# Charlotte Le Bon
**Charlotte Le Bon** (born 1986, Montreal) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and director who became known in France as the comedic weather presenter "Miss Météo" on Canal+'s nightly talk show *Le Grand Journal* before building a film career on both sides of the Atlantic, and who won the Louis-Delluc Prize for Best First Film for her 2022 directing debut *Falcon Lake*.[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) • [2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986, Montreal; mother is actress Brigitte Paquette, stepfather Frank Schorpion works in English-language cinema[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) |
| Television break | Weather presenter on *Le Grand Journal* (Canal+), joined in 2010[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) |
| Breakthrough acting role | Victoire Doutreleau in *Yves Saint Laurent* (2014), which brought a César nomination[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) • [2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon) |
| Directing debut | *Falcon Lake* (2022), premiered in Cannes Directors' Fortnight, Louis-Delluc Prize for Best First Film, six Canadian Screen Award nominations[2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon) • [3](https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/charlotte-le-bon-q-tom-power-interview-1.6851888) |
| Output | Nearly 20 films as an actress by 2022[4](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-grands-entretiens/episodes/652389/rattrapage-du-mercredi-7-septembre-2022) |
| Recent work | *The White Lotus* season 3 (2025); Prix Sofitel Montreal Best Actress at CINEMANIA for *Niki*[5](https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/charlotte-le-bon-the-white-lotus-season-3-elle-canada-summer-2025-cover-interview) • [2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon) |
## Early life and background
Le Bon was born in Montreal into a family already oriented toward performance: her mother, Brigitte Paquette, is an actress, and her stepfather, Frank Schorpion, works in English-language cinema.[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) She grew up in Quebec and is bilingual in French and English, a background that later let her work in both French- and English-language productions.[2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3114649/bio/)
**Modeling years.** She earned a DEC (a Quebec college diploma) in visual arts and began modeling at sixteen, working between Montreal, Tokyo and New York.[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) The *New York Times* profile puts the modeling period at seven years before she was cast on French television.[7](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/t-magazine/art/charlotte-le-bon-actress-street-artist.html)
## Television beginnings and Le Grand Journal
After her modeling years, Le Bon moved to Paris and in 2010 became the weather presenter of *Le Grand Journal* on Canal+, a nightly prime-time talk show.[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) • [4](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-grands-entretiens/episodes/652389/rattrapage-du-mercredi-7-septembre-2022) The role was comedic as much as meteorological: ELLE Canada describes her charming the French public as the zany "Miss Météo," and *Variety* credits the comedy sketches she delivered on the show with making her an instant star.[5](https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/charlotte-le-bon-the-white-lotus-season-3-elle-canada-summer-2025-cover-interview) • [8](https://variety.com/2022/film/global/charlotte-le-bon-falcon-lake-directors-fortnight-1235265053/) It was after this television exposure that casting agents approached her, opening the path to film.[5](https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/charlotte-le-bon-the-white-lotus-season-3-elle-canada-summer-2025-cover-interview)
Sources disagree on one date: Numéro and Radio-Canada place her Paris move and *Le Grand Journal* hiring in 2010,[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) • [4](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-grands-entretiens/episodes/652389/rattrapage-du-mercredi-7-septembre-2022) while IMDb states she moved to Paris in 2011, after leaving Canada at nineteen to model overseas.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3114649/bio/) The French-language sources, being closer to the subject, are followed here.
## Film career
Her first French film was *Astérix et Obélix : au service de Sa Majesté* (released 2012).[4](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-grands-entretiens/episodes/652389/rattrapage-du-mercredi-7-septembre-2022) She then appeared in [Michel Gondry](https://www.edgepedia.org/michel-gondry)'s *L'écume des jours* and, in 2014, played Victoire Doutreleau, the designer's muse, in Jalil Lespert's biopic *Yves Saint Laurent*; the *New York Times* identifies this role as the one that caught people's attention.[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) • [7](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/t-magazine/art/charlotte-le-bon-actress-street-artist.html) The same year she appeared in [Lasse Hallström](https://www.edgepedia.org/lasse-hallstrom)'s English-language *The Hundred-Foot Journey*, and in 2015 in [Robert Zemeckis](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-zemeckis)'s *The Walk*.[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) • [2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon)
**International work.** Unifrance lists her English-language directors as Lasse Hallström, Robert Zemeckis and Sean Ellis (*The Promise*), alongside her French collaborators Michel Gondry and Jalil Lespert.[2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon) As of 2016 she had shot five movies in the previous year, including roles opposite [Oscar Isaac](https://www.edgepedia.org/oscar-isaac) and [Christian Bale](https://www.edgepedia.org/christian-bale).[7](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/t-magazine/art/charlotte-le-bon-actress-street-artist.html) In 2022, Radio-Canada counted nearly 20 films in her acting career overall.[4](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-grands-entretiens/episodes/652389/rattrapage-du-mercredi-7-septembre-2022) She later worked with Mimi Cave on *[Fresh](https://www.edgepedia.org/fresh-2022-film)*.[8](https://variety.com/2022/film/global/charlotte-le-bon-falcon-lake-directors-fortnight-1235265053/)
## Work as director and writer
Le Bon moved behind the camera with the short film *Judith Hotel*, which she wrote and directed and which was selected in the Cannes 2018 lineup.[2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon) In interviews she has connected the move to her frustration with clichéd female acting roles.[8](https://variety.com/2022/film/global/charlotte-le-bon-falcon-lake-directors-fortnight-1235265053/)
