Marie-Sophie Lacarrau

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.^[1]

In 1996, she began internships in the newspapers Midi Libre and Le Villefranchois, then the TV channels LCI and M6.^[1]

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.^[1]

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]