Mélanie Renaud

French-Canadian Québécoise singer, born in 1982 in Haiti. Her voice, of a depth and a stunning softness, was first discovered as a back vocalist . This is what we can hear, in particular, on the song "Mon Ange" [r6698704] by Éric Lapointe. In 2001, she released her first of four albums . In 2005, she achieved immense recognition from the community and the public by playing Esmeralda in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris , thereby becoming the first black woman to have this role. In 2023 she affirmed to be working on a new album even though she has been diagnosed with an incurable cancer.