Laroche-Joubert was born on 18 December 1969 in Paris to parents Patrick and Martine Laroche-Joubert (née Gabarra), and raised in the 16th arrondissement.[1] Her father was a publicist, while her mother was a journalist and reporter.[2] Her parents later separated and her mother remarried; Laroche-Joubert has four younger half-brothers.[3] Laroche-Joubert studied law at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and later received a diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées (DESS) in intellectual property law; her initial career aspiration was to become a police commissioner.[2][3]
Career
Laroche-Joubert began her career in 1988, collaborating with her stepfather Michel Thoulouze on programs aired on the Jimmy television channel until 1996. From 1996 to 1998, Laroche-Joubert worked with Michel Denisot and Marc-Olivier Fogiel on the Canal+ programs Télés Dimanche and TV+.[1] In 1998, she became the editor-in-chief of the news magazines and documentaries unit of TF1, later becoming editor-in-chief of the TF1 news magazine series Exclusif in 2000.[3]
In 2001, Laroche-Joubert produced the reality television series Loft Story on M6.[3] In the same year, she also began producing the series Star Academy on TF1, remaining as an executive producer on the series until 2008, and serving as the series's academy director in seasons one, two, five, six, and seven.[3] From 2004 to 2008, Laroche-Joubert served as director of programs at Endemol France.[1] Laroche-Joubert left Endemol France in 2008, in order to create her own production company ALJ Productions, through which she began developing and producing a variety of television programs for broadcasters such as M6 and France 4.[3][1]
Laroche-Joubert gave birth to her first daughter in 2002, with husband Yan-Philippe Blanc, who was a music executive and the director-general of Warner Music France. Blanc later died in a motorcycle accident the following year.[11] Laroche-Joubert married businessman and entrepreneur Guillaume Multrier in 2007, with whom she had her second daughter, before divorcing in 2010.[12][13] Laroche-Joubert married her third husband, urologist Alexis Lesueur, in 2014.[3]