Sophie Jovillard

Sophie Jovillard, born in Lille in 1973, is a journalist, columnist and French television host. From 1998, she hosted and produced several cultural programs on the regional channels of France 3, as well as on the Voyage channel. Since 2006, she has hosted the travel magazine Échappées belles on France 5. On this same channel, she has presented the series of documentaries Les Trésors de... since 2014 and has written a column in La Quotidienne since 2015. Sophie Jovillard was born in Lille in 1973 to parents from Bordeaux and spent her childhood and adolescence in Légny. As a child, she already wanted to work in the field of media and communication. Like her big sister Sylvie before her, she joined the French School of Press Officers (promotion 96)6, but quickly realized that she wanted to be on the other side of the camera. She graduated with a bac + 4. In parallel with her studies, she worked as an intern at RTL radio for which she covered various subjects. This internship, scheduled for two months and obtained thanks to his radio option teacher, Serge Colonge, ends after one year. She made her television debut on Télé Lyon Métropole in 1995, still as a trainee. She became a production assistant, then a producer, for several shows, and signed her first employment contract during her third year of studies. A graduate, she was already at the helm of several programs and hosted CQFD, a daily cultural magazine that she hosted for two years. She was then poached by France Télévisions and obtained a column in 1998 in C'est l'été on France 3. She joined France 3 Rhône-Alpes Auvergne then France 3 Bourgogne Franche-Comté, in 1999, for which she hosted La Route du rabbit, a magazine on discovery and travel. In 2002, she animated and ensured the artistic production of La Belle Bleue, a magazine on the Mediterranean coast, then, in 2005, of Pop'Art, a magazine on all cultures and of the documentary Les Grands Moments de la télé. In 2006, she co-produced and hosted Une nuit en ville. At the same time, on the Voyage channel, she presented the programs Détour du monde then Hub by, and also worked as a columnist in Rêves de Comptoir by Philippe Gildas. Since December 2006, she has presented the travel magazine Échappées Belles, first alternating with Stéphane Bouillaud and then alone from the start of the 2007 school year. She was joined by Jérôme Pitorin and Raphaël de Casabianca a few years later. She is also an editorial writer for the Lonely Planet guides in which she delivers her travel memories and impressions. From 2011 to 2013, for three seasons, she hosted Paris en plus on France 2. During the same period, she worked as an expert with Julien Courbet in Would you be a good expert? on France 2. From August to September 2014, she collaborated with Stéphane Bern on the French program The Favorite Monument broadcast on France 211. Since the end of 2014, she has presented the documentaries Les Trésors de ... on the riches of French heritage on France 5. During the summer of 2015, she participated in the television game show Fort Boyard on France 2. 'Great Escapes.

Birthday: January 01, 1973