Sibylle Blanc


Sibylle Blanc 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 lived in a charming sixth floor apartment in a building without an elevator. "C'est pratique, j'ai trouvé un appartement avec fitness intégré! " she said jokingly in an interview with Wladimir Bianchi 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.
As well as fitness Blanc also takes her diet very seriously and eats primarily fruit and steamed vegetables and tries to drink two litres of tea every day.

Career

Blanc studied dramatic arts at the Ecole Supérieure d'Art Dramatique in Geneva graduating in 1996. Early in her professional career she appeared on several children's TV programs produced by the TSR including Smash and Bus et compagnie. 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 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 Russe.
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 in 2011 and 2013 and the second largest stage 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. and from the Swiss Films website.

Theatre

2025Une Création Originale written by Gloria Belzenore, Théâtre les Salons, Geneva
2021
  • Cassandre written by Jean Potocki, Le théâtre de l'Epiderme, Parc de la Mairie de Vandoeuvres, Geneva
2020
  • L'Invisible Chemin written by Sarah Marcuse, Samadhi Project, Théâtre Pitoëff, Geneva
2019
2018
  • I Tube You written by Gaspard Boesch, Théâtre Cité Bleue, Geneva and Théâtre Montreux Riviera, Montreux
2016
  • Complètement a l'Est: La Riviera s'Électro-Balkanise written by Blaise Hofmann and Jean-Luc Barbezat, Théâtre du Pré-aux-Moines, Cossonay
  • La soirée diapos written by Frédéric Recrosio and Jean-Luc Barbezat, touring Switzerland
2014
  • Le songe de Clara written by Daniel Eisler, Salle des Remparts, La Tour-de-Peilz, Salle communale, Ste-Croix and the Aula du Collège du Belvédère, Lausanne
2013
2011
  • La Riviera fait son Cirque Helvetia directed by Claude Mignot
  • La belle si nous étions written by Sibylle Blanc, Théâtre de Beausobre Morges
2010
  • La R'vue de Genève written by Gaspard Boesch, Casino-théâtre Geneva
  • Merlin ou la Terre Dévastée written by Georges Guerreiro, Théâtre du Loup Geneva
2009
  • La R'vue de Genève written by Philippe Cohen, Casino-théâtre Geneva
  • I Tube You written by Gaspard Boesch, Casino-théâtre Geneva
2008
  • Le Bourge Gentilmec written by Philippe Cohen, la Salle Centrale Madeleine Geneva
  • Panique au Plazza written by Ray Cooney, Touring Switzerland
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
  • Valse à trois tons, directed by Claude Mignot
  • Exode written by Laurence Vevey, directed by René Flaquet
2006
  • L'Art du Succès written by N. Dear, Théâtre Pull Off Lausanne, Théâre de Valère Sion, Théâtre de Beausobre Morges, Théâtre Benno Besson Yverdon-les-Bains, directed by G. Dyson
  • Les onze petits nègres written by P. Naftule and P. Bernheim, Théâtre Pitoeff Geneva, directed by P. Naftule
2005
2004
  • Topaze written by M. Pagnol, Théâtre de L'Orangerie Geneva, directed by F. Polier
  • Ruby Moon written by M. Cameron, Théâtre Pull Off Lausanne, directed by G. Dyson
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
  • La famille Schroffenstein (The Schroffenstein Family) written by H. von Kleist, Théâtre du Grütli Geneva, directed by V. Rossier
1996
1995

Film

2014
2011
  • Bob & les Sex Pistaches feature film directed by Y. Matthey
2008
2007
  • L'infiltré feature film D. Othenin-Girard
  • Les petites vacances feature film Y. Matthey
  • Max short film J-P Cardinaux
2006
  • Inside short film directed by L. Rivière
2005
  • Mon beau chalet short film directed by F. Maire et J. Surchat
  • La peau de l'ours short film directed by G. Daubeuf
2003
  • Love Express feature film directed by E. Hazanov
2002
  • Lipchitz: Le Boucher short film directed by E. Hazanov
2001
  • La compagnie des ombres short film directed by Christophe Perrier
  • The Adversary feature film directed by N. Garcia
  • 20 balles de l'heure feature film directed by Frédéric Landenberg in the dogma 95 style
  • Misogynes feature film directed by E. Hazanov in the dogma 95 style
  • Jungle feature film directed by Vincent Pluss in the dogma 95 style
2000
1999
  • Salade Russe short film directed by E. Hazanov
  • Les vacances de Sam short film directed by G. Daubeuf
1998
  • La mort de Ludovic short film directed by Gavillet
  • La toilette zone série short film directed by X. Ruiz
  • Attention aux chiens feature film directed by F-C Marzal

Television

2009-2010
  • TSR T'es pas la Seule comedy directed by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz
2008
  • TSR Photo Sévices comedy directed by Stéphane Riethauser and Laurent Deshusses
2007
2006
2005
  • France 2 La famille Zappon comedy directed by P. Légitimus Zoé
  • 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 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
  • TSR Les Pique-Meurons sitcom Yaka productions
2001
  • TSR Paul et Virginie sitcom written by J-A BLanchet directed by Y. Mathey
  • TSR Les Pique-Meurons sitcom Yaka productions
2000
  • TSR Paul et Virginie sitcom written by J-A BLanchet directed by Y. Mathey
  • TSR Les Pique-Meurons sitcom Yaka productions
  • France 2/TSR Sauvetage series directed by H. Delaugardière
1999
1996-1998
  • TSR Bigoudi sitcom directed by L.Gabriele/S.Matteuzzi

Radio

2004-2014
2006-2007
  • Lausanne FM Les Matinales
2001