Sibylle Blanc

Sibylle Blanc (born January 3, 1974 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.

Her first name is easily misspelt and she is sometimes wrongly credited as Sybille Blanc.

Personal life

Blanc is the daughter of Pierre-Alain Blanc who is a former mayor of Aubonne and a teacher of physical education. Sport is important to her father who organised a triathlon in Aubonne every year. As part of her fitness routine she regularly plays badminton with her father. 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. Her first major role came with the TSR produced sitcom 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, between 2008 and 2009. An AI generative model for her voice on this award-winning project has been trained and available to download and use by IRCAM.

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 from 2006 to 2007. Since its formation in 2008 she has been the voice of Lausanne based radio station LFM 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) 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.

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. 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, the Swiss French actor's website Comedien.ch, the Internet Movie Database.

Theatre 2025 Une Création Originale written by Gloria Belzenore ( Sibylle Blanc), Théâtre les Salons, Geneva (Gloria Belzenore)

2021 Cassandre written by Jean Potocki, Le théâtre de l'Epiderme, Parc de la Mairie de Vandoeuvres, Geneva (Cassandre)

2020 L'Invisible Chemin written by Sarah Marcuse, Samadhi Project, 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) Geneva Merlin ou la Terre Dévastée written by Georges Guerreiro, Théâtre du Loup Geneva (Berthe/Blachefleur)

2009 La R'vue de Genève written by Philippe Cohen, Casino-théâtre Geneva (Magenta, the danse teacher, Nicole and Dorimène) Panique au Plazza written by Ray Cooney, Touring Switzerland (Mlle Morisot)

2007 Honour written by J. Murray-Smith, Théâtre Pull Off Lausanne, Théâtre de Beausobre Morges, Théâtre Benno Besson Yverdon-les-Bains, Bulle, directed by G. Dyson (Claudia) Valse à trois tons, directed by Claude Mignot 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 Sion, Théâtre de Beausobre written by P. Naftule and P. Bernheim (comedy based on A. Christie's And Then There Were None), Théâtre Pitoeff Geneva, directed by P. Naftule (Natacha)

2005 Irma la Douce written by A. Breffort, Théâtre de Beausobre Geneva, directed by F. Polier (Ernestine plus a number of minor characters) Ruby Moon written by M. Cameron, Théâtre Pull Off Neuchâtel, directed by M. Guigon (various roles) Marylin et le savant (Marylin and the scientist) written by J. Naguel, Théâtre du Jorat Mézières, Théâtre Benno Besson Geneva, directed by C. De Cesare La Nuit des Rois (Twelfth Night) written by W. Shakespeare, Théâtre du Grütli Geneva, directed by S. Bujard (Olivia)

2002 La Mégère apprivoisée (Taming of the Shrew) written by W. Shakespeare, Théâtre des Amis Carouge, directed by R. Pastor (Bianca) La Nuit des Rois (Twelfth Night) written by W. Shakespeare, Festival de la Côte Aubonne, directed by S. Bujard (Olivia) Les nouvelles brèves de comptoir (The news at the counter), Théâtre Boulimie Lausanne, directed by L. Golovtchiner (various roles)

2001 Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu saved from drowning) written by René Fauchois, Théâtre des amis Carouge, directed by R.Pastor (Anne-Marie) 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 Casino-théâtre Neuchâtel, directed by S. Amodio (the landlady and the baker) Vu du Pont (A view from the bridge) written by A. Miller, Théâtre de Carouge Carouge, directed by M. Rossi (Catherine)

1999 L'annonce faite à Marie (The Annunciation Of Marie) written by P. Claudel, Pontarlier and CDN of Besançon, France, directed by P. Louis (Violaine) Électre (Electra) written by J. Giraudoux, Théâtre de Vidy Lausanne, G. Desarthe (Agathe)

1998 Il est important d'être aimé (The Importance of Being Earnest) written by O. Wilde, Théâtre Benno Besson Geneva, directed by V. Rossier (the nurse) Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) written by W. Shakespeare, Touring France, Switzerland and Germany, directed by V. Rossier (Juliette)

