Audrey Crespo-Mara

In May 1999, Crespo-Mara joined the news service at TF1, where she spent eight years producing societal and economic documentaries for the daily news. In September 2007, Jean-Claude Dassier, the chief director of LCI, gave her the opportunity to present the morning news show LCI Matin from Monday to Thursday. Since January 2007, she has also presented live special events on TF1, including the funeral of Abbé Pierre, the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in September 2008, the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall fall in November 2009, and the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in April 2011.

Since September 2009, while presenting LCI Matin, she has hosted Demain à la Une, a weekly talk show on the same channel, where she interviews personalities from culture, politics, or art. In July 2011, she left the morning news, and in September of that year, she took over presenting the daily interview L'interview d'Audrey Crespo-Mara on LCI. In September 2013, she presented Parlon-en in the morning, and she also hosts Vue sur la Planète, a weekly ecology programme, and Dans Nos Quartiers, which offers a different look at French suburbs.

Crespo-Mara has two children, one of whom is professional footballer Sékou Mara, whose father is her partner Aliou Mara. She was also the partner of TV host Thierry Ardisson from November 2009 until his death in July 2025, and the couple married on 21 June 2014. At 50, she stands 5'3" tall with a slim build and natural blonde hair. She maintains an active Instagram presence with 172k followers. Her career has spanned over two decades, making her one of the recognizable faces in French journalism.