Sophie Le Saint (born 22 July 1968) is a French

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and television presenter. From November 1998 to July 2019, she was a presenter on channel

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hosting ''

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'' and as a replacing presenter at the '' Journal de 13 heures'', and in exceptional occasions at the ''

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''.

Education and early career

Sophie Le Saint was born in

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in the department of

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. She graduated at the Institute of Journalism of

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and began her career at France Bleu Provence as a volunteer where she presents the night programs, and followed with an internship at M6 in 1989. She then worked at the redaction department of the daily newspaper ''

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'' from 1991 to 1994, and on

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as a

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Television career

In November 1998, she joined

to present the ''

''. Since February 2008, she is one of the replacing presenters of the '' Journal de 13 heures'' on the same channel. During summer 2008, she presented alternatively with Laurence Piquet the midday edition. After the nomination of Françoise Laborde at the

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in January 2009, she became the permanent replacement of

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at the ''13 heures''. In July 2010, she replaced

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at the ''13 heures'' on weekend. In August 2010 and April 2011, she replaced

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at the ''

'' during the week. From March 2015 to August 2016, she was a replacing presenter for the ''13 heures'' on France 2. Between 2015 and 2019, she was not part of the replacing presenters of the channel anymore and focused entirely on presenting ''Télématin''. However, she presented again the ''13 heures'' on weekend in April 2019 replacing Leïla Kaddour, as well as the ''20 heures'' on weekend in July 2019 replacing Laurent Delahousse. She announced on 4 July 2019 leaving ''Télématin'' on her

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account. She joined the channel

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in August 2019 to present the afternoon news ''13h-17h''.

References

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