Anne Roumanoff

Anne Roumanoff, born on 25 September 1965 in Paris, is a French comedian and actress.

She is notably known for her sketches broadcast on television and radio and for her stage shows.

She began her career as a comedian on stage in 1987 with a first solo show, Bernadette, calme-toi!, at the café-théâtre des Blancs-Manteaux. She then performed at the Théâtre Grévin in 1991, then at the Comédie-Caumartin, the Olympia and Bobino, among others, over the following decade. She also appeared on the programme Rien à cirer on France Inter, presented by Laurent Ruquier, from 1991 to 1997. In 2003, she co-hosted a programme for Swiss French-language television. The following year, she went on tour in France and Quebec with her show Follement Roumanoff.

Over the following decade, Anne Roumanoff diversified her activities. She continued performing her stage shows, notably Anne a 20 ans in 2007 to mark twenty years of her career, and Aimons-nous les uns les autres, staged at the Olympia in 2015, then on tour in various French-speaking countries as well as in Great Britain and the United States. In 2007, she became a columnist on the programme Vivement dimanche prochain, presented several shows and programmes to showcase young comedians, and co-founded the comedy website Youhumour with her husband and producer Philippe Vaillant. She was patron of the 24th Téléthon in 2010 and was made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015.