Caroline Vigneaux

Caroline Vigneaux (born 27 January 1975 in Nantes) is a French writer, actress and comedian. The daughter of an engineer and a speech therapist, she studied at Pantheon-Sorbonne University, obtaining a law degree and a Master II in Insurance and Civil Liability, before taking the bar entrance examination. In 2000 she obtained the Certificate of Proficiency in Law, took an oath and became a member of the Paris Bar.

She worked as a collaborating lawyer at the Granrut business firm from 2001, and in 2004 was elected 11th secretary of the conference of the internship at the eloquence contest of the Conference of the Bar of Paris. After joining the American firm Dewey and LeBoeuf in 2005, she resigned in 2008 and enrolled at the Cours Florent drama school. In 2009 she started as a humourist with a one-woman show playing a crazy fairy who has taken possession of her body, performed at the Avignon Festival and then at the Theatre des Blancs-Manteaux in Paris. In 2010, while on tour for her second show, she announced at the Festival d'Avignon that she was leaving her law career behind.

In 2011 Stephane Bern hired her as a columnist for RTL's A la bonne heure, and she performed sketches on Laurent Ruquier's program on France 2. Her acting credits include the television series C'est la crise (2013), Lazy Company (2013-2014) and the film A fond (2016). In 2021 she appeared in Flashback as Charlie Leroy, also directing the film. She hosts a podcast called Coachcast by Caroline Vigneaux, in which she coaches a stranger for 20 minutes to help others considering a big change in their lives.