Her face is well known to the public of France Télévisions. Blandine Bellavoir is the heroine of the TV movie Les bois maudits, broadcast this Saturday January 28 on France 3. A fiction in which the actress plays Justine Verard, a police officer in charge of carrying out the investigation. on a case in the vicinity of the Chartreuse massif.
The thriller plot? “Lumberjacks discover the body of a man suspended in the air by a rope system, as if it were a disarticulated puppet. In charge of the investigation, Justine Verard is forced to collaborate with Vincent Fayolle that she holds responsible for the death of her husband, himself an inspector, which occurred during a mission that went wrong five years earlier”, tells us the summary of Télé 7 Jours.
“Despite this tragic past, the two agents must join forces to carry out their investigations. But Justine is struggling to concentrate: her daughter, Léa, is indeed waiting for a bone marrow transplant…”. Before finding her on the screen, Planet invites you to find out more about the actress.
Native of the Brittany region, Blandine Bellavoir spent her youth in Guérande in Loire-Atlantique. When she came of age, the young woman was trained at the Nantes Conservatory where she developed her vocation as an actress, as indicated by her online artist profile. After two years of training, she attended the Nuit theater company in 2004, before moving to Paris the following year to join the conservatories of the Center and the 11th arrondissement.
Alongside her vocation as an actress, Blandine Bellavoir has distinguished herself as a model in advertising campaigns. The sublime redhead has notably been a muse for the brands L’Oréal (2006) and Hollywood Chewing-Gum (2008). It was at this same time that the actress made her film debut where she played with Alexandra Lamy and Claudia Cardinale in Seeking fiancé all expenses paid.
On the television side, the actress plays Sonia Escudier in Plus belle la vie on France 3. A heroine she played from seasons 4 to 6 before leaving the Marseille series in 2009. A leading figure in fiction, she became illustrated in other soap operas such as Maison close (Canal), The small murders of Agatha Christie (France 2) and A French affair (TF1) in 2021, where she played the mother of little Grégory Vuillemin. An actress fulfilled in her career and her private life…
Between career and private life, Blandine Bellavoir seems to have found her balance. Discreet about her love stories, we learn that the actress would share the life of actor and director Arnaud Perron. A resident of the Cours Florent, the latter began on the boards of the theater before taking his first steps in the cinema in 2009 in The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec by Luc Besson.
The two actors have also collaborated on television in The Small Murders of Agatha Christie. If the actress Blandine Bellavoir played the journalist Alice Avril, her companion made an appearance in the series in 2015, where he played the ex-husband of the heroine. According to Purepeople, Arnaud Perron is also production manager for Coffee
Side family life, Blandine Bellavoir announced the birth of their first on Instagram. The couple welcomed a little boy born in February 2019. A happy event that turned the life of the actress upside down…
After the birth of her son in 2019, actress Blandine Bellavoir suffered from postpartum depression. An intimate subject that she chose to discuss openly in the media. “The maternal instinct is a myth”, she declared for Ouest-France in 2021, according to comments relayed by Purepeople.
“The arrival of a child turns everything upside down. And at the same time, it’s an injection of happiness”, confided the actress, describing this episode as “smiling depression”. With Télé Star where she returned to this event, Blandine Bellavoir also expressed her regrets after childbirth. “There is no space for women to speak up when they need help. We are being prepared for childbirth, not after…”. Between her role as an actress and a mother, the sublime redhead does not hesitate to reveal her daily life on social networks.
