Marion Jollès Grosjean
| Marion Jollès Grosjean | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marion Jollès 8 December 1981 Meaux, France |
| Occupation | Sports journalist, television presenter |
| Height | 5 ft 3.75 in (1.62 m) |
| Television |
Automoto (TF1) Confessions intimes (TF1) |
| Spouse(s) | Romain Grosjean (2012–present) |
Marion Jollès (born 8 December 1981 in Meaux[1][2]), is a French journalist and television presenter.[3] She presents since April 2005 the program Automoto on TF1 with Denis Brogniart every Sunday morning.
Education and early career
Marion Jollès studied journalism in Paris. In the meantime, she did regular internships in radio working as a stringer. After graduating with a Master's degree in English, she studied for six months in Canada and then came back to France, where she graduated with a special degree (DESS) in bilingual journalism (French and English).
Television career
She then started working on the channel Eurosport. She then presented in 2005 on TF1 a short program about road safety La bonne conduite. She was also chosen the same year to present the weekly program Automoto.
Since March 2009, she co-hosted the program F1 à la Une with Denis Brogniart. She also did her beginnings at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Fluent in English and appreciated by many Formula One pilots, she was able to interview a number of them at the starting grid of the paddocks.[3]
She presents since September 2009 the program Confessions intimes on TF1. Since January 2010, she co-hosts L'Affiche du Jour with Christian Jeanpierre, a program devoted to soccer. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, she hosts the program alone in studio, with Christian Jeanpierre and Arsène Wenger both on the spot via a screen. During that period, she also presented the similar evening program L'Affiche du Soir, broadcast on the third part of the evening.
Since March 2012, she presents the new version of Automoto on TF1 with Denis Brogniart.
Personal life
Marion Jollès married on 27 June 2012 in Chamonix the French-Swiss Formula One driver Romain Grosjean with whom she has been together with since 2008.[4] She added his family name to hers. She announced on 26 January 2013 that she was expecting her first child[5] and on 29 July 2013, she gave birth to a son, Sacha. On 16 May 2015, she gives birth to a new boy named Simon.[6]
References
- ↑ Marion Jollès : "Venez nous rejoindre au Rallye Découverte à Meaux !", Public, 21 September 2012. (French)
- ↑ Exclusif : Interview de Marion Jollès, TF1 (French)
- 1 2 F1 : Marion Jollès élue plus belle femme du paddock !, Automoto, 28 July 2010. (French)
- ↑ Romain Grosjean et Marion Jollès convolent à Chamonix, ledauphine.com, 27 June 2012. (French)
- ↑ Romain Grosjean et Marion Jolles Grosjean bientôt parents, infobebes.com, 28 January 2013. (French)
- ↑ Grosjean à nouveau papa, F1i news, 18 May 2015. (French)