Préscillia Cynthia Samantha Betti (born 2 August 1989 in Nice), known professionally as Priscilla or Priscilla Betti, is a French singer and actress. She released her first single at the age of 12, and has released six albums. She played the main role of Tina Ravel in the French teen musical TV series ' from 2008 to 2011.

Biography

Priscilla Betti was born on 2 August 1989 into a family living in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Her mother, Annie takes care of her career and her father, Jean-Pierre, is a painter in letters. Priscilla has two sisters: Sandra who is also a singer and Séverine who is a pharmacy assistant.

When Priscilla was eleven years old, she took part in the television children's talent show Drôles de petits champions, on 23 February 2001, on TF1, and was noticed by a producer from the American company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Patrick Debort. On 25 September, she released her first single "Quand je serai jeune" under the record company Sony BMG.

That same year, Priscilla went to New York City and met her idol Britney Spears, who presented her with a Gold record for her single "Quand je serai jeune".

Betti's first album, Cette Vie nouvelle, was released in June 2002. It was certified Silver in France for sales of 50,000 copies. Her second album, Priscilla was released only six months after the first one, in December 2002. The second single, "Tchouk tchouk musik", was certified Silver for sales over 250,000 copies. Priscilla sold over 100,000 copies in France, and was certified Gold. The fourth and last season aired in 2011. In addition to France, the series was also shown in Belgium, Italy and Brazil. Songs from the first season were released as Betti's fifth album, Casse comme du verre, in December 2007. The album peaked only at number 111 on the French albums chart.

In 2015, she participated in season 6 of Danse avec les stars (the French version of Dancing with the Stars) with her partner Christophe Licata. They finished as runners-up.

Discography

Studio albums

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|-

! rowspan="2" | Year

! rowspan="2" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Date of release

! rowspan="2" | Certification (France)

! colspan="4" | Peak position

|-

| style="width:40px;"|<small>FR</small>

| style="width:40px;"|<small>FR (DD)</small>

| style="width:40px;"|<small>BE (WA)</small>

| style="width:40px;"|<small>SUI</small>

|-

|rowspan="2" |2002

|Cette Vie nouvelle

|June 2002

| |Silver <small>(2003)</small>

| |18

| |—

| |44

| |53

|-

|Priscilla

|December 2002

| |Gold <small>(2003)</small>

| |16

| |—

| |40

| |72

|-

|2004

|Une Fille comme moi

|February 2004

| |Gold <small>(2004)</small>

| |8

| |—

| |38

| |83

|-

|2005

|Bric à Brac

|June 2005

| |—

| |20

| |—

| |74

| |—

|-

|2007

|Casse comme du verre

|December 2007

| |—

| |111

| |—

| |100

| |—

|-

|2017

|La vie sait

|May 2017

| |—

| |35

| |—

| |102

| –|—

|-

|}

Singles

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2" | Year

! rowspan="2" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Date of release

! rowspan="2" | Certification (France)

| style="width:40px;"|<small>FR (DD)</small>

| style="width:40px;"|<small>BE (WA)</small>

| style="width:40px;"|<small>SUI</small>

|-

|2001

|"Quand je serai jeune"

|September 2001

| Gold <small>(2001)</small>

| 10

| —

| 23

| —

| rowspan="3"|Cette Vie nouvelle

|-

|rowspan="3"|2002

|"Cette Vie nouvelle"

|March 2002

| —

| 9

| —

| 36

| —

|-

|"Bla bla bla"

|June 2002

| —

| 37

| —

| —

| —

|-

|"Regarde-moi (teste-moi, déteste-moi)"

|December 2002

| Gold <small>(2003)</small>

| 5

| —

| 9

| 81

| rowspan="2"|Priscilla

|-

|2003

|"Tchouk tchouk musik"

|April 2003

| Silver <small>(2003)</small>

| 7

| —

| 38

| 47

|-

|rowspan="3"|2004

|"Toujours pas d'amour"

|February 2004

| Silver <small>(2004)</small>

| 5

| —

| 21

| 39

| rowspan="3"|Une Fille comme moi

|-

|"Toi c'est moi"

|April 2004

| —

| 16

| —

| —

| —

|-

|"Jalousie"

|September 2004

| —

| 21

| —

| —

| —

|-

|rowspan="2"|2005

|"Bric à brac"

|June 2005

| —

| 31

| —

| —

| —

| rowspan="2"|Bric à brac

|-

|"Je danse donc je suis"

|October 2005

| —

| 45

| —

| —

| —

|-

|2006

|"Mission Kim Possible"

|June 2006

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Mission Kim Possible

|-

|2007

|"Chante!"

|November 2007

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| rowspan="2"|Casse comme du verre

|-

|2008

|"Casse comme du verre"

|2008

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|-

|2015

|"Moi je chante"

|11 December 2015

| —

| 109

| —

| —

| —

|

|-

|2016

|"Changer le monde"

|December 2016

| —

| 119<br />

| —

| —

| —

|rowspan="2"|La vie sait

|-

|2017

|"La vie sait"

|January 2017

| —

| 116<br />

| —

| —

| —

|-

|}

Filmography

Fiction

  • 1999: Annie as Annie (dialogue and singing in the French dub version, later version for DVD and video)
  • 2004: ' as Chelsea (theatrical feature film)
  • 2008-2011: ' as Tina Ravel (lead role in television series)
  • 2015: Secret d'Hiver as Émilie (unreleased crowdfunded feature film)
  • 2017: ' as Anaïs (guest star in the episode Nos chers voisins au ski)

Reality shows

  • 2015: Danse avec les Stars season 6 - contestant, finalist
  • 2018: ' - contestant

On stage

  • 2014-2016: Flashdance as Alex Owens

Bibliography

  • Priscilla c'est moi, Michel Lafon Ed. (2003)
  • Priscilla, Stéphanie-Anne Euranie, Rouchon Ed. (2003)
  • Priscilla une étoile montante, Rouchon Ed. (2006)
  • Chante !, Catherine Kalengula, Hachettes Ed. (2008)
  • Chante !, Pilot et Torta, Soleil Productions Ed. (will be published on 9 July 2008)

Notes

References

  • Official website
  • Official fan site