**Falcon Lake (2022).** Her debut feature is freely adapted from Bastien Vivès's graphic novel *Une Sœur* (Casterman), produced by Nancy Grant, Jalil Lespert and David Gauquié, and made in French and English.[9](https://lebonlebon.com/films-222/) The original story is set by the sea in Brittany; Le Bon transposed it to a lakeside location in Quebec's Laurentians, a spooky coming-of-age story centered on a lakeside cabin.[5](https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/charlotte-le-bon-the-white-lotus-season-3-elle-canada-summer-2025-cover-interview) • [3](https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/charlotte-le-bon-q-tom-power-interview-1.6851888) The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) at Cannes and won the Louis-Delluc Prize for Best First Film.[2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon) • [1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) It also received six Canadian Screen Award nominations.[3](https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/charlotte-le-bon-q-tom-power-interview-1.6851888) After making her name in France and in Hollywood, she returned to Quebec for this debut, a return her bilingual background made natural.[3](https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/charlotte-le-bon-q-tom-power-interview-1.6851888)
## Awards and recognition
Her César nomination for *Yves Saint Laurent* is described differently by two credible sources: Unifrance lists it as Best Supporting Actress,[2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon) while Numéro places it in the révélation féminine (female revelation) category.[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) Both accounts are given here rather than merged. For *Falcon Lake* she won the Louis-Delluc Prize for Best First Film.[2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon) More recently she won the Prix Sofitel Montreal de la Meilleure Actrice (Best Actress) at the CINEMANIA Francophone Film Festival for *Niki*.[2](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon)
## What has changed since 2023
Le Bon appears in season 3 of *The White Lotus* (2025).[5](https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/charlotte-le-bon-the-white-lotus-season-3-elle-canada-summer-2025-cover-interview) In the ELLE Canada interview she describes a roughly three-year acting hiatus devoted to visual art, and says her passions are screenwriting and directing.[5](https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/charlotte-le-bon-the-white-lotus-season-3-elle-canada-summer-2025-cover-interview) She has also been attached to star as the French-American artist [Niki de Saint Phalle](https://www.edgepedia.org/niki-de-saint-phalle) in the feature debut of French actress Céline Sallette.[8](https://variety.com/2022/film/global/charlotte-le-bon-falcon-lake-directors-fortnight-1235265053/)
## Reception and public image
French and North American media tell her story with the same arc but different emphases. French-language profiles such as Numéro's biography and Radio-Canada's *Grands Entretiens* interview frame her as a Quebec-born performer who became a public face in France through *Le Grand Journal* and then a working film actress, with Numéro emphasizing the César recognition and the Louis-Delluc prize.[1](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/) • [4](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-grands-entretiens/episodes/652389/rattrapage-du-mercredi-7-septembre-2022) North American profiles, including the *New York Times* and CBC, emphasize the reverse trajectory: a Montrealer who made her name abroad and came home to direct.[7](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/t-magazine/art/charlotte-le-bon-actress-street-artist.html) • [3](https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/charlotte-le-bon-q-tom-power-interview-1.6851888) ELLE Canada presents her current self-definition as a writer-director first.[5](https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/charlotte-le-bon-the-white-lotus-season-3-elle-canada-summer-2025-cover-interview)
## References
1. [Biographie, carrière et actualités de Charlotte Le Bon, Numéro](https://numero.com/portrait/charlotte-le-bon/)
2. [Charlotte Le Bon, Unifrance directory](https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/381218/charlotte-le-bon)
3. [Charlotte Le Bon makes her feature film directorial debut with Falcon Lake, CBC Arts](https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/charlotte-le-bon-q-tom-power-interview-1.6851888)
4. [Charlotte Le Bon, Les Grands Entretiens, Radio-Canada OHdio](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-grands-entretiens/episodes/652389/rattrapage-du-mercredi-7-septembre-2022)
5. [Charlotte Le Bon Is Doing It Her Way, ELLE Canada](https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/charlotte-le-bon-the-white-lotus-season-3-elle-canada-summer-2025-cover-interview)
6. [Charlotte Le Bon – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3114649/bio/)
7. [Tagging Buildings With a Rising Actress, The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/t-magazine/art/charlotte-le-bon-actress-street-artist.html)
8. [Charlotte Le Bon on Directors Fortnight's Feature Debut 'Falcon Lake', Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/global/charlotte-le-bon-falcon-lake-directors-fortnight-1235265053/)
9. [Films – Charlotte Le Bon (official site)](https://lebonlebon.com/films-222/)
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