Amel Bent
Born: 1985-06-21 in Joué-lès-Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Known For: Acting
Biography
Amel Bent Bachir (born 21 June 1985) is a French R&B and pop singer who gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of season 2 of French TV singing competition Nouvelle Star. She is best-selling artist to come from that competition. She is currently a "coach" on the similar French talent show The Voice: la plus belle voix. Amel Bent grew up in the Paris suburb of La Courneuve with her Algerian father and Moroccan mother. She has a brother and a sister. Her career jump started after making it to the semi-finals of the reality TV show Nouvelle Star 2, France's version of Pop Idol. Although her performance did not make it to the finals, she was still noticed by some of the show's producers, and would end up making her début album later that year, titled: Un Jour d'été, released in late 2004. The album would sell more than 550,000 copies in France alone, but the success of the album would ultimately be derived from the single "Ma Philosophie", which would sell at more than 500,000 copies, staying at the No. 1 slot in France, for more than six weeks during and after sales. In 2012, Bent was one of the contestants during the Third Season of Danse avec les stars. She and her partner Christophe Licata finished in second place, but won the celebrity dancing show's Christmas special. For her single "je reste" 2011, Bent co-starred with the actor from Metal Hurlant Chronicles Karl E. Landler Source: Article "Amel Bent" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2026
- Summer Beats as Sabrina
2025
- Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
- Céline Dion raconte D'eux as Self
- Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés as Self (archive footage)
- La Grande Fête de Carcassonne as Self
2022
- The Unexpected Getaway as Self
- Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show as Self
- Visual Suspect as Self - Guest
- Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
- Vitaa & Slimane : VersuS Tour, le concert événement as Self
2021
2020
- All the Way Up as Amel Bent
- Les secrets de la belle endormie as Self
- Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
2019
- Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
- Kemps as Self
- Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
- Boyard Land as Self
- La Boîte à secrets as Self
2018
- Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
- Fort Boyard, toujours plus fort ! as Self - Candidate (archive footage)
- L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc as Self
- The Secret Song as Self
- Basique, le concert as Self
- Kings
- Soprano : le documentaire événement as Self
2014
2013
- Clique as Self - Guest
- Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
- Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2013 as Self
- Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire as Self
- C'est votre vie as Self
2012
- The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix as Self - Coach
- The Unexpected Getaway as Self
2011
- Soda as la demi-sœur paternelle de Slimane
2010
- Conte de la frustration as Le double chanteuse de Safia
- Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
2009
- Zénith Classics as Self
2008
2006
- Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
- On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
2004
- La chanson de l'année as Self
2003
2001
- Star Academy as Self
- Stars à domicile as Self
2000
- NRJ Music Awards as Self - Nominated
1990
- Fort Boyard as Self
1985
- Télématin as Self
- Victoires de la musique as Self