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Marie-Sophie Lacarrau (born 1975 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue) is a French journalist and TV presenter.
Biography
Born in the Aveyron Marie-Sophie Lacarrau grew up near Perpignan. After graduating with her Bac, she attended a literary preparatory school (lycée Fermat) in Toulouse in 1995, before obtaining a literature degree at the University of Mirail.
In 1996, she began to do internships in newspapers Midi Libre and the Villefranchois, then for the TV channels LCI and M6.
In 2000, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau obtained her first CDD at the editing department of France 3 Quercy-Rouergue, then two years later at France 3 Midi-Pyrénées. She there presented her first regional news TV show during the Christmas holidays of 2005. Then she took alternate presentations of the news shows 12/13 and 19/20.
In 2010, she replaced Catherine Matausch at France 3 on the weekends then she became the part-time substitute (joker) of Carole Gaessler at the 19/20 national news show.
During the summer of 2014, she presented her first news shows 13 heures and 20 heures on France 2.
Since 2016, she also presents the economic show In Situ on France 3.
In the fall of 2016, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau succeeded Elise Lucet in presenting the news show 13 heures on France 2.
Personal life
She is mother of two children.