Karen Cheryl

Cheryl's music career was highly successful. She claims to have sold over 10 million records, and by November 2010, that figure was stated as over 25 million, though sources vary. According to the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, singles like "Sing to Me Mama," "Show Me You're Man Enough," "La Marche des Machos," "Si," "Les Nouveaux Romantiques," and "Oh Chéri Chéri" sold over 350,000 copies each. Infodisc ranks her as having sold five million records in France alone, placing her 110th among the best-selling artists in the country, ahead of acts like Vanessa Paradis and Whitney Houston.

Her television career began on 2 August 1980, when she hosted the show Numero Un, produced by Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier. In the 1980s and 1990s, she became a familiar face to young audiences through programs like Vitamine and the game show Hugo Délire on France 3. In 1995, she played Karen Garnier in the series Les Nouvelles Filles d'à côté. After a stint in radio, she returned to TV in 2010 on Les Grands du Rire, and appeared in Patrick Sébastien's Les années Bonheur and other specials, including Je t'aime à l'italienne and Été Party 80. She also appeared in the 1984 film J'ai Rencontré Le Père Noël.

Under her real name, Isabelle Morizet, she pursued a radio career, interviewing personalities on Europe 1 from 2001 to 2008. She even had a playful moment on France 2 where she interviewed herself. Cheryl has a son, Oscar, born in 1995, and in 2002 she married Jérôme Bellay, director of Europe 1. Her sister, Sophia Morizet, composed many of her songs. She is slim with blonde hair and brown eyes, and she is Caucasian.