play Ruby Moon and in the numerous comedy cabaret shows (La Revue 2000, Les nouvelles brèves de comptoir and La Revue de Cuche et Barbezat) which she has performed in. In the latter and in the musical Irma la Douce she was able to display her strong talent for singing and dancing. She has played numerous classical characters in plays by such authors as Shakespeare, Wilde, Miller, Beckett, Labiche and Pagnol as well as more modern roles in plays by authors such as Ruccello, Cameron and Dear. Blanc is fluent in both English and French and has even played an American in Hazanov's film Salade(s) Russe(s).
She was co-author and the lead singer / poet in an innovative local Geneva based contemporary art collective / band, Bootymachine,[7] between 2008 and 2009. An AI generative model for her voice on this award-winning [8] project has been trained and available to download and use by IRCAM.[9]
On top of acting and singing she has also co-hosted the morning radio shows Le 6-9 on Radio NRJ in 2001 and Les Matinales on Lausanne FM[10] from 2006 to 2007. Since its formation in 2008 she has been the voice of Lausanne based radio station LFM(in French)[11] and she has appeared numerous times on the Radio Télévision Suisse comedy show Les Dicodeurs.
She has hosted many events. Notable amongst these are GRAND (Grand Prix Romand de la Création - an award ceremony for outstanding work in the field of communications in the French part of Switzerland) [12] in 2011 and 2013 and the second largest stage (originally called Le Chapiteau and presently called Les Arches) at the Paleo Festival between 2000 and 2017.[13]
Since turning 40 she has earned her bachelor's degree in Linguistics and Psychology and her master's degree in Speech Therapy at the University of Geneva.[14][15] She also announced at a showing of the film "Sam" in 2015 that she was working on a script for a future film.
The following information has been compiled from Blanc's agent's website,[16] the Swiss French actor's website Comedien.ch,[17] the Internet Movie Database.[2] and from the Swiss Films website.[18]
Theatre
2025
Une Création Originale written by Gloria Belzenore (aka Sibylle Blanc), Théâtre les Salons, Geneva [19][20] (Gloria Belzenore)
2021
Cassandre written by Jean Potocki, Le théâtre de l'Epiderme,[21] Parc de la Mairie de Vandoeuvres, Geneva (Cassandre)
2020
L'Invisible Chemin written by Sarah Marcuse, Samadhi Project,[22] Théâtre Pitoëff, Geneva (Meredith Prank)
2019
L'Invisible Chemin written by Sarah Marcuse, Théâtre du Mont-Dore, Nouméa, New Caledonia (Meredith Prank)
2018
I Tube You written by Gaspard Boesch, Théâtre Cité Bleue, Geneva and Théâtre Montreux Riviera, Montreux (Wiki)[19]
2016
Complètement a l'Est: La Riviera s'Électro-Balkanise written by Blaise Hofmann and Jean-Luc Barbezat, Théâtre du Pré-aux-Moines, Cossonay (Narrator)
Le songe de Clara written by Daniel Eisler, Salle des Remparts, La Tour-de-Peilz, Salle communale, Ste-Croix and the Aula du Collège du Belvédère, Lausanne (Clara)
Exode written by Laurence Vevey, directed by René Flaquet
2006
L'Art du Succès (The Art of Success) written by N. Dear, Théâtre Pull Off[24] Lausanne, Théâre de Valère[28]Sion, Théâtre de Beausobre[25]Morges, Théâtre Benno Besson[26]Yverdon-les-Bains, directed by G. Dyson (Sarah)
Les onze petits nègres (The eleven little negros)[29] written by P. Naftule and P. Bernheim (comedy based on A. Christie's And Then There Were None), Théâtre Pitoeff[30] Geneva, directed by P. Naftule (Natacha)
Les Glissements de Bob Metalbiif (The slips of Bob Metalbiif) based on F. Dostoïevski, Théâtre de la Parfumerie Geneva, directed by S. Amodio (the landlady and the baker)
Nocturne de femme (Night of woman) written by A. Ruccello, Théâtre du Grütli[35] Geneva, directed by S. Amodio (Giovanna)
2000
La Revue 2000 (The Revue 2000),[38] Casino-théâtre[23] Geneva, directed by D. Bauhofer choreography by C. Eybert J. Fowler songs by R. Seidel (various roles)
Les Glissements de Bob Metalbiif (The slips of Bob Metalbiif) based on F. Dostoïevski, Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival[39]Neuchâtel, directed by S. Amodio (the landlady and the baker)
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