Louane (singer)
French actress and singer
Anne Edwige Maria Peichert (French pronunciation: [an peʃɛʁ]; born 26 November 1996), known by her stage name Louane Emera ([lwan emɛʁa]) or simply Louane, is a French singer and actress. In France she became known for being a semi-finalist in the 2013 season of The Voice: la plus belle voix, and is known internationally for her role in the 2014 film La Famille Bélier, for which she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Maman", where she finished seventh with 230 points.
Early life
Born Anne Peichert in Sainte-Catherine on 26 November 1996, she grew up in the French department of Pas-de-Calais, with her four sisters and her only brother Benoît. Louane's father, Jean-Pierre Peichert, was French, son of a Polish mother and German father. Her mother, Isabel Pinto dos Santos, was Brazilian-Portuguese, daughter of a Portuguese father and a Brazilian mother.
In 2008, she took part in L'École des stars, a French music competition broadcast on channel Direct 8.
Louane, who was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of eight, said that her parents often had to punish her due to her hyperactivity, but that she has learned a lot about discipline from them and that they always treated her with love.
Louane lost both of her parents during her teenage years; her rendition of "Imagine" was dedicated to her father who had died just three months prior to her appearance in The Voice and her mother died in 2014 after a lengthy illness.
Career
Music
In 2013, her first real breakthrough came with her taking part in The Voice: la plus belle voix's second season.
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