Chantal Ladesou

Chantal Ladesou (born 5 May 1948), born Chantal Jeanne Yvonne Ladesou in Roubaix, is a French actress and comedian. She was revealed to the public when participating in the TV show La Classe in 1987, after which she started her career with several one-woman shows. She trained at the Cours Simon and the Regional Conservatory of Lille, and is a Knight of the Legion of Honour and a member of the Académie Alphonse-Allais.

On the radio, she is a recurring member of the daily comedy programme Les Grosses Têtes, hosted by Laurent Ruquier. Since 2016, she has also had more important on-screen roles, especially due to the success of the movie We Are Family (2016) and its two sequels, C'est quoi cette mamie ?! (2019) and C'est quoi ce papy ?! (2021). She frequently works with the younger generation of directors like Philippe Lacheau and Tarek Boudali.

In 2022, she was a judge on the fourth season of Mask Singer. In June 2023, the press announced that she would play the lead in the TF1 series Le fil d'Ariane, portraying a court reporter. Ladesou met her husband Michel Ansault, with whom she had three children: two sons, Alix (who died in a car accident) and Julien, and a daughter, the actress Clémence Ansault. She has five grandchildren.