Camille

Camille Dalmais (born 10 March 1978 As a teenager, she studied ballet and developed an interest in bossa nova music and American stage musicals. She attended the prestigious Lycée International de Saint Germain-en-Laye, where she obtained her baccalaureate in literature. Thanks to her mother, Camille speaks English fluently as well as her native French. She performed her first original song "Un Homme Déserté" at the age of sixteen while attending a wedding.

Career In early 2002, Camille signed a recording contract with Virgin Records. She released her first studio album Le Sac des Filles. In 2004, she began working with Marc Collin and his band Nouvelle Vague, which incorporates new wave and bossa nova music.

In 2005, she released the album Le Fil, which was produced in collaboration with English producer MaJiKer. This album incorporated an avant-garde concept – a string, or thread ("le fil"), which was a drone that persisted throughout the entire course of the album. All of the songs on this album are based on the exploration of the voice, with only a double bass, bass guitar, guitar, trombone, percussion, or keyboard as accompanying instruments. Le Fil quickly became certified gold. The song "Ta Douleur" was voted 26th in Australia's Triple J Hottest 100, 2006.

In June 2007, Camille performed Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and a new a cappella work God is sound (The 12 World Prayers) at L'église Saint-Eustache, Paris.

Camille's song "1, 2, 3" from Le Sac des Filles was used in the television ad for Cacharel's Promesse perfume starring Laetitia Casta and Matthew Avedon. Her song "Waves" was used in Perrier's "Melting" television ad.

Also in 2007, she contributed to the soundtrack of Pixar's Ratatouille, with the song entitled "Le Festin". Additionally, she provides the European French dub voice of Colette in Ratatouille.

Camille's album Music Hole was released on 7 April 2008, again produced in collaboration with MaJiKer. Music Hole was recorded and mixed by Valgeir Sigurðsson. The first single from the album, "Gospel with No Lord", was released for online download on 11 February 2008, along with another new song from the album entitled "Money Note".

Her song, "Ta douleur" was featured on the American television program Saturday Night Live. The original sketch aired in October 2010 titled "Les jeunes de Paris" hosted by actress Emma Stone.

She contributed to the track "Putain putain" on Nouvelle Vague's 2010 album Couleurs sur Paris for whom she had previously done work for on their first album. She later appeared on Jérôme Van Den Hole's self-titled album on the track, "Debout".

Her song "Pour que l'amour me quitte", from her 2005 album Le Fil, was covered in Italian superstar Elisa's 2010 acoustic album Ivy in collaboration with her colleague Giorgia.

She is featured in the soundtrack with Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey to the 2015 French animated film The Little Prince.

Her song "She was" was a theme in the 2022 movie Corsage about the Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

Camille, alongside her partner and longtime musical collaborator Clément Ducol, wrote all of the original songs for Jacques Audiard's Spanish-language musical crime film Emilia Pérez (2024), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Camille wrote all of the lyrics in Spanish with the assistance of a Mexican translator, and performed the songs for the demo. She also composed the film's original score with Ducol. Camille and Ducol went on to win the Cannes Soundtrack Award. The song "El Mal" granted her, Ducol and co-writer Jacques Audiard the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and also won the Oscar.

Personal life She has two children with musician and percussionist Clément Ducol; Marius, born 18 November 2010, and Lila, born in August 2013.

Discography Studio albums

Released: 23 September 2002 Label: Virgin/EMI

Released: 14 February 2005 Label: Virgin

FRA: 2× Platinum

Released: 7 April 2008 Label: Virgin

FRA: Platinum

2006 Herself Best Female Singer

2005 Le Fil Album of the Year

Group or Artist Popular Révélation of the Year

Group or Artist Stage Révélation of the Year Le Fil Album Révélation of the Year "Ta douleur" Original Song of the Year

Herself Female Group or Artist of the Year

Music Hole Song/Variety Album of the Year Music Hole Tour Musical Show, Tour or Concert of the Year

Herself Female Artist of the Year

Ilo Veyou Song/Variety Album of the Year "L'Étourderie"

"Allez allez allez"

Ilo Veyou à l'Olympia

2018 Tournée

2024 Emilia Pérez Soundtrack Award

Emilia Pérez Best Original Score

"El Mal"

"Mi Camino"

Emilia Pérez Best Original Score

"El Mal"

"Mi Camino"

Emilia Pérez Best Score

"El Mal"

"Mi Camino"

2025 Emilia Pérez Best Original Music

2025 Emilia Pérez Best Original Music

2025 Emilia Pérez Best Music