Magali Bonfils
Description
Magali Bonfils is a French actress, singer, and voice actor who has worked extensively in animation dubbing, musical theater, and music performance. Born in Paris, she is the daughter of musician Tony Bonfils and began her artistic career at a young age, recording voices for animated productions and children's stories from the age of nine. She studied piano, music theory, and classical dance at the conservatories of Bois-Colombes and Paris, and later voice at the conservatory of Asnières. Her professional career started at seventeen when she performed in the opera bouffe La Papesse directed by Jean-Luc Borg with music by Jean-Claude Petit.
Bonfils has performed in numerous stage musicals and theatrical productions, including Hair, Les Fantasticks, La Fièvre des Années 80, Rendez-vous, Bonnie & Clyde, Don Quichotte, and Et pendant ce temps, Simone veille. She has also worked as a backing vocalist for artists such as Michel Sardou, Liane Foly, Maurane, Garou, Florent Pagny, and Enrico Macias, and contributed to albums including Notre Dame de Paris and Le Petit Prince.
In animation dubbing, Bonfils has provided French voices for several major productions. She voiced Bulda, the troll mother, in the French dub of Frozen (La Reine des Neiges). She also contributed to other Disney animation projects including The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid for French soundtracks. Additional voice credits include Christine and Mrs. Yakamora in Mr. Peabody & Sherman, roles in Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age, Doc McStuffins, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, and the singing voice of Lola Bunny in Looney Tunes: Rabbit Run. She has also worked in live-action dubbing, including providing the French voice for Carrie Coon in The Post (Pentagon Papers).
In the anime domain, Bonfils is known for playing the role of Kazuki, also known as Kuroi Neiro, in the French dub of the series Ishura, appearing in episode nine of the second season.
Beyond performance, Bonfils has worked as a music director, song adapter, and vocal director for various animated series, including Netflix productions such as Go Dog Go, Ridley Jones, and Poor Poor Toto (Pauvre Toutou), as well as Batwheels for Cartoonito. She has also released three albums in Japan, one of which features her work as a singer-songwriter, and created a solo show titled Magali Bonfils en Nougarorama paying tribute to the repertoire of Claude Nougaro.
Bonfils has performed in numerous stage musicals and theatrical productions, including Hair, Les Fantasticks, La Fièvre des Années 80, Rendez-vous, Bonnie & Clyde, Don Quichotte, and Et pendant ce temps, Simone veille. She has also worked as a backing vocalist for artists such as Michel Sardou, Liane Foly, Maurane, Garou, Florent Pagny, and Enrico Macias, and contributed to albums including Notre Dame de Paris and Le Petit Prince.
In animation dubbing, Bonfils has provided French voices for several major productions. She voiced Bulda, the troll mother, in the French dub of Frozen (La Reine des Neiges). She also contributed to other Disney animation projects including The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid for French soundtracks. Additional voice credits include Christine and Mrs. Yakamora in Mr. Peabody & Sherman, roles in Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age, Doc McStuffins, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, and the singing voice of Lola Bunny in Looney Tunes: Rabbit Run. She has also worked in live-action dubbing, including providing the French voice for Carrie Coon in The Post (Pentagon Papers).
In the anime domain, Bonfils is known for playing the role of Kazuki, also known as Kuroi Neiro, in the French dub of the series Ishura, appearing in episode nine of the second season.
Beyond performance, Bonfils has worked as a music director, song adapter, and vocal director for various animated series, including Netflix productions such as Go Dog Go, Ridley Jones, and Poor Poor Toto (Pauvre Toutou), as well as Batwheels for Cartoonito. She has also released three albums in Japan, one of which features her work as a singer-songwriter, and created a solo show titled Magali Bonfils en Nougarorama paying tribute to the repertoire of Claude Nougaro.