Marianne James (born 18 February 1962[citation needed]) is a French singer, writer, actress, TV host and fashion designer.

[1] Born in Montélimar, Marianne Gandolfi grew up in the family shop, Place du Marché, with her father Maurice, chocolatier pastry chef and nougatier, her mother Jacqueline, from whom she gets her Italian origins, and her sister Pascale, four years older than her.

[3] In 1980, after creating her first group "The Swingums", she graduated with a degree in musicology from Sorbonne University and won a first prize for singing at the Conservatoire de Paris.

In 1981, Marianne James joined the band "Les Démones Loulou" with whom she opened for William Sheller at the Olympia.

[4] Discreet about her private life, Marianne James officialised her couple with Bertrand Edl, marketing strategy advisor, during the French Open in June 2017.