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Olivia Ruiz
Carcassonne, Aude, France
Ruiz was born at Carcassonne, daughter of musician Didier Blanc though later taking her grandmother's maiden name Ruiz. In 2001, she was a prominent contestant in the first French…
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Ruiz was born at Carcassonne, daughter of musician Didier Blanc though later taking her grandmother's maiden name Ruiz. In 2001, she was a prominent contestant in the first French edition of Star Academy, a popular TV reality-show and musical contest. She was defeated in the semi-final by eventual winner Jenifer Bartoli but according to an interview on Europe 1 she claimed that she never wanted to win and, following a post-series tour, worked to distance herself from the Star Ac image. For her second studio album La Femme Chocolat, Olivia Ruiz was recognised by the Victoires de la Musique as the Female Artist of the Year in 2007. For the live performances accompanying the record, she also received the prize in the category of Musical Show, Tour or Concert of the Year. The album topped the French chart and was certified as a diamond record for selling more than 750,000 copies in France and made it to the top 50 of the Walloon and Swiss charts. Off the album, the music videos of the tracks "J'traine des pieds" and "La femme chocolat" were placed on rotation on the MCM French TV channel in 2006. The singles made it to the top 50 of the French and Walloon charts. Olivia Ruiz wrote all the lyrics for her third studio album Miss Météores, co-orchestrated the music and employed a crew of guest stars including the rapper Buck 65, the indie band Noisettes and the folk and dark cabaret project Lonely Drifter Karen and featured the styles of nouvelle chanson, punk, folk and Hispanic rock. The record topped the French and Walloon album charts in 2009. Off the album, the single "Elle panique", with the music written by Buck 65 peaked at #2 of the Walloon chart. The music video of the song was placed on rotation on the MCM in May 2009. Her partner is Mathias Malzieu, the lead singer of the band Dionysos. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Ruiz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
Concert solidaire - Aidons l'Aude
Movie Self
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2025
Le Concert de la Paix
Movie Self : Guest
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2025
Hola Frida!
Movie Frida adulte / amie adulte (voice)
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2024
Immortel Nougaro
Movie interprete
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2024
Une journée avec Balavoine
Movie Self
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2024
Basique, le concert - Olivia Ruiz
Movie Self : Singer
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2024
The New Look
TV show Edith Piaf
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2023
Taratata fète ses 30 ans
Movie Self
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2023
Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha
Movie Narrator (voice over)
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2022
The Unexpected Getaway
TV show Self
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2022
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Movie Self
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2021
Olivia Ruiz aux Bouffes du Nord
Movie Self
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2019
Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
TV show
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2019
Point-Blank
Movie Justine Rigatti
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2018
Basique, le concert
TV show Self
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2018
M. Eddy & sa tribu
Movie Self
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2017
The Pink Soldier 3
Movie La Ballerine
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2016
Amanda
TV show Self
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2016
Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2014
Où elle est Maman ?
Movie Director
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2014
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Movie Miss Acacia (voice)
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2013
Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme
Movie Self
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2012
Connait-on encore Leprest ? - Coffret
Movie Self
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2012
The Unexpected Getaway
TV show Self
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2012
One Day My Father Will Come
Movie Chloé
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2010
Olivia Ruiz, Miss Météores Live
Movie Self
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2009
Teum-Teum
TV show Self
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2009
Dionysos - Le Zénih
Movie Self
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2008
Mia and the Migoo
Movie Musical
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2007
Olivia Ruiz : Chocolat show !
Movie Self
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2006
Star Academy - La saga des clips
Movie Self
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2006
Star Academy - La saga des clips (2)
Movie Self
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2006
Infrarouge
TV show Self
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2004
Olivia Ruiz, Star' Activiste
Movie Self
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2004
La chanson de l'année
TV show Self
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2002
Star Academy En concert
Movie Self
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2001
Star Academy
TV show Self
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1998
Vivement dimanche
TV show Self
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1993
Taratata
TV show Self
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1987
Téléthon
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