Marie-Sophie Lacarrau | |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1975 |
Birth Place: | Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France |
Occupation: | Journalist |
Education: | Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat |
Alma Mater: | University of Toulouse |
Marie-Sophie Lacarrau (born 20 September 1975 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue[1]) is a French journalist and TV presenter.
Born in the Aveyron, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau grew up near Perpignan. After high school, she attended a literary college (lycée Fermat) in Toulouse in 1995, before obtaining a literature degree at the University of Mirail.
In 1996, she began internships in the newspapers Midi Libre and Le Villefranchois, then the TV channels LCI and M6.
In 2000, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau began work at the editing department of France 3 Quercy-Rouergue, then two years later at France 3 Midi-Pyrénées, where she presented her first regional news TV show during the Christmas holidays of 2005.
In 2010, she replaced Catherine Matausch on France 3 at weekends and became understudy to Carole Gaessler at the 19/20 national news show.[2]
Since 2016, she has also presented the economy programme In Situ on France 3.[3]
In the fall of 2016, she succeeded Élise Lucet as presenter of the news show 13 heures on France 2.[4]
She married Pierre Bascol on 12 August 2006. She has two children.[2]