Background
Le Bon was born in Montreal in 1986 to Brigitte Paquette and Richard Le Bon, both actors.
Le Bon was born in Montreal in 1986 to Brigitte Paquette and Richard Le Bon, both actors.
She is known for her work in the Canal+ talk show Le Grand Journal, and the films Yves Saint Laurent, The Hundred-Foot Journey, and The Walk. She began modelling at 16 years old and left Canada when she was 19 to model overseas. After spending brief periods in Tokyo and New York City, she eventually settled in Paris in 2011.
She never enjoyed modelling, however, saying that "I was a model for eight years and really hated lieutenant" Soon after, she was cast in Le Grand Journal, a newsand popular culture-based talk show on the French television channel Canal+, appearing as the show"s weather girl, "Mission Météo".
Her first film role was in the 2012 French comedy Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia. In 2013 she appeared in Mood Indigo and The Marchers, and in 2014 she starred as Yves Saint Laurent"s muse Victoire Doutreleau in the biographical film Yves Saint Laurent.
Her first role in an English-language film was in The Hundred-Foot Journey, a romantic comedy directed by Lasse Hallström in which she plays a chef-in-training at an upscale French restaurant alongside Helen Mirren. In 2015, she dubbed the voice of Joy in both the French and Quebec French dubs of the Pixar film Inside Out.
She lives in Paris, and is bilingual in French and English.