Marianne James
ABOUT MARIANNE JAMES
Opera performer turned television personality who has appeared in productions of Tatie Jambon, The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, and Miss Carpenter. In 2022, she served as a guest judge on Drag Race France.
She co-founded her first music group, The Swingums, in 1980. As a student, she attended Sorbonne University.
She worked as a busking performer in Paris and also joined a band called Les Démones Loulou. She had the opportunity to cover the Eurovision Song Contest event from 2015 to 2017.
Her father Maurice was a pastry chef. Her mother's name is Jacqueline. She also has a sibling.
She covered Eurovision the year that Jamala took home the crown.