1995 Le Roi Lear (King Lear) written by W. Shakespeare, Théâtre Pitoëff Geneva, directed by V. Rossier (Juliette)

Film

2014 Sam feature film directed by E. Hazanov (Corinne)

2011 Bob & les Sex Pistaches feature film directed by Y. Matthey (La bunny)

2008

17, Rue de l'Aubépines short film F. Taghavi (the lady)

2007 L'infiltré feature film D. Othenin-Girard Les petites vacances feature film Y. Matthey Max short film J-P Cardinaux (the mother)

2006 Inside short film directed by L. Rivière (Marion)

2005 Mon beau chalet short film directed by F. Maire et J. Surchat (the lawyer) La peau de l'ours short film directed by G. Daubeuf (Margot)

2003 Love Express feature film directed by E. Hazanov (Anouk)

2002 Lipchitz: Le Boucher short film directed by E. Hazanov (The butcher's wife)

2001 La compagnie des ombres (The Shadows Company) short film directed by Christophe Perrier (Francine) The Adversary feature film directed by N. Garcia (the waitress) 20 balles de l'heure feature film directed by Frédéric Landenberg (the mother) in the dogma 95 style Misogynes feature film directed by E. Hazanov (the teacher's daughter) in the dogma 95 style Jungle feature film directed by Vincent Pluss in the dogma 95 style

2000 Merci pour le chocolat feature film directed by C. Chabrol (Nathalie)

1999 Salade(s) Russe(s) short film directed by E. Hazanov (Vanessa) Les vacances de Sam short film directed by G. Daubeuf (Helen)

1998 La mort de Ludovic short film directed by Gavillet (Ludovic's colleague) La toilette zone série short film directed by X. Ruiz Attention aux chiens feature film directed by F-C Marzal (the tobacconist)

Television

2009-2010 TSR T'es pas la Seule comedy directed by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz (Maxine)

2008 TSR Photo Sévices comedy directed by Stéphane Riethauser and Laurent Deshusses (Christelle)

2007 TSR Fitness Senteur comedy directed by G. Louvin (Stéphanie) France 2/TSR Heidi series directed by A. Deluz (the rafter)

2006 TSR Centenaire et toujours...Jaune! documentary directed by A. Bordier (the passenger) France 2/TSR Des fleurs pour Algernon telefilm directed by D. Delrieux (the prostitute)

2005 France 2 La famille Zappon comedy directed by P. Légitimus Zoé (Claire Zappon) TF1 Zodiaque 2: Le Maître du Zodiaque series TSR Marilou sitcom written by J. Surchat directed by Y. Mathey

2004 France 2 Vénus et Appolon (Venus and Apollo) series directed by Tonie Marshall TSR Matélé sitcom written by J-A Blanchet and L. Nicolet directed by Y. Mathey France 3/TSR Bien dégagé derrière les oreilles telefilm directed by Anne Deluz (Nathalie) TSR Les Pique-Meurons sitcom Yaka productions (Nadine)

2001 TSR Paul et Virginie sitcom written by J-A BLanchet directed by Y. Mathey (Anne-So) TSR Les Pique-Meurons sitcom Yaka productions (Nadine)

2000 TSR Paul et Virginie sitcom written by J-A BLanchet directed by Y. Mathey (Anne-So) TSR Les Pique-Meurons sitcom Yaka productions (Nadine) France 2/TSR Sauvetage series directed by H. Delaugardière (Frédérique)

1999 France 2/RTBF/TSR Les hirondelles d'hiver telefilm directed by A. Chandelle (the bride)

1996-1998 TSR Bigoudi sitcom directed by L.Gabriele/S.Matteuzzi (Laura)

Radio

2004-2014 Radio Télévision Suisse Les Dicodeurs

2006-2007 Lausanne FM Les Matinales (co-host)

2001 Radio NRJ Le 6-9 (co-host)